audio description
"Audio description" (also referred to as "video description") is the insertion of audio-narrated descriptions of a television program's key visual elements into natural pauses in the program's dialogue, making video programming more accessible to individuals who are blind or visually impaired.
Beginning July 1, 2018, under FCC requirements, the ABC Television Network will provide 87.5 hours of audio-described primetime programming per calendar quarter, via the Secondary Audio Programming (SAP) System. GO HERE for more information about audio description and broadcast programming.
Below is a schedule of currently-airing shows on ABC featuring audio description. A complete summary of shows or specials with audio description follows the current lineup.
MONDAY
THE GOOD DOCTOR 10/9c (returns 10/3)
TUESDAY
BACHELOR IN PARADISE 8/7cWEDNESDAY
THE CONNERS 8/7c (returns SEPT 21)
BIG SKY 10/9c (returns SEPT 21)
THURSDAY
HOCUS POCUS (MOVIE AIRS ON ABC THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 9/8c)
STATION 19 8/7c (returns OCT 6)
GREY'S ANATOMY 9/8c (returns OCT 6)
ALASKA DAILY 10/9c (premieres OCT 6)
FRIDAY
SHARK TANK 8/7c
SUNDAY
AFV 7/6c
CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE 9/8c
ABC shows featuring audio description include: $100,000 Pyramid, Abbott Elementary, Alaska Daily, The American Rescue Dog Show, America's Funniest Home Videos, Bachelor in Paradise, The Bachelorette, Big Sky, black-ish, Card Sharks, Celebrity Family Feud, Celebrity Jeopardy!, Celebrity Wheel of Fortune, The Chase, Claim to Fame, CMA Country Christmas, CMA Fest,, The Conners, The Final Straw, Generation Gap, The Genetic Detective, The Good Doctor, The Great Christmas Light Fight, The Great American Tag Sale with Martha Stewart, Grey's Anatomy, The Goldbergs, Holey Moley, Home Economics, Jeopardy! National College Championship, Judge Steve Harvey A Million Little Things, Modern Family, The Oscars, Promised Land, Press Your Luck, Queens, The Rookie, The Rookie: Feds Shark Tank, Shrek the Halls, The Sound of Music, Station 19, Superstar, Supermarket Sweep, Time100, To Tell The Truth, Toy Story That Time Forgot, Who Do You Believe?, Women of the Movement and The Wonder Years.