ABC and Warner Bros.' New Deal Will Make Binge Watching Easier

Viewers come away big winners

Networks and studios have been battling for years over stacking rights—the ability to offer in-season episodes via on demand or network streaming—but a new agreement from ABC and Warner Bros. Television Group signals those conflicts could be coming to an end.

ABC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television Group struck a stacking rights deal covering any series produced by Warner Bros. that debuts on ABC in the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons.

The agreement lets ABC offer all episodes of its Warner Bros.

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