ABC's Ben Sherwood Says Network's 'All-Inclusive' Programming Reflects Its Diverse Audience

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Ben Sherwood says ABC's programming reflects diversity not simply because it's good business to do so but "because it's right."

Sherwood, the president of the Disney-ABC TV group, was the keynote speaker today at the opening of the 2016 NAB Show in Las Vegas and then took part in a Q&A with Gordon Smith, the president of NAB and a former Oregon Senator. ABC's new entertainment president, Channing Dungey, was in the front row, seated next to Rebecca Campbell, the head of the ABC owned TV stations group.

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