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The key to planning a big event like a broadcast upfront presentation is that if you start big and end big, everything else in between ultimately doesn't matter that much.

That's exactly how ABC's upfront showcase unfolded at New York's David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center. The event kicked off with some opening flash (an elaborate song and dance number led by Quantico's Priyanka Chopra, who sang "Uptown Funk," flanked by a bevy of backup dancers and stars from Black-ish and The Goldbergs), and fire, as ABC joined the broadcast pile-on against digital video players.

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