Thirteen years ago today, the Walt Disney Company bought Capital Cities/ABC(the parent company of the ABC Network).
Eisner had been trying to buy a network for years, even flirting with the idea of CBS which thankfully didn't happen as ABC Network was more of a fit for the Mouse.
Funny, I don't remember near as many people critical of the $19 billion dollar purchase as they were of the Pixar acquisition. Today, it really is a very faint afterthought.
Perhaps after "Bolt", "Princess and the Frog" and "Rapunzel", the deal for the Lamp will be as well...
