news programming to fill the timeslot. Saturday Night Football generally airs from September to mid-December and holiday specials in December, with NBA Saturday Primetime on ABC airing from mid-January until May into the NBA playoffs, the NHL's Stanley Cup playoffs, and encore episodes of other ABC series and re-compilation episodes of 20/20 filling other Saturday nights. References 2004 American television series debuts American Broadcasting Company original programming American motion picture television series English-language television shows