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Despite intense micro-managing on the part of Disney management, the flagship television network was slow to turn around.
In 1999, the network was able to experience a brief bolster in ratings with the hit game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.
A new national phenomenon, Survivor, on CBS persuaded the schedulers at ABC to change Millionaires slot over to the Wednesday Time slot at 8: 00 to kill Survivor before it got a ratings hold.
The first results were promising for CBS ; they lost by only a few ratings points.
ABC tried an unprecedented strategy for Millionaire by airing the show four times a week during the next Fall season, in the process overexposing the show, as it appeared on the network sometimes five or six nights during a week.
ABC's ratings fell dramatically as competitors introduced their own game shows and the public grew tired of the format.
Alex Wallau took over as president in 2000.
Despite the repeated overexposure of Who Wants To Be a Millionaire and its switch to syndication, ABC continued to find some success in dramas such as The Practice ( which gave birth to a successful spinoff, Boston Legal, in 2004 ), Alias, and Once and Again.
ABC also had some moderately successful comedies including The Drew Carey Show, Spin City, Dharma & Greg, According to Jim, My Wife and Kids, 8 Simple Rules and George Lopez.

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