“Alice in Wonderland” gets first broadcast spot from ABC

ABC has picked up the first broadcast rights to Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland,” set to hit tv’s beginning in 2012. The film just finished a record-setting $210 worldwide three-day opening and it is certainly the talk of the town. ABC Cable Network’s Grou’s executive vice president of program acquisitions & scheduling said, “Alice’s” “captivating sense of fun and imaginative spirit” make it “a perfect fit our Millennial viewers.”

The word is that ABC Family will pay at least $20 million for the broadcast rights from the Walt Disney Co. Starz has already lined up a deal with Disney for the pay cable rights to the film.