Pan Am premiered on an American television network known as ABC.
ABC ( formerly known as The ABC National Television Service or ABC-TV from 1956 until 2008 , and as ABC1 from 2008 until 2014 ) is a national public television network in Australia . The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC ) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is owned by the Disney -- ABC Television Group , a subsidiary of the Disney Media Networks division of The Walt Disney Company . Pan Am (TV series) . Pan Am premiered on ABC on September 25 , 2011 , and ended on February 19 , 2012 .