ABC News had plans for how it would grow its 24/7 streaming service, ABC News Live, this year. Then 2020 happened, and like every other media entity, the organization had to adapt and deviate from its planned strategy.

In February, ABC News Live had hoped to turn its programming mix upside down. By the end of the year, the service intended to shift from streaming 18 hours per day of programming primarily repurposed from ABC’s linear networks to streaming 18 hours per day of live and original programming, starting with a line-up of prime-time shows. But this year’s unyielding breaking …