Network's 'damage control' includes going big, jabbing rivals and 'dancing'

By Tim Molloy NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - With broadcast audiences shrinking, ABC mostly avoided admitting its troubles in its upfront presentation to advertisers Tuesday. Instead it enlisted Jimmy Kimmel to skewer its rivals and focused on positives that include its news coverage and a new season that looks to have some crowd-pleasers. NBC and Fox, also suffering in the ratings, offered more sedate upfront presentations than ABC's. The network first unveiled the warmly received Jeff Garlin '80s comedy "The Goldbergs," and closed with the hotly anticipated drama "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. ...



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