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The Superstars was a televised sporting event featuring ten top athletes from ten different sports competing in events that were not their own. The idea was developed by Dick Button who shopped the idea to all three U.S. television networks.
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THE SUPERSTARS. In 1973, ABC-TV in the United States debuted a two-hour special featuring ten top athletes from ten different sports competing in events that were not their own. By the end of the year, a similar event appeared in Great Britain. The show grew to encompass women, teams and celebrities. Within a few years, competitions were being ...
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Network: ABC. Episodes: Six (hour) Seasons: One. TV show dates: June 23 — August 4, 2009. Series status: Cancelled. Performers include: Jenn Brown, John Saunders, and Warren Sapp. TV show...
The Superstars: With Keith Jackson, Bob Seagren, Laura Lee Blears, Donna de Varona. The idea was to select ten famous athletes from the ten most popular television spectator sports.
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- 1973-12-31
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- Keith Jackson, Bob Seagren, Laura Lee Blears
The Superstars was first broadcast by ABC Sports as a two-hour special in 1973. Bob Seagren, an Olympic pole vault gold medalist, was the first winner. However, it was heavyweight champion boxer Joe Frazier who nearly stole the show, almost at the cost of life and limb.
ABC has announced The Superstars, its celebrity-themed revival of Superstars, an all-around sports competition that featured famous athletes competing in different sporting events to determine the best athlete in the world, will premiere Tuesday, June 23 at 8PM ET/PT.
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