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ABC's Wide World of Sports is an American sports anthology television program that aired on ABC from April 29, 1961, to 1997, primarily on Saturday afternoons. Hosted by Jim McKay , with a succession of co-hosts beginning in 1987, the title continued to be used for general sports programs on the network until 2006.
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Apr 25, 2021 · Per Arledge’s accounting, “Wide World of Sports” traveled to 53 countries and 46 states, televising 4,967 events in more than 100 sports. The show won 36 Emmy awards. It was the first to...
Wide World of Sports was the first U.S. television program to air coverage of – among events – Wimbledon (1961), the Indianapolis 500 (highlights starting in 1961; a longer-form version in 1965), the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship (1962), the Daytona 500 (1962), the U.S. Figure Skating Championships (1962), the Monaco Grand Prix (1962 ...
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ABC's Wide World of Sports: With Jim McKay, Howard Cosell, Muhammad Ali, Angelo Dundee. ABC's weekend extravaganzas about everything that can be called a sports event.
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Apr 24, 2021 · ABC’s ‘Wide World of Sports’ debuted 60 years ago. It would go on to change sports television as we know it - The Boston Globe. SPORTS MEDIA. ABC’s ‘Wide World of Sports’...
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ABC's Wide World of Sports is an American sports anthology television program that aired on ABC from April 29, 1961, to 1997, primarily on Saturday afternoons. Hosted by Jim McKay, with a succession of co-hosts beginning in 1987, the title continued to be used for general sports programs on the network until 2006.
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