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- Title Pages
- Endorsement
- Dedication
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
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One The “Almost Broadcasting Company” and the Birth of ABC Sports -
Two ABC’s Wide World of Sports -
Three “The Network of the Olympics” -
Four Monday Night Football, Brian’s Song, and the Roots of the Prime-Time TV Event -
Five The News from Munich on the “Arledge Broadcasting Company” -
Six “What in the Wide, Wide World of Sports is Going on Here?” -
Seven “No More Sacred Cows” - Conclusion
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Appendix One Wide World of Sports Inaugural Season Schedule, 1961 -
Appendix Two ABC’s Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year -
Appendix Three Top Fifteen Television Audiences of All Time as of Roots’ Premiere -
Appendix Four Top Ten Most-Watched Wide World of Sports Episodes - Abbreviations
- Notes
- Index
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- Source:
- ABC Sports
- Author(s):
Travis Vogan
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
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- Title Pages
- Endorsement
- Dedication
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
-
One The “Almost Broadcasting Company” and the Birth of ABC Sports -
Two ABC’s Wide World of Sports -
Three “The Network of the Olympics” -
Four Monday Night Football, Brian’s Song, and the Roots of the Prime-Time TV Event -
Five The News from Munich on the “Arledge Broadcasting Company” -
Six “What in the Wide, Wide World of Sports is Going on Here?” -
Seven “No More Sacred Cows” - Conclusion
-
Appendix One Wide World of Sports Inaugural Season Schedule, 1961 -
Appendix Two ABC’s Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year -
Appendix Three Top Fifteen Television Audiences of All Time as of Roots’ Premiere -
Appendix Four Top Ten Most-Watched Wide World of Sports Episodes - Abbreviations
- Notes
- Index