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PublisherUniversity of California Press

ISBN-100520292952

ISBN-139780520292956

eBay Product ID (ePID)13038308708

Product Key Features

Book TitleABC Sports : the Rise and Fall of Network Sports Television

Number of Pages288 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2018

TopicUnited States / 20th Century, Media Studies, Television / General, History

IllustratorYes

GenrePerforming Arts, Sports & Recreation, Social Science, History

AuthorTravis Vogan

Book SeriesSport in World History Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight19.2 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

LCCN2018-017673

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsThis is a book that has much to commend it and little to criticize. It is built on meticulous research and a strong overall conception of the significance of the subject. For the specialist in history or media it is essential.

Series Volume Number4

Dewey Decimal070.449796

Table Of ContentList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: ABC Sports and Network Sports Television 1. The "Almost Broadcasting Company" and the Birth of ABC Sports 2. ABC's Wide World of Sports: "The Seedbed of Modern Sports Television" and the Cold War 3. "Th e Network of the Olympics": Starring Muhammad Ali and Howard Cosell 4. Monday Night Football, Brian's Song, and the Roots of the Prime-Time TV Event 5. Th e News from Munich on the "Arledge Broadcasting Company" 6. "What in the Wide, Wide World of Sports Is Going On Here?": Trash Sports and Scandal 7. "No More Sacred Cows": The End of ABC Sports' Golden Age Conclusion: From Wide World of Sports to the Worldwide Leader in Sports Appendix 1: Wide World of Sports Inaugural Season Schedule, 1961 Appendix 2: ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year Appendix 3: Top Fifteen Television Audiences of All Time as of Roots' Premiere Appendix 4: Top Ten Most-Watched Wide World of Sports Episodes Abbreviations Notes Index

SynopsisABC Sports shaped how the world consumes sport. The American Broadcasting Company's sports division is behind some of network television's most significant practices, celebrated personalities, and iconic moments. It created the weekend anthology Wide World of Sports , transformed professional football into a prime-time spectacle with Monday Night Football , fashioned the Olympics into a mega media event, and even revolutionized TV news. Travis Vogan's cultural and institutional history of ABC Sports examines the development of network sports television in the United States and the aesthetic, cultural, political, and industrial practices that mark it. ABC Sports traces the storied division from its beginnings through the internet age to reveal the changes it endured along with the new sports media environment it spawned.

LC Classification NumberGV742.3.V6155 2018