Wide World of Sports (1961)

Genre

anthology series

Country

United States

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This series presents a variety of sports events from around the world. It was broadcast on Saturday afternoons for many decades. Jim McKay hosted the show.

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What happens

ABC's Wide World of Sports is an American sports anthology television program that aired on ABC from April 29, 1961 to June 21, 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. In 2007, Wide World of Sports was named by Time on its list of the 100 best television programs of all time. Weekend sports news updates on sister radio network ABC Sports Radio, operated by Cumulus Media Networks, continue to be branded under the similar title ABC's World of Sports. The program also lent its name to an athletic facility at Walt Disney World, the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, which was originally known as Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex from its opening in 1997 (one year after The Walt Disney Company acquired ABC and an 80% stake in ESPN) until 2010. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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