Superstars

Country

United States

How it feels

Top athletes from different sports compete against each other in events they are not trained for. The show started as a special on ABC in 1973 and later expanded to include women, teams, and celebrities.

competitivehigh-energyretrolightheartedathleticfast-paced

What happens

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. The show was sold to ABC which aired it as a two-hour ABC Sports special in the winter of 1973. By the end of 1973, a similar event appeared in Great Britain and within a few years, separate competitions were being held in nearly a dozen countries including Australia, Canada, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand and Sweden. The U.S. version grew to encompass women, entire sporting teams and celebrities and lasted off and on for three decades, from 1973 until 2003. It was briefly revived in 2009. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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