Roone Arledge
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Roone Pinckney Arledge Jr. was an American sports and news broadcasting executive who was president of ABC Sports from 1968 until 1986 and ABC News from 1977 until 1998, and a key part of the company's rise to competition with the two other main television networks, NBC and CBS, in the 1960s, '70s, '80s and '90s.
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Photos 3
Filmography 5
Frank Sinatra: The Main Event
Bobby Riggs vs. Billie Jean King: Tennis Battle of the Sexes
Our Barbara
Wide World of Sports: 1970's A Decade in Review
Wide World of Sports 15th Anniversary Special18 credits on file
Television 12
20/20
The Odd Couple
World News Tonight with David Muir
Monday Night Football
Nightline
This Week
Prime Time LIVE
Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell
America This MorningAwards 7
Connected to Roone 6
Jerry WeintraubAlso in Frank Sinatra: The Main Event (1974)
Howard CosellAlso in Wide World of Sports 15th Anniversary Special (1976)
Gordie HoweAlso in Wide World of Sports: 1970's A Decade in Review (1979)
Jim McKayAlso won Sports Lifetime Achievement Award
Bernard ShawAlso won Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism
Richard ParsonsAlso won Trustees AwardAbout this person
Roone Pinckney Arledge Jr. was an American sports and news broadcasting executive who was president of ABC Sports from 1968 until 1986 and ABC News from 1977 until 1998, and a key part of the company's rise to competition with the two other main television networks, NBC and CBS, in the 1960s, '70s, '80s and '90s. He created many programs still airing today, such as Monday Night Football, ABC World News Tonight, Nightline and 20/20.
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