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ABC's Wide World of Sports is an American sports anthology television program that aired on ABC from April 29, 1961, to 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.
ABC's Wide World of Sports was intended to be a fill-in show for a single summer season, until the start of fall sports seasons, but became unexpectedly popular. The goal of the program was to showcase sports from around the globe that were seldom, if ever, broadcast on American television.
Pages in category "Wide World of Sports (American TV program)" The following 67 pages are in this category, out of 67 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
McKay was best known for hosting ABC's Wide World of Sports (1961–1998). His introduction for that program has passed into American pop culture, in which viewers were reminded of the show's mission ("Spanning the globe to bring you the constant variety of sports") and what lay ahead ("the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat").
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Boxing on ABC refers to a series of boxing events [1] that have been televised on the American Broadcasting Company.Many of these events aired under the Wide World of Sports [2] banner which began on April 11, 1964 when challenger Muhammad Ali, then known as Cassius Clay, defeated champion Sonny Liston in the seventh round.
Wide World of Sports (American TV program), broadcast by the American Broadcasting Company; Wide World of Sports (Canadian TV program), broadcast by CTV; Nine's Wide World of Sports, sports coverage on Australia's Nine Network; ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, an athletic complex located in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, formerly known as Disney ...
Wide World of Sports was a Canadian sports magazine series, which aired on CTV from 1964 to 1991. [1] A franchised adaptation of the American Wide World of Sports, the program initially aired a mixture of content from the American series and original Canadian content produced by CTV and its affiliates, [2] with the balance shifting much more strongly toward original Canadian content in later ...