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Originally Posted by Lee Stewart
In the late 1960s, NBC and CBS both passed on an opportunity offered by National Football League commissioner Pete Rozelle to broadcast live games on television in a program called Monday Night Football. Instead, ESPN closed the deal, and from 1970 to 2005 aired the weekly sports program on its sister broadcast network ABC before its 2006 debut on ESPN proper. Monday Night Football remains one of the longest-running, highest-rated TV shows of all time. |
I don't think espn closed the deal in the late 60s, as they did not form until the 70's.
Roone Arledge (sp?) closed the deal while working for ABC.
ABC was not a sister station in the 60s. ABC acquired ESPN in 1996.
Sorry to be "that guy".