Roone Arledge

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Lowell Bergman

Lowell Bergman on working for Roone Arledge at ABC News

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David Brinkley

David Brinkley on anchoring This Week with David Brinkley

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Connie Chung

Connie Chung on Roone Arledge hiring her to come to ABC - where Barbara Walters and Diane Sawyer were

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Sam Donaldson

Sam Donaldson on crediting Roone Arledge for turning ABC News around

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Sam Donaldson on Roone Arledge's showmanship and the origin of Nightline

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Sam Donaldson on working with Roone Arledge and Arledge's legacy

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Sam Donaldson on Roone Arledge backing him up when the White House was upset with Donaldson's questioning

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Hugh Downs

Hugh Downs on the origin of 20/20 (contd.) and Roone Arledge's improvements to the show (including asking Downs to anchor the program)

04:30

Hugh Downs on working with Roone Arledge

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Dick Ebersol

Dick Ebersol on Roone Arledge's talents - the key to sports on television is storytelling

05:20

Dick Ebersol on the partnership of Jim McKay and Roone Arledge

01:02

Dick Ebersol on developing his relationship with Roone Arledge; on Arledge's contributions to sports

08:53

Dick Ebersol on Roone Arledge assembling his broadcast team at ABC Sports

09:23

Dick Ebersol on Roone Arledge and the 1972 Munich Olympics

15:43

Dick Ebersol on moving from ABC to NBC

06:30

Dick Ebersol on Roone Arledge

02:43

Dick Ebersol on Roone Arledge asking him to come be his number two at ABC

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Frank Gifford

Frank Gifford on discussions he had with Roone Arledge about Monday Night Football

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Frank Gifford on Roone Arledge's departure from Monday Night Football

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Frank Gifford on memories of Roone Arledge, Jim McKay and Peter Jennings covering the terrorist attack in Munich at the 1972 Olympics

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Leonard H. Goldenson

Leonard Goldenson on Roone Arledge's impact on ABC and sports

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Leonard Goldenson on putting Roone Arledge in charge of news

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Leonard Goldenson on the success of Monday Night Football

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Leonard Goldenson on thoughts on colleagues

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Julian Goodman

Julian Goodman on Roone Arledge

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Curt Gowdy

Curt Gowdy on how Ed Scherick and Roone Arledge transformed sports

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Curt Gowdy on his respect for Roone Arledge

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Curt Gowdy on preparing to cover hockey for the Olympics

02:10

Herb Granath

Herb Granath on how Roone Arledge took a chance on hiring Howard Cosell for TV

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Herb Granath on working with Roone Arledge at ABC Sports during the heyday of Monday Night Football

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Herb Granath on starting a sports network with Roone Arledge

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Herb Granath on Roone Arledge's involvement with news coverage of The Munich Massacre

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Herb Granath on working with Roone Arledge and Bill Baker to create a competitive news network

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Monty Hall

Monty Hall on Roone Arledge wanting him to be the sports announcer for the Wembley Cup (soccer championship)

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Buz Kohan

Buz Kohan on working with the Muppets; being introduced to Jim Henson by Roone Arledge

Ted Koppel

Ted Koppel on working for Roone Arledge and Koppel's initial doubts about Arledge's abilities

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Ted Koppel on a cautionary tale about how networks operate

01:49

Ted Koppel on America Held Hostag e becoming ABC News Nightline contd.

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Jim McKay

Jim McKay on meeting Roone Arledge and being offered a job on ABC's Wide World of Sports

Jim McKay on his first impressions of ABC's Wide World of Sports' producer Roone Arledge

Jim McKay on the talents of producer Roone Arledge

Al Michaels

Al Michaels on Roone Arledge's influence in shaping ABC"s Wide World of Sports

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Don Mischer

Don Mischer on getting 2 job offers: one for Saturday Night Live, one for a new show with Howard Cosell and Roone Arledge

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Thomas W. Moore

Thomas Moore on the genesis of ABC's Wide World of Sports

04:55

Thomas Moore on the genesis of ABC's Monday Night Football

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Thomas Moore on ABC's acquisition of the Olympic games in the 1960s and 70s

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Don Ohlmeyer

Don Ohlmeyer on mentor Roone Arledge telling him he respected how Ohlmeyer reacted under pressure

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Don Ohlmeyer on Roone Arledge at The 1968 Olympics, Arledge's move from sports to news, and what he taught his mentees

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Don Ohlmeyer on the format of Wide World of Sports and how it evolved

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Don Ohlmeyer on negotiation lessons learned from Roone Arledge

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Don Ohlmeyer on Jim McKay's amazing job covering the 1972 Munich Olympics

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Don Ohlmeyer on Battle of the Network Stars

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Don Ohlmeyer on leaving ABC in 1977 - mentor Roone Arledge was taking over news

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Frederick S. Pierce

Frederick S. Pierce on Roone Arledge's contributions to ABC News

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Geraldo Rivera

Geraldo Rivera on his relationship with Roone Arledge

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Marlene Sanders

Marlene Sanders on working with Bill Sheehan and Roone Arledge

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Reese Schonfeld

Reese Schonfeld on how the higher-ups at network news like Roone Arledge regarded CNN, and on the impact CNN had on network news

03:51

Chet Simmons

Chet Simmons on working with Roone Arledge

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Howard K. Smith

Howard K. Smith on not having a great relationship with Roone Arledge at ABC News

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Tony Verna

Tony Verna on directing the 1984 Summer Olympics and athletes promoting sponsorship

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Barbara Walters

Barbara Walters on Roone Arledge's hiring of Hugh Downs on 20/20

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Barbara Walters on working with Roone Arledge

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Av Westin

Av Westin on Roone Arledge's impact on ABC News

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Av Westin on the "three anchor" version of World News Tonight

01:46

Av Westin on the creation of 20/20

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Av Westin on the eighteen page memo that resulted in his termination at ABC News

09:44

Av Westin on changes made by Roone Arledge during Westin's tenure at ABC News

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Jeff Zucker

Jeff Zucker on his admiration for Executive Roone Arledge's work during the 1984 Olympics

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