Ted Turner


The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation Presents

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Peter Arnett

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Peter Arnett on meeting Ted Turner soon after he was hired to be on CNN
02:28
Peter Arnett on CNN and Ted Turner resisting pressure from the George H.W. Bush administration to pull Arnett out of Baghdad during the Gulf War
02:40

Jerry Falwell

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Jerry Falwell on Ted Turner's station running Old Time Gospel Hour and Falwell's vast program archive
04:43

Tom Freston

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Tom Freston on Ted Turner starting a competing channel - Cable Music Channel - and providing the motivation for MTV's creators to launch VH1
01:08

Herb Granath

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Herb Granath on Ted Turner's plan to buy ESPN
00:32
Herb Granath on selling the "Satellite News Channels" to Ted Turner
02:34

Jerry Mathers

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Jerry Mathers on the large order of 89 episodes by Ted Turner for the New Leave It To Beaver
00:50

Thomas Murphy

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Thomas Murphy on Ted Turner
00:40

Reese Schonfeld

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Reese Schonfeld on meeting Ted Turner, and on the creation of CNN
06:29
Reese Schonfeld on working alongside Ted Turner to staff CNN at its inception
06:19
Reese Schonfeld on Ted Turner's original idea for CNN, and on how Schonfeld developed it from there
04:59
Reese Schonfeld on Ted Turner choosing the name "CNN"
02:21
Reese Schonfeld on Ted Turner being hands-on at CNN in the beginning regarding content
05:14
Reese Schonfeld on his and Ted Turner's attempt to hire Dan Rather to be the main anchor at the inception of CNN
03:34
Reese Schonfeld on leaving CNN due to conflicts with Ted Turner
04:06
Reese Schonfeld on his relationship with Ted Turner since leaving CNN
01:26

Daniel Schorr

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Daniel Schorr on working for CNN at the creation of the network by Ted Turner
06:00

Frank Stanton

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Frank Stanton on Ted Turner and Adrian Murphy
03:29

Bill Tush

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Bill Tush on getting his first job in television and meeting Ted Turner
06:48
Bill Tush on his relationship with Ted Turner
04:59

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