Olympic Games

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation Presents

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Tabs

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“The Olympics have always had at least the possibility of something epic about them, something truly memorable. For all the flaws involved and all the contradictions and hypocrisies that sometimes are part of the Olympics, it is a grand international stage.” - Bob Costas, Sportscaster

Interviewees discuss televised coverage of the Olympics.

Highlights

Bob Costas on covering the Olympics and why it's so captivating; on the tone of the Games and the Centennial Park bombing at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics

09:15

Don Ohlmeyer on how producing the Olympics is like going to war

01:42

Dick Ebersol on the Mexico Summer Olympics in 1968 and the beginning of regular primetime sports coverage

02:02

Herb Granath on ABC being the network of the Olympics

01:15

Don Mischer on producing the 1996 Atlanta Olympics with Muhammad Ali carrying the torch

02:55

Jim McKay on the Israeli hostage crisis during the 1972 Munich Olympics

Who talked about this topic

Ray Aghayan

Ray Aghayan on designing for The 1984 Olympics

07:15

Linda Bell Blue

Linda Bell Blue on covering the 1984 Democratic National Convention in San Francisco and the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles

01:38

Bob Costas

Bob Costas on the first time he served as prime-time host of the Olympics - 1992 in Barcelona and how he approaches hosting

05:23

Bob Costas on covering the Olympics and why it's so captivating; on the tone of the Games and the Centennial Park bombing at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics

09:15

Bob Costas on the 2000 Sydney Olympics

01:34

Bob Costas on the 2004 Athens Olympics

00:42

Bob Costas on the response he gets to his Olympic coverage; on the dynamics of international sports

05:53

Bob Costas on decisions Dick Ebersol has to make as producer of The Olympics

01:11

Dick Ebersol

Dick Ebersol on how Muhammed Ali came to be involved with the Atlanta Olympics

05:34

Dick Ebersol on the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France

10:46

Dick Ebersol on the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico

02:02

Dick Ebersol on the 1972 Munich Olympics

23:56

Dick Ebersol on making clear to his employees at NBC that sports was still a passion

04:48

Dick Ebersol on the Beijing Olympics

15:05

Frank Gifford

Frank Gifford on how Roone Arledge changed sports broadcasting with his coverage of the Olympics

01:37

Frank Gifford on working on Wide World of Sports and memories of the terrorist attack in Munich at the 1972 Olympics

04:00

Curt Gowdy

Curt Gowdy on the 1964 and 1968 Olympic games and the importance of satellite feeds

04:10

Curt Gowdy on preparing to cover hockey for the Olympics

02:10

Herb Granath

Herb Granath on ABC being the network of the Olympics

01:15

Herb Granath on ESPN's coverage of the Munich Massacre at the Olympic Games

02:04

Kay Koplovitz

Kay Koplovitz on changing the name of her network Madison Square Garden Sports Network to USA in 1979

03:12

Jim McKay

Jim McKay on the Israeli hostage crisis during the 1972 Munich Olympics

Al Michaels

Al Michaels on how he came up with "Do you believe in miracles?" when covering the 1980 Olympics

04:41

Al Michaels on covering the 1980 Olympics "Miracle on Ice", when the US team beat the Soviet team, considered to be the best in the world

04:21

Michael Moye

Michael Moye on some people seeing racism where he does not

04:07

Don Ohlmeyer

Don Ohlmeyer on becoming an associate director on The 1968 Olympics

03:06

Hank Rieger

Hank Rieger on doing publicity for The 1984 Olympics and challenges he faced covering The Olympics

08:47

Tony Verna

Tony Verna on covering the 1960 Rome Olympics

03:31

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

03:51

Jeff Zucker

Jeff Zucker on working as a Researcher for ABC during the 1984 Olympics

03:12

Jeff Zucker on working as a Researcher for NBC during the 1988 Olympics

03:00

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