ABC Sports

The Rise and Fall of Network Sports Television

AvTravis Vogan

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

Del 4 i serien Sport in World History

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ABC Sports shaped how the world consumes sport. The American Broadcasting Company's sports division is behind some of network television's most significant practices, celebrated personalities, and iconic moments. It created the weekend anthology Wide World of Sports, transformed professional football into a prime-time spectacle with Monday Night Football, fashioned the Olympics into a mega media event, and even revolutionized TV news. Travis Vogan's cultural and institutional history of ABC Sports examines the development of network sports television in the United States and the aesthetic, cultural, political, and industrial practices that mark it. ABC Sports traces the storied division from its beginnings through the internet age to reveal the changes it endured along with the new sports media environment it spawned.

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Utgivningsdatum:2018-11-06
Mått:152 x 229 x 23 mm
Vikt:454 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Sport in World History
Antal sidor:288
Förlag:University of California Press
ISBN:9780520292963

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Travis Vogan is Associate Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the Department of American Studies at the University of Iowa. He is the author of ESPN: The Making of a Sports Media Empire.

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"This is a book that has much to commend it and little to criticize. It is built on meticulous research and a strong overall conception of the significance of the subject. For the specialist in history or media it is essential."

Innehållsförteckning

List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: ABC Sports and Network Sports Television1. The “Almost Broadcasting Company” and the Birth of ABC Sports2. ABC’s Wide World of Sports: “The Seedbed of Modern Sports Television” and the Cold War3. “Th e Network of the Olympics”: Starring Muhammad Ali and Howard Cosell4. Monday Night Football, Brian’s Song, and the Roots of the Prime-Time TV Event5. Th e News from Munich on the “Arledge Broadcasting Company”6. “What in the Wide, Wide World of Sports Is Going On Here?”: Trash Sports and Scandal7. “No More Sacred Cows”: The End of ABC Sports’ Golden AgeConclusion: From Wide World of Sports to the Worldwide Leader in SportsAppendix 1: Wide World of Sports Inaugural Season Schedule, 1961Appendix 2: ABC’s Wide World of Sports Athlete of the YearAppendix 3: Top Fifteen Television Audiences of All Time as of Roots’ PremiereAppendix 4: Top Ten Most-Watched Wide World of Sports EpisodesAbbreviationsNotesIndex