Prologue: Just another great day -- The decision -- Adventure -- Tell me a story -- Wide wide world -- Unfathomable -- Surprises -- A whole new world -- NBC's Saturday Night -- Go west -- Live again -- Eddie -- Susie -- Stars and legends -- No sleep -- Perfect fit -- I love this game -- Olympic dreams -- Gold medal deals -- Lighting the flame -- Outside the box -- Human resources -- Adventures in negotiation -- New century, new landscape -- The games go on -- Family -- Follow the living -- Football night in America -- Sunday night is football night -- Olympic diplomacy -- Keeping America awake -- Larger than life -- Epilogue: Plenty more story to tell.
Summary:
Dropping out of college to join the crew of ABC's Wide World of Sports, Ebersol went on to create Saturday Night Live with Lorne Michaels, and later produced the show for four seasons. He partnered with Vince McMahon to bring professional wrestling to network TV, helped turn basketball into a global phenomenon on NBC Sports, and created NBC's Sunday Night Football. Here Ebersol shares behind-the-scenes stories while offering an insightful history and analysis of TV's evolution from broadcast to cable, and into the future. -- adapted from jacket
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