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Roone Arledge

Producer, Additional Credits
Born July 8, 1931Died December 5, 2002 (71 years)
Roone Pinckney Arledge Jr. was an American sports and news broadcasting executive who was president of ABC Sports from 1968 until 1986 and ABC News from 1977 until 1998, and a key part of the company's rise to competition with the two other main television networks, NBC and CBS, in the 1960s, '70s, '80s and '90s. He created many programs still airing today, such as Monday Night Football, ABC World News Tonight, Primetime, Nightline and 20/20. John Heard portrayed him in the 2002 TNT movie Monday Night Mayhem.

Known For

  • 20/20
  • World News Tonight
  • Good Morning America
  • ESPN Monday Night Football
  • This Week
  • IX Olympic Winter Games, Innsbruck 1964
  • Live from Lincoln Center
  • Frank Sinatra: The Main Event
  • Nightline

Roone Arledge Filmography

2025
Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything · as Self - Former President Of Abc Sports
2006
2005
The Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame (TV Series) · as Self
2001
Wide World of Sports 40th Anniversary Special · as Self - Executive Producer, Wide World Of Sports
1999
Howard Cosell: Telling It Like It Is · as Self (exec. Producer Abc Sports 1961-1986
1999
SportsCentury (TV Series) · as Self
1995
1986
Our World (TV Series) · as Self - Abc Sports President
1972
Bill Moyers Journal (TV Series) · as Self - Abc News And Sports President
1970
The Odd Couple (TV Series) · as Roone Arledge

1984
1983
1983
Battle of the Network Stars XIV · as Executive Producer
1978
1978
20/20 (TV Series)
1978
1977
Battle of the Network Stars III · as Executive Producer
1976
Battle of the Network Stars · as Executive Producer
1975
Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
1974
1972
The World of Sport Fishing · as Executive Producer
1970
ESPN Monday Night Football (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
1965
The American Sportsman (TV Series) · as Executive Producer

2005
This Week (TV Series) · as Creator
1979
Nightline (TV Series) · as Creator
1978
20/20 (TV Series) · as Creator
1976
Live from Lincoln Center (TV Series) · as Creator
1975
Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Creator
1961
IX Olympic Winter Games, Innsbruck 1964 · as Executive Producer: Abc Network Coverage
1953
World News Tonight (TV Series) · as Creator

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