ABC’s Wide World of Sports is a sports anthology series on ABC
television that ran until January 3, 1998 and was hosted by Jim
McKay (below). The title continued to be used for general sports
TV programs on the network until 2006, primarily on Saturdays.
Jim McKay
Arthur Morton Godfrey (August 31, 1903 – March 16, 1983)
Arthur Godfrey was seen for the last time in the final broadcast of “The
Arthur Godfrey Show” on CBS-TV. The hour-long series originally aired
from January 1949 to June 1957 as “Arthur Godfrey and His Friends”.
The variety show was live, and Godfrey often did away with the script
and improvised. He refused to participate in commercials for products
he did not believe in himself.
Carol Creighton Burnett
Actress, comedian, singer, and writer.Carol Burnett is best known for her long-
running TV variety show, The Carol Burnett Show,on CBS. It originally aired
from September 11, 1967, to March 29, 1978, for 278 episodes, and again
with 9 episodes in the fall of 1991.
Ed Danahue
