{"product_id":"from-saturday-night-to-sunday-night","title":"From Saturday Night to Sunday Night","description":"\u003cb\u003eA memoir by the legendary television executive detailing his pioneering work on \u003ci\u003eSaturday Night Live\u003c\/i\u003e , \u003ci\u003eSunday Night Football,\u003c\/i\u003e the Olympics, the NBA, music videos, late night, and more.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Think of an important moment in live TV over the last half-century. Dick Ebersol was likely involved.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDropping out of college to join the crew of ABC's \u003ci\u003eWide World of Sports\u003c\/i\u003e , Ebersol worked the Mexico City Olympics during the famous protest by John Carlos and Tommie Smith as well as the Munich Olympics during the tragic hostage standoff. He went on to cocreate \u003ci\u003eSaturday Night Live\u003c\/i\u003e with Lorne Michaels and later produced the show for four seasons, helping launch Eddie Murphy to stardom. After creating \u003ci\u003eFriday Night Videos\u003c\/i\u003e and partnering with Vince McMahon to bring professional wrestling to network TV, he next took over NBC Sports, which helped turn basketball into a global phenomenon and made history as the first broadcaster to host the World Series, the Super Bowl, the NBA Finals, and the Summer Olympics in the same year; it was Ebersol who was responsible for Muhammad Ali lighting the Olympic flame in Atlanta. Then, following a plane crash that took the life of his fourteen-year-old son Teddy and nearly killed him, he determinedly undertook perhaps his greatest career achievement: creating NBC’s \u003ci\u003eSunday Night Football\u003c\/i\u003e , still the #1 primetime show in America. The \u003ci\u003eToday\u003c\/i\u003e show's headline-making hosting changes, the so-called “Late-Night Wars,” OJ Simpson's Bronco chase—Ebersol had a front-row seat to it all.","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41609225994302,"sku":"9781982194468","price":89.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0602\/3734\/8926\/files\/download-2024-03-14T114825.432_2d6e3d03-5fad-4a39-9a92-a5007902cf6b.jpg?v=1740785886","url":"https:\/\/mokabook.net\/en\/products\/from-saturday-night-to-sunday-night","provider":"Mokabook | موكابوك","version":"1.0","type":"link"}