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Donald Carswell ’50 died in March 2005 after a distinguished career at NBC. This op-ed first ran on June...
Instrumental in developing Wide World of Sports in the nascent years of ABC Sports, Chet later headed NBC Sports and had a guiding hand in numerous technical innovations, such as the use of instant replay. And, again with the fan in mind and at heart, he hired a Koufax, a Kubek, and several other great sports names as commentators. With two networks behind him, Chet then went to ESPN, becoming the 24-hour sports channel's first president in 1979. "What lies ahead for cable television is incalculable," he said. How right...
...remain among the most popular in sports television--SportsCenter, the early-round coverage of the NCAA men's basketball tournament and the National Football League draft telecast. Along the way, he gave many young women and men a shot. He hired me at ESPN and my brother Bryant at NBC. These jobs were our first network career breaks...
News Item A: The romantic comedy Date Night, starring Steve Carell of The Office and 30 Rock's Tina Fey as a married couple in peril, won the weekend box-office race, narrowly beating last week's champ, Clash of the Titans. NBC's prime-time lineup on Thursday may no longer be "Must See TV," but two of the network's Thursday stalwarts paired for a Must See Moo-vee. (See TIME's review of Date Night...