Poll: What Exact Event Marked the Ultimate Decline of ABC Sp

TMC1982 · Joined: 29 Dec 2007 Posts: 3

*Cap-Cities buying the network (circa 1985)

*Disney buying the network (circa 1996)

*"Wide World of Sports" in its original format, gets cancelled (circa
1997-1998)

*ABC loses the rights to both Olympic Games following the 1988 Winter
Games in Calgary

*ABC loses "Monday Night Football" to ESPN (circa 2005-2006)

*ABC loses the rights to the Triple Crown to NBC (circa 2000-2001)

*Roone Arledge steps down as the president of ABC Sports (circa 1986)

*Keith Jackson retires and Al Michaels moves to NBC (circa 2006)

*George Bodenheimer becomes head of ABC Sports (circa 2003)

*Howard Cosell gets fired (circa 1985)

*Other

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Tarkus · Joined: 06 Aug 2007 Posts: 75

TMC1982@gmail.com wrote:

> *ABC loses "Monday Night Football" to ESPN (circa 2005-2006)

How do you "lose" something to a network you own?

TMC1982 · Joined: 29 Dec 2007 Posts: 3

On Dec 28, 3:41 pm, Tarkus wrote:
> TMC1...@gmail.com wrote:
> > *ABC loses "Monday Night Football" to ESPN (circa 2005-2006)
>
> How do you "lose" something to a network you own?

What I mean is that when "Monday Night Football" stopped appearing as
a regularly scheduled series on ABC. How hard is it to figure that one
out!?

Tarkus · Joined: 06 Aug 2007 Posts: 75

TMC1982@gmail.com wrote:
> On Dec 28, 3:41 pm, Tarkus wrote:
>> TMC1...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> *ABC loses "Monday Night Football" to ESPN (circa 2005-2006)
>> How do you "lose" something to a network you own?
>
> What I mean is that when "Monday Night Football" stopped appearing as
> a regularly scheduled series on ABC. How hard is it to figure that one
> out!?

It's not hard to figure out at all when you say it right.

TMC1982 · Joined: 29 Dec 2007 Posts: 3

On Dec 28, 10:35 pm, Tarkus wrote:
> TMC1...@gmail.com wrote:
> > On Dec 28, 3:41 pm, Tarkus wrote:
> >> TMC1...@gmail.com wrote:
> >>> *ABC loses "Monday Night Football" to ESPN (circa 2005-2006)
> >> How do you "lose" something to a network you own?
>
> > What I mean is that when "Monday Night Football" stopped appearing as
> > a regularly scheduled series on ABC. How hard is it to figure that one
> > out!?
>
> It's not hard to figure out at all when you say it right.

And how exactly is that my problem!? It wasn't exactly "rocket
science" to begin with.