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Roone Arledge Biography (1931-)

Full name, Roone Pinckney Arledge, Jr.; born July 8, 1931, in Forest Hills, NY; son of Roone Pinckney (an attorney) and Gertrude (maiden name, Stritmater)Arledge; married Joan Heise, December 27, 1953 (divorced, 1971); married, wife's name Anne (divorced); married Gigi Shaw, May 21, 1994; children: (firstmarriage) Elizabeth Ann, Susan Lee, Patricia Lu, Roone Pinckney III. Addresses: Office: ABC News, 47 West 66th St., Floor 5, New York, NY 10023-6201.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Producer, executive

Birth Details

July 8, 1931

Forest Hills, New York, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Television Work
• Series
• Producer and director, Hi, Mom (also known as The Shari Lewis Show), NBC, 1955-1960
• Creator and producer, ABC's Wide World of Sports, ABC, 1961
• Creator, NFL Monday Night Football, ABC, 1963-1968
• Creator, World News Tonight, ABC, 1978
• Creator, 20/20, ABC, 1978
• Executive producer, NCAA College Football, ABC, 1979
• Creator, The American Sportsman, ABC, beginning 1980
• Creator, Nightline, ABC, 1980
• Creator, This Week with David Brinkley, ABC, 1981
• Creator, World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, ABC, 1983
• Creator, Primetime Live, ABC, 1989
• Creator, World News Now, ABC, 1992
• Also creator of Capital to Capital, Day One, Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell, Turning Point, Viewpoint, andWorld News This Morning, all ABC.
• Television Executive Producer
• Specials
• The 19th Summer Olympic Games, ABC, 1968
• The 1972 Summer Olympic Games, ABC, 1972
• XII Winter Olympic Games, ABC, 1975
• Triumph and Tragedy ... The Olympic Experience, ABC, 1975
• Spirit of '78--The Flight of the Double Eagle II, ABC, 1978
• The 1980 Winter Olympic Games, ABC, 1979
• Kentucky Derby, ABC, 1980
• ABC's Wide World of Sports 20th Anniversary Show, ABC, 1980
• The 1982 Indianapolis 500, ABC, 1982
• The 1984 Summer Olympics, ABC, 1984
• Liberty Weekend, ABC, 1986
• Television Producer
• Specials
• The Main Event at Madison Square Garden, ABC, 1974
• Producer of Battle of the Network Stars, ABC.
• Television Appearances
• Specials
• Howard Cosell: Telling It Like It Is, HBO, 1999
• Episodic
• Himself, "Your Mother Wears Army Boots," The Odd Couple, ABC, 1975

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

• Contemporary Newsmakers 1992, Issue Cumulation, Gale, 1992