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| Episode 113 August 15, 2006 |
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The Negotiator
When it comes to negotiating landmark sports television rights deals, Dick Ebersol is in a league of his own. Since 1989, he has been chief of NBC Sports, first as president of the division and then as chairman of NBC Universal Sports and Olympics. Now, 58, Ebersol has acquired a series of high-profile properties that have left media observers and competitors in awe. His signature deal is the Olympics, which are locked up by NBC through at least 2012. Ebersol added a new chapter to his legacy in spring 2005 when he negotiated an agreement with the NFL to move its prime-time Monday night football package to Sunday beginning this year.
One of TV's most visible executives, Ebersol got his start at the burgeoning ABC Sports empire in 1967, serving as TV's first-ever Olympics researcher while attending Yale. From 1975 to 1985, he and Lorne Michaels conceived, developed and ran NBC's groundbreaking "Saturday Night Live" franchise. Along with success, Ebersol, who is married to actress Susan St. James, has also experienced tragedy. On Nov. 28, 2004, he was a passenger on a private plane that crashed on takeoff in Colorado, killing his teenage son Teddy; Ebersol's older son Charlie survived and pulled his father to safety. Frank Deford goes one-on-one with Ebersol to reflect on his professional accomplishments and private family moments.
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