Duncan "Dick" Ebersol (born July 28, 1947 in Torrington, Connecticut) is an American radio and TV manager. He was protégé of ABC Sports czar Roone Arledge and was a key NBC executive in the launching of Saturday Night Live in 1975 and which he produced from April 1981 to May 1985. He became president of NBC Sports in April 1989. In May 2004, Dick Ebersol was named chairman of NBC Universal Sports & Olympics. He is responsible for all sports programming on the NBC and USA Networks and also manages NBC Universal's involvement with the Olympics. July 28 is the 209th day (210th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 156 days remaining. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... Nickname: none Location within the state of Connecticut County Litchfield County Mayor Ryan Bingham Area    - City 104. ... [1] ABC Sports is a division of ABC, responsible for the televising of many sports events on the network. ... This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... NBC (an abbreviation for National Broadcasting Company, its former corporate name) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a weekly late night 90-minute American comedy-variety show based in New York City which has been broadcast by NBC on Saturday nights since October 11, 1975. ... This is a list of television-related events in 1975. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... NBC Sports logo NBC Sports is a division of NBC, responsible for the televising of many sports events on the network. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... See also: 1988 in sports, other events of 1989, 1990 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Auto Racing Stock car racing: Darrell Waltrip won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship - Rusty Wallace CART Racing - season championship won by Emerson Fittipaldi Indianapolis 500 - Emerson Fittipaldi Formula One Championship - Alain... 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Deaths in May • 28 Gerald Anthony • 27 Umberto Agnelli • 22 Richard Biggs • 20 Len Murray • 17 Tony Randall • 17 Ezzedine Salim • 9 Alan King • 9 Akhmad Kadyrov • 8... USA Network (currently Americas #1 cable TV network) is a popular American cable TV network with about 89 million household subscribers as of 2005. ... NBC Universal is a media and entertainment conglomerate formed in May 2004 by the combination of General Electrics NBC with Vivendi Universal Entertainment, part of Vivendi Universal. ... The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ...

He has been instrumental in bringing Sunday Night Football to NBC; it replaced ABC's Monday Night Football in the fall of 2006. He has also been instrumental in keeping the contract for University of Notre Dame football for NBC. NBC Sunday Night Football is a weekly television broadcast of Sunday evening National Football League games on NBC that began airing on Sunday, August 6, 2006 with the pre-season opening Hall of Fame Game. ... Monday Night Football (MNF) is a live television broadcast of the National Football League. ... The 2006 NFL season is the 87th season of the National Football League, the major professional American football league in the United States. ... The University of Notre Dame IPA: is a Roman Catholic institution located in Notre Dame, Indiana, immediately northeast of South Bend, Indiana, United States. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... NBC (an abbreviation for National Broadcasting Company, its former corporate name) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ...

Early life and career

He received his bachelor's degree from Yale University in 1971, after dropping out in 1968 to work as a researcher at ABC Sports for the 1968 Grenoble Winter Olympics. A bachelors degree (Artium Baccalaureus, A.B. or B.A.) is usually an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts for three, four, or in some cases and countries, five or six years. ... Yale redirects here. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ... [1] ABC Sports is a division of ABC, responsible for the televising of many sports events on the network. ... The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games, were held in 1968 Grenoble, France and opened on February 6. ...

In 1974, after six years at ABC Sports – including stints as Roone Arledge's executive assistant and as a producer on Wide World of Sports and at the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics – Ebersol joined NBC as Director of Weekend Late Night Programming. In 1975, Ebersol hired independent producer Lorne Michaels and together they conceived and developed Saturday Night Live. When Ebersol was named NBC's Vice President of Late Night Programming at age 28, he became NBC's first ever vice president under the age of 30. In 1977, Ebersol was named NBC’s Vice President of Comedy, Variety & Event Programming. See also: 1973 in television, other events of 1974, 1975 in television and the list of years in television. For the American network television schedule, please see 1974-75 American network television schedule. ... This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... ABCs Wide World of Sports is a long-running sports anthology show on American television. ... The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ... This is a list of television-related events in 1975. ... Lorne Michaels (born Lorne Michael Lipowitz on November 17, 1944) is an Emmy-winning Canadian-born television producer, writer and comedian best known for creating and producing Saturday Night Live and producing the various film and TV projects that spun off from it. ... Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a weekly late night 90-minute American comedy-variety show based in New York City which has been broadcast by NBC on Saturday nights since October 11, 1975. ... See also: 1976 in television, other events of 1977, 1978 in television and the list of years in television. For the American network television schedule, please see 1977-78 American network television schedule. ...

Saturday Night Live

After the disastrous 1980-1981 season (the first without executive producer and SNL creator Lorne Michaels) it looked as if NBC might cancel the show—indeed, many nights NBC aired the sketch comedy show SCTV in its place—but SNL was given one more chance when Dick Ebersol was hired to replace Jean Doumanian. Ebersol was responsible for hiring Lorne Michaels in 1974 (one year prior to SNL's premiere), and now was given the task of saving the once-acclaimed show from cancellation. His first show aired April 11, with host Chevy Chase and an appearance by Al Franken asking viewers to "put "SNL" to sleep." Ebersol desperately wanted to establish a connection to the original cast, and thus allowed Franken's rather disheartening remarks on the air. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Lorne Michaels (born Lorne Michael Lipowitz on November 17, 1944) is an Emmy-winning Canadian-born television producer, writer and comedian best known for creating and producing Saturday Night Live and producing the various film and TV projects that spun off from it. ... SCTV can refer to a number of things, including the following: SCTV (Indonesia) from Surya Citra Television, headquartered in Indonesia. ... Jean Doumanian (born c. ... April 11 is the 101st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (102nd in leap years). ... Chevy Chase (born Cornelius Crane Chase on October 8, 1943) is an Emmy Award-winning American comedian, writer, and television and film actor. ... Alan Stuart Al Franken (born May 21, 1951) is an Emmy Award–winning American comedian, actor, author, screenwriter, political commentator, radio host and, recently, politician. ...

Ebersol Cleans House

In his first week, Ebersol fired Gilbert Gottfried, Ann Risley, and Charles Rocket, replacing them with Robin Duke, Tim Kazurinsky, and Tony Rosato. He would eventually eliminate the rest of the 1980 cast (except for Murphy and Piscopo) at the end of the season (he had wanted to fire Denny Dillon all along, but could not afford a replacement for her). Ebersol originally wanted to bring in John Candy and Catherine O'Hara from SCTV; Candy turned down the offer and Rosato joined instead. O'Hara initially accepted, but she changed her mind after Michael O'Donoghue—SNL's original head writer, who had been brought in to rejuvenate the show—screamed at the cast about the season's poor writing and performances. Robin Duke was added to the cast when O'Hara suggested her instead. Emily Prager and Laurie Metcalf joined as featured players, but they would not be retained after this single episode. Gilbert Gottfried (born February 28, 1955 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American stand-up comedian and actor noted for his grating voice, his Brooklyn accent and his tendency to shout. ... Ann Risley (born in 1949) was a cast member of the tv series Saturday Night Live for just 13 weeks. ... Charles Rocket, born Charles Adams Claverie (August 24, 1949 – October 7, 2005), was an American film and television actor, most notable for being a cast member on Saturday Night Live as well as for his appearance as the villain Nicholas Andre in Dumb & Dumber. ... Robin Duke (born March 13, 1954 in St. ... Tim Kazurinsky (born March 3, 1950 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania) is a comedian best known for performances on the NBC show Saturday Night Live. ... Tony Rosato (born December 26, 1954) is an Italian-born actor who appears in television and movies in both Canada and the United States. ... Denny Dillon is an American comedian and former cast member of Saturday Night Live. ... John Franklin Candy (October 31, 1950 – March 4, 1994) was a Canadian comedian and actor. ... Catherine OHara (born March 4, 1954) is a Canadian actress and comedian. ... Michael ODonoghue (born January 5, 1940, Sauquoit, New York, United States; died November 8, 1994) was a 20th century writer and performer noted for his dark and destructive style of comedy, and as the first head writer of the highly influential American television program Saturday Night Live. ... Laurie Metcalf (born June 16, 1955) is an Emmy award winning American actress. ...

In addition to appearing on the April 11 show, Ebersol had promised Franken and Tom Davis that they could host the next week, with musical guest The Grateful Dead. All through the following week, with a writer's strike looming, Franken and Davis wrote material and mailed it to themselves so that their postmark could be used to prove they did not violate the strike. After seeing copies of the material, Ebersol (never a fan of Franken & Davis') caved to the writer's strike and called off the rest of the season, promising the duo they could host the season premiere that fall. As the summer wound to a close, Ebersol grew more confident in his new cast and decided he didn't need to establish a link to the original cast after all. Franken claims Dick never returned his calls, and Franken and Davis never hosted SNL. April 11 is the 101st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (102nd in leap years). ... Thomas Davis (born January 11, 1959), American School Teacher and Independent Composer An aspiring jazz composer from the idyllic Finger Lakes region in upstate New York, Tom Davis teaches music at a public high school while tending to a family of four. ... Jerry Garcia later in life The Grateful Dead was an American rock band, which was formed in 1965 in San Francisco from the remnants of another band, Mother McCrees Uptown Jug Champions. ...

By the fall of 1981, Joe Piscopo and Eddie Murphy were the only remainders from Doumanian's cast to appear on SNL for the 1981 season. Murphy had rarely been featured during Doumanian's tenure, but became a break-out star under Ebersol, and his soaring popularity helped restore the show's ratings. Joe Piscopo (born June 17, 1951, Passaic, New Jersey) is an American comedian, known for his work on Saturday Night Live. ... Edward Eddie Regan Murphy (born April 3, 1961, Brooklyn, New York City) is a Golden Globe-winning and Academy Award-nominated American actor and comedian. ...

Fresh Talent

In spring 1982, Ebersol travelled to Second City Chicago to scout for more talent. Tired of recently losing key players to NBC (such as Cheers' George Wendt and Hill Street Blues' Betty Thomas), the top brass pointed Ebersol around the corner to the Practical Theatre Company, where he hired Gary Kroeger, Brad Hall and Julia Louis-Dreyfus to join in the fall. Jim Belushi arrived 3 shows into the fall, 1983 season, the delay owing to stage commitments in Chicago. The Second City is a long-running improvisational comedy troupe based in the Old Town area of Chicago, Illinois, with offshoot troupes in other cities, most notably Toronto. ... Cheers is an American situation comedy produced by Charles-Burrows-Charles Productions in association with Paramount Television for NBC. Cheers was created by the team of James Burrows, Glen Charles, and Les Charles. ... George Robert Wendt (born October 17, 1948) is an American actor best known for the role of Norm Peterson on the long-running television show Cheers (1982-1993). ... Hill Street Blues was a serial police drama that first aired on NBC in 1981 and ran for 146 episodes on primetime into 1987. ... Betty Thomas (born July 27, 1947) is an American actress and director. ... Gary Kroeger (born April 13, 1957) is an American actor best known for his work on Saturday Night Live from 1982 to 1985. ... Hall anchoring Weekend Update Brad Hall (born March 21, 1958, Santa Barbara, California) is an American writer and actor, best known as a Saturday Night Live news anchor on Saturday Night News. ... This article is about the American actress. ... James Belushi (also known as Jim Belushi) (born June 15, 1954) is an American film and television actor. ...

However, SNL was mostly a two-man show from 1981–1984, with Murphy and Piscopo playing a bulk of the lead characters. All other cast members played supporting roles and were treated with very little patience by the producers. Unlike Lorne Michaels, Dick Ebersol had no problem firing people. Among the first casualties after the 1981 Season were Rosato (who later said that the firing was the best thing to ever happen to him, because the SNL set helped encourage his drug addiction) and Christine Ebersole (no relation to Dick), who got the axe because of her frequent complaints that the women on the show had little airtime and what they did receive cast them in sexist and humiliating lights. Michael O'Donoghue was fired in the middle of the season after writing a sketch comparing Fred Silverman to Adolf Hitler. Christine Erbersole Christine Ebersole (b. ... Michael ODonoghue (born January 5, 1940, Sauquoit, New York, United States; died November 8, 1994) was a 20th century writer and performer noted for his dark and destructive style of comedy, and as the first head writer of the highly influential American television program Saturday Night Live. ... Silverman, Time, 1977 Fred Silverman (born September 13, 1937 in New York City) is an American television executive and producer. ... Hitler redirects here. ...

Dick Ebersol's SNL vs. Lorne Michaels' SNL

Indeed, Ebersol ran a much different show than Michaels had in the 1970s. Many of the sketches were built less on "smart" and "revolutionary" comedy that was abundant in the early days and followed a much more "Naivete" approach. This pedestrian shift alienated some fans and the lion's share of writers and cast members. Many writers felt that "Hard Dick" Ebersol cared more about maintaining "absolute control" rather than producing a funny show. His inability to understand humor, and demanding more appearances of recurring characters for cheap laughs, reminded them of an authoritarian dictator in his last days. However, despite these oppositions there was little argument that Ebersol possessed a keen sense of business politics, in other words, a real "kiss-ass", which eventually helped revive a show that would have otherwise died at the hands of a creative and independently thinking producer. However, by the later terms of his tenure, Ebersol was generally handling much of the business aspects and day-to-day production affairs, leaving producer Bob Tischler in charge of most of the creative facets of the show.

1984-1985 Season

Upon the departures of Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo, Ebersol, having lost his key players, began rebuilding the cast for the 1984 season, enlisting what is in retrospect known as the "All-Star" cast. Along with veteran players Belushi, Gross, Kroeger, and Louis-Dreyfus, Ebersol added somewhat well-known names to the repertory. This new cast included Soap star Billy Crystal; Martin Short, who had made a name for himself as Ed Grimley (a character he would bring to SNL that year) on Canada's SCTV; Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer (who was also a cast member in 1979) from The Credibility Gap and This Is Spinal Tap; Superman III's Pamela Stephenson (Also from the highly successful British sketch comedy series Not The Nine O'Clock News) ; and Rich Hall from HBO's Not Necessarily The News. Soap was a successful American sitcom that ran on ABC from 1977 to 1981. ... Billy Crystal (born Israel William Krisstalsterne on March 14, 1947 in Long Beach, New York) is a Jewish American actor, writer, producer, comedian and film director. ... Martin Hayter Short, CM (born March 26, 1950 in Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian/American actor, writer, and producer. ... SCTV DVD cover, showing Ed Grimley (second from right-top) Edward Mayhoff Ed Grimley was a character introduced on the television series SCTV and later used in Saturday Night Live. ... Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest (born February 5, 1948), is a British/American comedian, actor, writer, director, composer, and musician known as Christopher Guest. ... The Credibility Gap was a satirical comedy team comprising Harry Shearer, Richard Beebe, David L. Lander and Michael McKean. ... This article is about the film. ... Superman III is a 1983 movie that was the third of four movies based upon the long-running DC Comics superhero produced between 1978-1987. ... Pamela Stephenson on Not The Nine OClock News Pamela Stephenson (also known as Pamela Stephenson Connolly), (born December 4, 1949 in Takapuna, Auckland) is a New Zealand-Australian actress, psychologist, and former comedian, now resident in Beverly Hills, California. ... Not the Nine OClock News is a comedy television programme that was shown on the BBC, broadcast from 1979 to 1982. ... Rich Hall (born 1954 in Waxhaw, North Carolina) is an American comedian and writer. ... For other uses, see HBO (disambiguation). ... Not Necessarily the News was a satirical sketch comedy series that ran on HBO from 1983 to 1990. ...

The End of an Era

The 10th season is often remembered for relying heavily on pre-taped content. At the end of the season Ebersol requested to completely revamp the show to include mostly prerecorded segments. Like Michaels at the end of the 1980 season, Ebersol made taking the show off the air for several months to re-cast and rebuild a condition of his return. Another idea was to institute a permanent rotation of hosts (Billy Crystal, Joe Piscopo, and David Letterman) for "a hip Ed Sullivan Show." After briefly canceling the show, NBC decided to continue production only if they could get Lorne Michaels to produce again. Ebersol and Tischler, along with their writing staff and most of the cast, left the show after this season (those who wished to stay—such as Billy Crystal—were eventually not re-hired for 1985), which closed the book on an inconsistent, yet memorable era in SNL history. Billy Crystal (born Israel William Krisstalsterne on March 14, 1947 in Long Beach, New York) is a Jewish American actor, writer, producer, comedian and film director. ... Joe Piscopo (born June 17, 1951, Passaic, New Jersey) is an American comedian, known for his work on Saturday Night Live. ... David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947 is an award-winning American television personality, late night talk show host, television producer, Indy Racing League car owner and philanthropist. ... The Ed Sullivan Show was an American television variety show that ran from June 20, 1948, to June 6, 1971, and was hosted by Ed Sullivan. ...

Criticism

He is noted for developing a heavily debated and often criticized style of reporting the Olympics, which under NBC now focuses more on the human interest side of U.S. athletes than on real live reporting of the competitions themselves that are often interrupted by commercial breaks.

In July 1989 Ebersol was named Senior Vice President of NBC News, a position that paralleled the situation of his mentor, Roone Arledge, at ABC. As the executive for The Today Show, Ebersol presided over Jane Pauley's removal from the anchor desk in favor of Deborah Norville. He took the heat for the resulting bad publicity, and was subsequently relieved of his Today Show duties. 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... NBC News is the news division of American television network NBC. Its current president is Steve Capus. ... This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... Today, commonly referred to as The Today Show to avoid ambiguity, is an American morning news and talk show airing weekday mornings on the NBC television network. ... Margaret Jane Pauley (born October 31, 1950, in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American television news anchor and journalist. ... Deborah Norville (born August 8, 1958 in Dalton, Georgia) is an American television broadcaster and journalist. ...

Ebersol also presided over high-profile failures for NBC Sports such as the 1992 Summer Olympic Triplecast, The Baseball Network (a joint venture between NBC, ABC, and Major League Baseball which ran from 1994-1995) and the XFL experiment with World Wrestling Entertainment (for whom Ebersol previously teamed-up with for Saturday Night's Main Event during the 1980s) from 2001. The 1992 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were held in 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... The Baseball Network was a short-lived television joint venture involving the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), and Major League Baseball. ... NBC (an abbreviation for National Broadcasting Company, its former corporate name) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The following are the events of the year 1994 that happened world-wide throughout the sport of baseball. ... The following are the baseball events of the year 1995 throughout the world. ... The XFL was a professional American football league that played for one season in 2001. ... World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ... The classic logo, 1985-1991. ... This is a list of television-related events in 2001. ...

In addition, Ebersol presided over a period during the late 1990s on through the early 2000s where NBC progressively lost the rights to major professional sports like the National Football League (1997), Major League Baseball (2000), and the National Basketball Association (2002). In reaction to NBC losing the rights to the NBA to ABC, Ebersol had this to say: The NFL on NBC was the brand given to NBC Sports coverage of National Football League games until 1998, when NBC lost the NFL American Football Conference rights to CBS. NFL coverage will return to NBC for the 2006 season under the title NBC Sunday Night Football [1]. // Background The... A NBC Sports camera capturing the action at Dodger Stadium. ... The NBA on NBC was a weekly presentation of National Basketball Association games on the National Broadcasting Company television network from 1990 to 2002. ... The NBA on ABC is a TV show that telecasts NBA games on ABC Sports since Christmas Day 2002. ...

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Personal

Ebersol has been married to actress Susan Saint James (McMillan and Wife, Kate & Allie) since 1981; the couple met when Saint James was guest-hosting SNL that same year. The couple has three children -- Charles, Willie, and Teddy (deceased). Saint James also has two children from a previous marriage. Ebersol was briefly married to former Wheel of Fortune hostess Susan Stafford in the 1970s. Saint James as Sally McMillan in The Man Without A Face, ca. ... McMillan and Wife was an American crime drama television series that aired on NBC from 1971 to 1978. ... Kate & Allie was a television situation comedy, airing on CBS from 1984 to 1989. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The daytime Wheel of Fortune aired on NBC from January 6, 1975 to June 30, 1989. ... Susan Stafford (b. ...

2004 plane crash

On November 28, 2004, Ebersol was seriously injured in a charter plane crash in Montrose County, Colorado. The pilot of the Bombardier Challenger CL-601 and a flight attendant (Warren Richardson III) were killed. The body of Ebersol's 14-year-old son, Edward "Teddy" Ebersol, was found under the wreckage the following day. The aircraft was departing from Montrose Regional Airport (near the Telluride Ski Area) for South Bend, Indiana, where Charles Ebersol, Dick Ebersol's son who also survived the crash, was a senior at Notre Dame. Dick Ebersol suffered broken ribs, a broken sternum and had fluid in his lungs. Charles Ebersol suffered a broken hand and two breaks in his back. The co-pilot of the aircraft, Eric Wicksell, was in critical condition at a burn unit in Denver. Teddy Ebersol field has recently opened in Boston in memorandium of his son. November 28 is the 332nd day (333rd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Capt. ... Montrose County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. ... logo Bombardier Inc. ... Montrose Regional Airport is an airport in the southwest corner of the U.S. state of Colorado. ... For other meanings, see Telluride (disambiguation). ... Location in the state of Indiana Coordinates: County St. ... Not to be confused with the University of Notre Dame Australia University of Notre Dame du Lac The University of Notre Dame (standard name; full legal name University of Notre Dame du Lac) is a Roman Catholic institution of higher learning located in Notre Dame, Indiana, USA adjacent to the... In medicine, critical condition is the worst physical state a patient can be in and still be alive. ... Nickname: The Mile-High City Location of Denver in Colorado Coordinates: Country United States State Colorado City-County Denver (coextensive) Founded November 22, 1858 Incorporated November 7, 1861  - Mayor John Hickenlooper (D) Area    - City  154. ... Teddy Ebersol field is located in the prestigious Beacon Hill area of the city of Boston. ... Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, Athens of America, The Hub (of the Universe)1 Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County  - Mayor Thomas M. Menino (D) Area    - City  89. ...

NTSB investigators said that the plane had not been de-iced prior to takeoff and that they were investigating other potential factors in the crash. Original eyewitness accounts said that the plane never even got off the ground: running off the runway, skidding across a road and crashing through a fence and into a field where it burst into flames. However, Ebersol himself said that the jet struggled at 20 feet in the air before falling back to the runway and breaking apart. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is a U.S. government independent organization responsible for investigation of accidents involving aviation, highway, marine, pipelines and railroads in the United States. ...

Ebersol and his surviving family appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show on February 2, 2006, to discuss the crash. The Oprah Winfrey Show is an American nationally syndicated talk show, hosted and produced by Oprah Winfrey and is the highest-rated talk show in American television history. ... February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... This is a list of television-related events in 2006. ...

Selected list of shows produced by Ebersol

• Football Night in America
• Friday Night Videos
• Midnight Special
• Later with Bob Costas
• Saturday Night Live
• WWE Saturday Night's Main Event

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Trivia

• Ebersol is the only person other than songwriter Carly Simon to know the name of the subject of Simon's song "You're So Vain." He won the right to know in a charity auction and is sworn to secrecy.

• In 1986, Ebersol had a near mythical encounter with professional wrestler Jake "The Snake" Roberts. It was prior to a taping of Saturday Night's Main Event. Several hours before the show, Ebersol confronted Roberts with a script. Roberts didn't recognize that the man who handed him the script was the executive producer of Saturday Night's Main Event. Roberts found the script to be cornball and not representative of his character, thus he lashed out at Ebersol and told him to take the script and stick it. Some time later, Roberts found himself talking to SNME commentator Jesse "The Body" Ventura. Ventura told Roberts that the script that was handed to him was simply a pretext. Ventura, unlike Roberts, knew who Dick Ebersol was and as soon as Roberts pointed Ebersol (who at this point was talking with World Wrestling Federation chairman and SNME co-host Vince McMahon) to him and quickly left the scene as soon as he recognized Ebersol. Roberts soon found himself confronted by the same man for whom he had chided hours earlier. Ebersol then asked Roberts if he had any better suggestions for Saturday Night's Main Event than what the people at NBC came up with. The end result was a segment involving Roberts being interviewed while taking a shower with his snake.

• With his wife Susan Saint James, they are part owner of Litchfield, Connecticut radio station, FM 97.3 WZBG. Also home of popular Litchfield County, Connecticut radio personalities Dale Jones and Amy Ferrarotti.

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References

1. ^ http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=sbd.main&storyId=SBD2002012307

External links

• Museum of Broadcast Communications: Dick Ebersol
• NBC Executive Biographies: Dick Ebersol
• Dick Ebersol at the Internet Movie Database
• NBC's Ebersol Puts His Games Face On, Comes Up a Winner (washingtonpost.com)
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