ABC's Wide World of Sports
Desk landmarks
2 curated landmarks · not a full season
Desk landmarks. Open broadcast databases lack a full episode list for this title. TV Flash lists curated desk landmarks (public cultural milestones) — not a complete guide.
- S01E01
Series premiere
Jim McKay and ABC open the sports anthology window: obscure events, global oddities, and the phrase that outlived the show — the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat.
Desk — Desk landmark: Wide World invents sports TV as travelogue and drama, not just scoreboard.
- S01E02
Cultural peak / catchphrase era
Weekend afternoon America: ski jumping crashes, demolition derbies, and international sports Americans had never scheduled — all sold as one brand.
Desk — Desk landmark: the catchphrase is the real syndication. Generations quote it who never saw the ski jump.
More from the 1960s.