Monday Night Mayhem (2002)

Actors

• Michael Edward Baker (actor)
• Barrymore Barlow (actor)
• Brad Beyer (actor)
• Brennan Brown (actor)
• P.J. Brown (actor)
• Leo Burmester (actor)
• Dominic Chianese Jr. (actor)
• Chad L. Coleman (actor)
• Brian d'Arcy James (actor)
• Skippy D (actor)
• Patch Darragh (actor)
• Tony Devon (actor)
• Jeffrey Dreisbach (actor)
• Frank Ferrara (actor)
• Kevin Anderson (actor)

Genres

• Drama
• Sport

Taglines:

Gifford. Cosell. Meredith. There was more action in the booth than there was on the field.

Arledge, Roone Filmography

• Jim McKay: My World in My Words
  2003, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Nightline Up Close
  2002, role: producer
• 20/20 Downtown
  1999, role: producer
• Howard Cosell: Telling It Like It Is
  1999, role: actor , character name: Himself
• 23rd Annual International Emmys Gala Awards
  1995, role: actor , character name: Himself - Presenter
• 20/20
  1994, role: producer
• Turning Point
  1993, role: producer
• World News Now
  1992, role: producer
• ABC's Wide World of Sports 30th Anniversary Special
  1991, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Ironman Triathlon World Championship
  1985, role: producer
• 1984 Summer Olympics Highlights
  1984, role: producer
• Battle of the Network Stars XVI
  1984, role: producer
• Battle of the Network Stars XV
  1983, role: producer
• US Open
  1982, role: producer
• ABC News Nightline
  1980, role: writer
• 1980 XIII Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid
  1980, role: producer
• Winter Olympics '80: The World Comes to America
  1980, role: producer
• America Held Hostage
  1979, role: producer
• NCAA Football
  1979, role: producer
• Battle of the Network Stars IV
  1978, role: producer
• 20/20
  1978, role: producer
• Battle of the Network Stars V
  1978, role: producer
• 20/20
  1978, role: writer
• Battle of the Network Stars
  1976, role: producer
• XII Olympic Games at Innsbruck
  1976, role: producer
• Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell
  1975, role: producer
• Frank Sinatra: The Main Event
  1974, role: producer
• Bobby Riggs vs. Billie Jean King: Tennis Battle of the Sexes
  1973, role: producer
• Munich 1972: Games of the XX Olympiad
  1972, role: producer
• NFL Monday Night Football
  1970, role: producer
• NFL Monday Night Football
  1970, role: producer
• 19th Summer Olympic Games
  1968, role: producer
• 10th Winter Olympic Games
  1968, role: producer
• ABC's College Football
  1966, role: producer
• IX. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1964
  1964, role: producer

Famous quotes by Roone Arledge:

"Pete saw where it was all going."

"He said, 'Of course, you understand we have to offer it to CBS and NBC first because of existing contracts. I was about to slit my throat."

"His real monument is 60 Minutes . He is truly an innovator in this business. I still believe Don deserves the credit for it [the idea of the news magazine format]; it is an innovative format no one had done before. It's been copied all over the world, including several times by us. He's been a leader in our industry. He has inspired all sorts of people."

"He brought us instant stature, instant integrity, instant quality that ... defined the early struggling days of ABC News."

"They're indispensable. They're the glue that holds a newscast together."

"I don't think any industry was ever as closely scrutinized and written about and constantly in the public eye as television."

"But if you cover the World Series on the news or do a feature on an Ali boxing match then all of a sudden ears go up all over the place and people say what the hell are you doing. The reason for that is that we're doing something that people are really interested in."

"I don't think people realize the extent to which TV networks are hurt when they carry public broadcasting. I think the estimate is that they lose a half-million dollars for a half day's programming."

"The current wisdom now is that if the three networks are covering the news the same way the difference is the anchor people. I think that won't be true in the future."

"I think people tuned in a lot to see Barbara when she first came here and they just didn't like the show they saw. I think it was dull. It was sterile."

"One of the towering people in this industry said, why don't you go and make a five-year contract with somebody, make yourself several million dollars and put it away, then go and do whatever you want, work for public TV if you want."

"Most of what we report from Congress they don't care about unless it affects them directly."

"People also don't care about the daily comings and goings of diplomats and yet we must report it."

"But unlike the setup in most organizations, where there's an administrator on top and creative people or doers underneath, I'm basically a doer and I like to have administrative people underneath me."

"I want everybody in the news business to think of ABC before they go any place else. If it costs us an extra few thousand dollars to do that, what does it mean?"

"Television is a powerful medium that has to be used for something better than sitcoms and police shows. On the other hand, if you don't recognize the forces that play on what people watch and what they don't then you're a fool and you should be in a different business."

"In the past ABC has made half-hearted efforts or, worse, cosmetic efforts, to do something about news and I wasn't certain about what their real aim was - nor am I now."

"I respect the game that goes on of putting this against that, but I don't respect, nor do I enjoy, an awful lot of the actual programs that go on the air."

"In fact, I had a series of offers which would have brought me a lot of money to make films and package TV programs. There were people who said to me, we'll put a million dollars in your bank account tomorrow, which is a hard thing to turn down."

"I don't think the news department will have to lie down and play dead like it has in the past. By and large the network has been understanding, but then so have I."