CBS Sports Spectacular is a sports anthology program produced by CBS Sports. The series began on January 3, 1960[2] as The CBS Sports Spectacular, and has been known under many different names, including CBS Sports Saturday,[3][4] CBS Sports Sunday,[5] Eye on Sports[6][7] and The CBS Sports Show.[8][9]
The program continues to air on an irregular basis on weekend afternoons, especially during the late spring and summer months. Normally it airs pre-recorded "time-buy" sports events produced by outside companies, such as supercross or skiing competitions, or sponsored documentaries.
Hosts have included John "Bud" Palmer, Jack Whitaker, Brent Musburger, Pat Summerall [10] Jim Kelly,[11] Dick Stockton,[12] Tim Brant,[13] Greg Gumbel, Pat O'Brien, Andrea Joyce and Michele Tafoya.
Under its current format, the program does not have a regular host.
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Theme music [edit]
An original composition by Edd Kalehoff featuring scat vocals was used as the theme for The CBS Sports Spectacular beginning in 1970.[14] Then, The Electric Light Orchestra's "Fire on High" was used as the theme of the show (when it was known as The CBS Sports Special) from 1976[15] to 1978.[16] The next song used as a theme (from 1979[17]-1980[18]) was an "in-house" version of American composer Aaron Copland's symphonic instrumental "Fanfare For The Common Man."[19] The CBS version of "Fanfare" – clocking in at 1 minute, eight seconds—was styled after the 9 minute, 40 second version recorded by UK progressive rock group Emerson, Lake & Palmer on its 1977 LP, Works Volume 1.
For CBS' Super Bowl XVI coverage at the end of the 1981 NFL season,[20][21] CBS' theme music would eventually become the theme for CBS Sports Saturday/Sunday. The music itself, could be considered a hybrid of the then, NFL Today theme and their original college basketball theme.
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References [edit]
- ^ "Google Search – 2006 (''The CBS Sports Spectacular'')". Google. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
- ^ "Google Search – 1960 (''The CBS Sports Spectacular'')". Google. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
- ^ "Google Search – 1981 (''CBS Sports Saturday'')". Google. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
- ^ It was CBS Sports Spectacular until 1981, when Terry O'Neil took over as executive producer and changed it to Sports Saturday and Sports Sunday and made it more of a breaking news program. In the late 1970s, Eddie Einhorn ran it with Dick Stockton as host, and it could be very interesting—they often did it as a travelogue built around the events in one location, which meant Stockton almost outdid Jim McKay in the Frequent Flier department. But they had a lot of trash sports, too, and that's what O'Neil tried to get rid of.[dead link]
- ^ "Google Search – 1981 (''CBS Sports Sunday'')". Google. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
- ^ Eye on Sports (1994) home page at InBaseline.com
- ^ "Google Search – 1994 (''Eye on Sports'')". Google. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
- ^ The CBS Sports Show (1995) home page at InBaseline.com
- ^ "Google Search – 1995 (''The CBS Sports Show'')". Google. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
- ^ "Brent also hosted "CBS Sports Saturday/Sunday," the U.S. Open Tennis Championships, the National Basketball Association Finals, the Masters Tournament and the Pan American Games". ESPN. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
- ^ "Jim Kelly". GolfPodium.com. Infinity Sports Marketing, Inc. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
- ^ "He worked at CBS from 1978–94, calling NFL games and hosting "CBS Sports Spectacular" until 1980". Tbs.com. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
- ^ "He served as host of "CBS Sports Saturday," "Winter-Fest," the "NCAA Tournament Selection Show" and the Emmy Award-winning Tour de France coverage, again demonstrating his versatility in play-by-play, expert analysis, reporting and studio hosting". ESPN. December 13, 2002. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
- ^ "CBS Sports Spectacular". Television Production Music Museum Vault. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
- ^ "Google Search – 1976 (''The CBS Sports Spectacular'')". Google. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
- ^ "Google Search – 1978 (''The CBS Sports Spectacular'')". Google. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
- ^ "Google Search – 1979 (''The CBS Sports Spectacular'')". Google. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
- ^ "Google Search – 1980 (''The CBS Sports Spectacular'')". Google. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
- ^ "CBS Sports Spectacular – 1978". Televisiontunes.com. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
- ^ "Google Search – 1982 (''CBS Sports Saturday'')". Google. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
- ^ "Google Search – 1982 (''CBS Sports Sunday'')". Google. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
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