Thomas Moore - Archive Interview Part 9 of 11

In his 11-part (each 30-minute segment is posted separately) oral history interview, television executive Tom Moore talks about his early years at CBS radio in sales in the late '40s and early '50s. He describes his move to ABC, where he became head of programming and then president of the network. He discusses such shows as "The Frank Sinatra Show," "The Flintstones," "The Jerry Lewis Show," and "Stage 67." He also discusses ABC's groundbreaking sports programming including "Wide World of Sports" and "Monday Night Football." He then talks about his founding of Tomorrow Entertainment which was responsible for such Emmy-winning programming as the television movie "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" and the "Body Human" series.

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