![]() ![]() ![]() Trans World International (now part of IMG) produced the specials, reruns of which now air on ESPN Classic. Battle was a spinoff of ABC's Superstars, an idea that was developed by Olympic figure skating champion Dick Button. "Basically if you were a star on television, you were pretty much going to be on Battle of the Network Stars," says Bill Garnet, showrunner/producer on 18 of the 19 specials, which ran from 1976-88.ĭavid Letterman, a regular on Mary Tyler Moore’s variety show Mary, kayaked in 1978. The first Battle included Ron Howard, Farrah Fawcett, Penny Marshall, Gabe Kaplan and Hal Linden, while subsequent specials featured T ony Randall, Ed Asner, William Shatner, Mark Harmon, Heather Locklear, Sherman Hemsley, Lynn Redgrave, Blair Underwood, Scott Baio and Tom Selleck. The Incredible Hulk star Lou Ferrigno lifted Soap’s Billy Crystal in 1978. ![]()
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