Battle of the Network Stars

*Battle of the Network Stars*
Battle of the Network Stars
Presented by	Howard Cosell; Tony Potts; Mike Greenberg; Joe Tessitore;
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	12 (1976–88); 1 (2017);
No. of episodes	19 (1976–88); 10 (2017);
Production
Executive producers	Andrew Glassman (2017); Chris Carlson (2017); Michael Antinoro (2017); Will Staeger (2017);
Running time	120 minutes (1976–2003); 60 minutes (2017);
Production companies	Trans World International (1976–88); ABC Sports (1976–88); Glassman Media (2017); IMG Media (2017);
Original release
Network	ABC (1976–88, 2017)
Release	November 13, 1976 –; December 10, 1988
Release	June 29 –; September 7, 2017

Battle of the Network Stars is a series of competitions in which television stars from ABC, CBS and NBC would compete in various sporting events. A total of 19 of these competitions were held between 1976 and 1988, all of which were aired by ABC.

In 2003, NBC attempted to revive Battle of the Network Stars with a two-hour special.

In 2005, Bravo premiered a revived version of the show named Battle of the Network Reality Stars. Also in 2005, ESPN premiered a short-lived, sports-themed spinoff version of Battle of the Network Stars as Battle of the Gridiron Stars featuring twenty players from the AFC and NFC competing in a variety of tasks that had nothing to do with football.

In 2017, ABC revived the series as a summer series; which ran from June 29 to September 7, 2017.

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