Howard Cosell called a lot of important events during his career: Muhammad Ali fights, Monday Night Football games and the Olympics. Let's be honest though, there was no greater highlight than the dunk tank event featuring both Heather Thomas & Heather Locklear on Battle Of The Network Stars! #80s
The pinnacle of entertainment.
People who cite Citizen Kane as the height of film-making really need to sit down, shut up and watch this.
With there being only 3 networks back then, there were probably like 30 million people tuned into this monumental event. Today, the World Series, Stanley Cup and NBA Finals combined are less watched than the Heathers getting dunked. 😄
NBC & CBS knew they were losing the ratings war that night.