{"id":117127,"date":"2017-09-11T01:20:49","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T05:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=117127"},"modified":"2017-09-11T01:20:49","modified_gmt":"2017-09-11T05:20:49","slug":"don-ohlmeyer-longtime-network-tv-executive-dies-at-72","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/09\/11\/don-ohlmeyer-longtime-network-tv-executive-dies-at-72\/","title":{"rendered":"Don Ohlmeyer, longtime network TV executive, dies at 72"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Don Ohlmeyer, the \u201cMonday Night Football\u201d producer who came up with the phrase \u201cMust See TV\u201d in leading NBC to the No. 1 prime-time spot, died Sunday. He was 72. (Photo<\/a>: Sunday Night Football on NBC\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. \u2014 Don Ohlmeyer, the \u201cMonday Night Football\u201d producer who came up with the phrase \u201cMust See TV\u201d in leading NBC to the No. 1 prime-time spot, died Sunday. He was 72.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is with heavy hearts we share that Don Ohlmeyer, our beloved husband, father and grandfather, has passed away at age of 72 due to cancer,\u201d Ohlmeyer’s family said in a statement. \u201cSurrounded by loved ones, he died peacefully at his home in Indian Wells.\u201d<\/p>\n

Longtime friend Al Michaels announced Ohlmeyer’s death while broadcasting NBC’s \u201cSunday Night Football\u201d game between the Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants.<\/p>\n

Ohlmeyer won 16 Emmys, including the Lifetime Achievement Award.<\/p>\n

Ohlmeyer began his broadcasting career at ABC Sports under Roone Arledge, working on \u201cWide World of Sports.\u201d Along with \u201cMonday Night Football\u201d work, he directed the network’s Olympic coverage and created \u201cThe Superstars.\u201d Later at NBC Sports, he produced World Series and Super Bowl broadcasts.<\/p>\n

After running his own Ohlmeyer Communications Company, he returned to NBC in 1993 as president of its entertainment division. He came up with \u201cMust See TV\u201d in the 1990s, when NBC’s rating soared with such hits as \u201cSeinfeld,\u201d \u201cFriends,\u201d \u201cER\u201d and \u201cFrasier.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ohlmeyer first worked for ABC Sports as a gofer while studying at Notre Dame and became a full-time production assistant in 1967.<\/p>\n

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