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Dick Ebersol

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Dick Ebersol
  • Birth Name: Duncan Dickie Ebersol
  • Birth Place: Torrington, CT
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 07/28/1947, Leo
  • Profession: Producer; writer; TV executive
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Dick Ebersol Fast Facts:
  • Worked as gofer for ABC in high school.
  • Started working for NBC in 1974.
  • Cocreated Saturday Night Live (with Lorne Michaels) in 1975 (also produced show from 1981-85).
  • Became the first-ever vice president at NBC under age 30.
  • Became president of NBC Sports in 1989.
  • Named most powerful person in sports by The Sporting News in 1996.
  • Owns independent radio station in Litchfield, CT.
  • Involved in a 2004 plane crash in Colorado in which his son Edward was killed.
  • Successfuly bid $50,000 in a charity auction for the right to know the subject of Carly Simon's You're So Vain.
  • Dick Ebersol Relationships:
  • Charles Ebersol - Son
  • Charles R. Ebersol - Father
  • Charles R. Ebersol Jr. - Brother
  • Edward Ebersol - Son
  • Harmony Lucas - Stepson
  • Josiah Bunting - Half Brother
  • Mary D. Ebersol - Mother
  • Sunshine Lucas - Stepdaughter
  • Susan Saint James - Wife
  • Susan Stafford - Ex-wife
  • William Ebersol - Son
  • Dick Ebersol Awards:
  • 2002 Emmy: Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special - Nominee
  • 2005 Emmy: Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special - Nominee
  • 2006 Emmy: Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special - Winner
  • 1985 Emmy: Outstanding Individual Achievement - Graphic Design and Title Sequences - Winner
  • 2009 Emmy: Outstanding Special Class Program - Winner
  • College:
  • Yale University, New Haven, CT (BA in History, 1971)
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