Watch Series: ABC's Wide World of Sports Released in (1961) - Season 16 produced by USA, and content rating 1h 30min with duration 60 min broadcasted as these networks ABC, Streamed at Putlocker & directed by Edgar J. Scherick, Bill Bennington, Andy Sidaris, Ben Harvey. ABC's Wide World of Sports is a sports anthology series on American television that ran from 1961 to 1998 and was hosted by Jim McKay. The title continued to be used for general sports programs until 2006. As the title suggests, it aired on the American Broadcasting Company, primarily on Saturdays. - Season 16