117. Dick Ebersol

A huge NBC executive best known for his work in the Sports and Late Night divisions, Dick Ebersol was the producer for the Saturday Night’s Main Event series that became an unexpected smash hit for both the WWE and NBC.  Ebersol was not a “paper” producer and by bringing professional wrestling back to network television proved to be a huge boom for the business.  His bigwig status in network television and recent Hall of Fame appearance inducting Bob Uecker may mean that Ebersol is not as much of a fringe candidate as one would think.