Fox Sports 1 Schedules ‘White Shadow’ Marathon

By Jon Lafayette
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Fox Sports 1 has set a 15-episode marathon of The White Shadow as a tribute to its star, Ken Howard, who died earlier this month.

Howard was an Emmy-winning actor and became president of the Screen Actors Guild. The series, which aired from 1978 to 1981, was developed based on his experience as the only white player on his high school basketball team.

In the show, Howard plays a basketball player whose NBA career is ended by a knee injury and becomes the coach of an inner city high school.

FS1’s marathon starts March 31 at 6 a.m. and will include the entire first season.

Jon Lafayette
Jon Lafayette

Jon has been business editor of Broadcasting+Cable since 2010. He focuses on revenue-generating activities, including advertising and distribution, as well as executive intrigue and merger and acquisition activity. Just about any story is fair game, if a dollar sign can make its way into the article. Before B+C, Jon covered the industry for TVWeek, Cable World, Electronic Media, Advertising Age and The New York Post. A native New Yorker, Jon is hiding in plain sight in the suburbs of Chicago.