Editing Bob Iger (section)

===American Broadcasting Company (ABC)===
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In 1974, Iger joined the [[American Broadcasting Company]] (ABC).<ref name="rfbbio">{{cite web|url=http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/biography/F-L/Iger-Robert-1951.html|title=Robert Iger biography|work=referenceforbusiness.com|access-date=July 26, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=5442077 | newspaper=[[The Economist]] | title=Looking Beyond the Mouse | date=January 26, 2006}}</ref> His first job was performing menial labor on television sets for $150 a week (over $700, adjusted for inflation).<ref name="nyt-dowd-2019"/>

In 1988, Iger was the senior program executive for the [[Calgary Winter Olympics]]. The event was marred by disruptive weather and delayed events, and to fill the broadcast schedule Iger's team focused on human interest stories such as those of the [[Jamaican bobsled team]] and [[Eddie the Eagle]]. The event achieved record-high ratings for ABC, and Iger's performance under pressure caught the attention of ABC executives [[Daniel Burke (executive)|Daniel Burke]] and [[Thomas Murphy (broadcasting)|Thomas Murphy]], who subsequently championed Iger throughout his ascent at ABC.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Iger|first=Robert|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1138608550|title=The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons in Creative Leadership from the CEO of the Walt Disney Company|date=2019|publisher=Transworld Publishers Ltd|isbn=978-1-78763-047-5|location=London|pages=29–32|oclc=1138608550}}</ref>

In 1989, he was named head of [[ABC Entertainment]], green lighting shows such as ''[[Twin Peaks]]'', ''[[America's Funniest Home Videos]]''<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/5415019/bob-iger-disney/|title=Bob Iger|magazine= Time|accessdate=April 4, 2022}}</ref>  and ''[[Cop Rock]]''.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Iger|first=Robert|title=The Ride of a Lifetime|publisher=Random House|year=2019|isbn=9780399592096|location=New York|pages=40–43}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/24/arts/abc-names-its-president-of-entertainment.html|title=ABC Names Its President of Entertainment|last=Carter|first=Bill|date=March 24, 1989|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 7, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> He was president of the ABC Network Television Group from January 1993 to 1994, and was appointed as [[Capital Cities/ABC]] senior vice president in March 1993 and executive vice president in July 1993.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lowry|first1=Brian|title=ABC ups Iger, regroups divisions|url=https://variety.com/1993/scene/news/abc-ups-iger-regroups-divisions-108981/|access-date=May 19, 2015|work=Variety|date=July 27, 1993}}</ref> In 1994, Iger was named president and chief operating officer of ABC's corporate parent, Capital Cities/ABC.<ref name="cspandates">{{cite web|url=http://www.c-span.org/person/?robertiger|title=C-SPAN Biography of Mr. Robert A. Iger|publisher=C-SPAN.org|access-date=July 8, 2016}}</ref>