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Verna began his long Television career as a Director for WCAU-TV in Philadelphia in 1953.

The first instant replay occurred December 7, 1963 during the Army-Navy Game played in Philadelphia and telecast by CBS-TV. It was invented by CBS Sports' top director, Tony Verna.[5] Verna's account of how he was able to combine the limited abilities of the videotape machines can be found in two of his early books, Live TV and Global Television (both Focal Press) and the 2008 book release: Instant Replay, the day that changed sports forever from Creative Publishers International. A personal account of the telecast can be found in the autobiography of the game announcer Lindsey Nelson (Hello Everybody, I'm Lindsey Nelson).


Tony Verna produced and/or directed the following major television events:

1955 - Baseball Game of the Week with Dizzy Dean
1960 - Rome Olympics
1962 - Marshall Tito----ski jumping---Yugoslavia
1963 - (Dec-7) Invented the Instant Replay during the Army–Navy Game
1964 - Directed Kentucky Derby (first of 12)
1967 - Las Vegas ---Liberace Special
1967 - Johnny Unitas-Instant Quarterback
1968 -Rocky Marciano, Jonathan Winters Jogging
1968 - Directed Super Bowl #2 (first of 5)
1968 - Harlem Globetrotters-Soupy Sales
1968 - Roy Rogers, Dale Evans Special
1969 - Rocky Marciano Tribute
1970 - Created The Battle of the NFL Cheerleaders CBS
1970 - Created Instant Quarterback-John Unitas
1970 - Produced and directed Pro Bowling Tour
1972 - Directed Mike Douglas Show- Moscow
1974 - Directed Canadian Stanley Cup
1974 - Directed 12th Kentucky Derby
1974 - Directed bios Jesse Owen, Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio
1975 - Mexican soccer championships
1975 - Directed Le Mans Grand Prix, France
1976 - Hired by Saudi Arabia for Montreal Olympics
1977 - Created $50,000 Challenge Winner Take All - Telly Savalas
1978 - Soupy Sales - Harlem Globetrotters
1978 - London World Circus ---Karl Wallenda
1978 - Celebrity Daredevils, Christopher Reeve
1978 - Battle of the NFL Cheerleaders
1978 - NBC Rock n Roll Classic - Rod Stewart
1978 - Created Pete Rose Roast with Milton Berle--
1979 - Billiards Mosconi-Minnesota Fats-Omar Shariff
1979 - Peoples Choice Award--Tom Selleck -Hawaii
1979 - ESPN--30 interviews with Roy Firestone
1979 - Created Weekend Heroes - Las Vegas
1979 - Directed ABC primetime All American Woman
1979 - President of Caesars Palace Productions
1980 - Ronald Reagan Network Interview
1982 - Charlton Heston-Paul Newman Debate-ABC
1984 - ABC Summer Olympics
1985 - Live Aid
1985 - Christmas Special-Mother Teresa
1985 - Christmas Celebration-Johnny Cash
1986 - Sport-Aid
1986 - Prayer For World Peace,Pope John Paul II
1987 - Omni 14 Great Minds Predict the Future
1989 - Our Common Future Special--Global
1990 - Earth 90 - Japan - John Denver
1990 - White House - George H. W. Bush
1990 - Ted Turner Goodwill Games-Larry King
1991 - Earth Day- Japan- Ray Charles
1994 - Created Superstitions Around The World - London
1996 - 2006 Consultant—Vatican and World Broadcasters

 
Tony Verna is the author of: 1970 - Playback 1987 - Live TV (commissioned by the DGA)
1993 - Global Television
2006 - Algebra 1 Murder II
2008 - Instant Replay: the Day That Changed Sports Forever

Verna holds U.S. Patents on the following:

2006 - Instant Footballer
2008 -Talking Replays

Verna's broadcast hallmark was an ability to continually come up with advances in the use of cameras, program content and creative interplay. It was this skill that prompted him to use a trick left over from radio days in order to outwit the technology of the times and allow for a play on the field to be re-broadcast "instantly."

Honored by the Directors Guild of America in 1995 with a 'Lifetime Achievement Award,' and winner of multiple Emmy Awards, Verna has produced and/or directed numerous entertainment events including 5 Super Bowls, the Rome Olympics, NBA Championships, the Kentucky Derby (12 times), Stanley Cups and the Los Angeles Olympics.

Verna's varied career includes creating, producing and directing Pope John Paul II's billion-viewer TV Special "A Prayer for World Peace" and the historic music spectacular "Live Aid." As President of Caesar's Palace Productions, Verna was involved in all their spectacular entertainment projects.

Tony Verna has worked and been friends with such varied celebrities as Edward R. Murrow, Grace Kelly, Presidents George H. Bush and Ronald Reagan, Mother Teresa, Rod Stewart, Burt Reynolds, Dizzy Dean, Milton Berle, Duke Ellington, Ray Charles, Mick Jagger, Christopher Reeve, Tom Selleck, Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio, Rocky Marciano, Kirk Douglas, Larry King, Chevy Chase and hundreds of other worldwide celebrities.

 

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Where I grew up
    PHILADELPHIA
Places I've lived
    MANHATTAN
Companies I've worked for
    CBS, ABC, NBC, TURNER, VATICAN
Schools I've attended
    WEST POINT, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSLYVANIA
Other names
    TONYTVTV

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