Several hour-long productions followed. Greenspan won his first Emmy for 1976's "The Olympiad", 22 hour-long documentary specials on the Olympics (including "Jesse Owens Returns to Berlin"). The series was broadcast in 80 countries. In 1977, he branched into docudrama with the two-hour movie of the week biography of gold-medalist Wilma Rudolph. "Wilma," starring Cicely Tyson, featured Denzel Washington in his first movie role. In 1979, he launched the first of several vignette series: "This Day in Sports", which aired on CBS, featured 365 30-second film shorts highlighting exciting sports moments from years past. It was followed in 1980 by the similar "Olympic Moments", "Olympic Events" and "Olympic Vignettes".