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TV's Most Impactful Moments

TV's Most Impactful Moments

Wed Jan 17, 2024

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The TV Academy released their list of TV's Most Impactful Moments, you'll find the top 10 below. What I wanted to know was, what you thought...

1. In 1969 after Apollo 11 landed on the moon, Neil Armstrong said, "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."

2. Live coverage of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001.

3. The Beatles' performance on "The Ed Sullivan Show" in 1964.

4. The premiere episode of the miniseries "Roots" in 1977.

5. CBS news anchor Walter Cronkite announcing the death of President John F. Kennedy on November 22nd, 1963.

6. Martin Luther King Jr. delivering his iconic "I have a dream" speech at the March on Washington on August 28th, 1963.

7. "Episode 1065" of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" when Mister Rogers invites Officer Clemmons, who was black, to share a wading pool on a hot day. It aired May 9th, 1969.

8. The series finale of "M*A*S*H" called "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" on February 28th, 1983.

9. The first-ever music video airing on MTV on August 1st, 1981. It was "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles.

10. George Carlin hosting the series premiere of "Saturday Night Live" on October 11th, 1975.