TOP TEN TV MOMENTS.Byline: Keith Marder and Betty Kwong Daily News Staff Writers Honoring 50 years of Emmy Awards, Sunday's show included a countdown of television's top 10 moments in history as determined by TV historians and journalists. 10. The Beatles on ``The Ed Sullivan Show.'' The Feb. 9, 1964, show drew 75 percent of all TV viewers. The Fab Four sang ``All My Loving,'' ``She Loves You'' and ``I Want to Hold Your Hand'' before a crowd of screaming teen-agers. 9. Johnny Carson's final show. Carson had no celebrity guests the night he closed his 4,531st show on May 22, 1992. Instead, he showed clips from his 30 years on ``The Tonight Show'' before he told viewers: ``I bid you a very heartfelt good night.'' 8. Lucy having a baby. By coincidence, the Jan. 19, 1953, air date of this taped ``I Love Lucy'' episode was the actual birth date of Desi Arnaz Desi Arnaz (born Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III) (March 2, 1917 – December 2, 1986) was a Cuban musician, actor, comedian and television producer. Early life Desi Arnaz was born in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba's second largest city, to a wealthy family. Jr. ``I Love Lucy'' was the highest-rated program of its day. 7. ``MASH'' finale. After 11 seasons, ``MASH'' said goodbye on Feb. 28, 1983, with a 2-1/2-hour special that was seen by the largest audience ever to watch a single television program. 6. ``Who shot J.R.?'' Probably one of the most effective cliffhangers in TV history, the ``Dallas'' episode that aired March 21, 1980, kept an international audience suspended all summer. 5. Challenger explosion. An American audience accustomed to clean launches watched stunned stun tr.v. stunned, stun·ning, stuns 1. To daze or render senseless, by or as if by a blow. 2. To overwhelm or daze with a loud noise. 3. as the space shuttle space shuttle, reusable U.S. space vehicle. Developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), it consists of a winged orbiter, two solid-rocket boosters, and an external tank. Challenger exploded over the Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean [Lat.,=of Atlas], second largest ocean (c.31,800,000 sq mi/82,362,000 sq km; c.36,000,000 sq mi/93,240,000 sq km with marginal seas). Physical Geography Extent and Seas 74 seconds after takeoff on Jan. 28, 1986, killing the seven crew members on board, including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe Sharon Christa Corrigan McAuliffe (September 2, 1948 – January 28, 1986) was an American teacher from Concord, New Hampshire who was selected from among more than 11,000 applicants to be the first teacher in space. She died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. . 4. Kennedy assassination Assassination See also Murder. assassins Fanatical Moslem sect that smoked hashish and murdered Crusaders (11th—12th centuries). [Islamic Hist.: Brewer Note-Book, 52] Brutus conspirator and assassin of Julius Caesar. [Br. . Caught on a home movie camera, the fatal gunshot that felled President John F. Kennedy "John Kennedy" and "JFK" redirect here. For other uses, see John Kennedy (disambiguation) and JFK (disambiguation). John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917–November 22, 1963), was the thirty-fifth President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in on Nov. 22, 1963, rang across the nation. Newsman Walter Cronkite Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr. (born November 4 1916) is a retired iconic American broadcast journalist, best known as anchorman for The CBS Evening News for 19 years (1962–81). solemnly delivered word of the death to a nation in shock. 3. Premiere of ``Hill Street Blues.'' Sgt. Phil Esterhaus' 7 a.m. roll call became the trademark opening of every episode. The critically acclaimed series would take home four consecutive outstanding drama Emmys (1981-84) after its debut on Jan. 15, 1981. 2. ``Roots.'' The first segment of the original eight-part miniseries aired on Jan. 23, 1977, and the slavery epic became the most-watched dramatic show in TV history. About 100 million people watched the concluding installment of the special, based on Alex Haley's novel about his own roots. 1. Moon landing. It was one small step for man, one giant leap for television history when Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong walked on the moon (and on live TV) on July 20, 1969. |
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