The Beatles arrive in the Netherlands.                      

A special on the Beatles, and why they are popular. Comments by Disc Jockeys.  

Bill Beutel hosts.                       

A special Carol Burnett tribute to the Beatles which pre-empts THE ENTERTAINERS a weekly CBS variety Friday night series (September 24, 1964 - March 27, 1965). 

This air check contains only the first half of this one hour special. 

Carol introduces this little known program from her home, explaining a departure from the expected ENTERTAINERS broadcast and telecasting a surprise program confirming her adulation for  the Beetles. Carol Burnett narrates interesting Beetle transitional  information over footage filmed by Albert Maysles and recorded by David Maysles' appearing in  their direct cinema feature documentary, WHAT'S HAPPENING!THE BEETLES IN THE USA (1964) which was devoid of all narration. 

Included excerpts, interviews with the Beatles by Murray Kaufman,
the Beatles in their hotel room listening to WINS radio...Sam Cooke recording, other. We hear press interviews, interactions with fans, on the phone talking to the UK. At one  point Murray the K mentions to his WINS audience, broadcasting from the Beatles hotel room, to stay tune in 44 minutes for a WINS documentary special, Meet The Beatles (see ATA #699A).  

NOTE: A very unusual use of employing visual material from a  yet to be released USA documentary using ample footage and narration by Carol Burnett over it for this television broadcast special. The Maysles Brothers 83 minute feature documentary was released in the USA December 14, 1965, a month after this Carol Burnett Special aired on television. 

Assumption is that selling footage by the Maysles Brothers to Carol Burnett's production company from their documentary was a way of promoting the complete documentary about to be released. 

Possibly the reason why there is no reference to this broadcast anywhere including, IMDb, Internet, TV Guide, Ross Reports TV Index, TV Reference books or its listing not found in any of the  major entertainment museums, is that it was not a scheduled television program but a last minute preemption filling the regular time spot for THE ENTERTAINERS. 

A peerless audio air check.   

Contains a Marlboro Cigarette commercial.                                                                                         

Winners of the 1964 Grammy Awards give performances. Les Brown conducts the orchestra. 

Dean Martin is the host.                                    

Beatle John Lennon says the Beatles are better than Jesus. Disc Jockeys urge teenagers to burn Beatle records.

Host: Walter Cronkite.            

October 15, 1973-January 28, 1982. An hour-long talk show hosted by Tom Snyder. Network television's first entry into late-late-night programming on weeknights Monday thru Thursday, usually broadcasting on tape 1 AM to 2 AM. "Tomorrow" was expanded to 90 minutes on September 16, 1980.   

Guest John Lennon discusses his fight to become a United States citizen with host Tom Snyder.

Host: Tom Snyder                       

A variety special starring Tom Jones and Julie Andrews. It featured John Lennon's final public performance.                                                  

Beatle John Lennon is shot and killed outside his residence at the Dakota Hotel in New York City. Mark David Chapman is the accused assassin.             

Beatle John Lennon is shot and killed outside the Dakota apartments in New York City. Mark David Chapman is the suspected killer.            

Beatle John Lennon is remembered one day after his murder.            

October 20th 1975-September 5th, 1983

Half-hour nightly PBS news report with Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer. Expanded to one-hour on September 5th, 1983 and renamed The MacNeil-Lehrer Newshour. 

Report on the shooting of John Lennon. 


Hosts: Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer.                                                                                                                                    

Report on John Lennon murder.