Most house wives; woman watching the soup opera As The World Turns first heard the news of President Kennedys assassination as News Bulletins by Walter Cronkite interrupted the live broadcast. Here are the last minutes of normalcy before the country faced a great national tragedy. Most interesting is how CBS returned to the show (and its commercials) several times ... that would never happen today. The actors on As The World Turns that was a live airing did not stand by. They continued to perform on the show, though some of them heard from the crew what was happening. The show was completed, but as seen here, most of it did not air on the network. A copy of the complete episode, videotaped, without interruptions, exists at the Paley Center for Media. Just another typical television day in 1963, until suddenly it wasnt. A very sad day that will live on in history.
Posted on: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 22:01:41 +0000