LOS ANGELES (AP) — Moon landing, Beatles' first appearance american tv Among them is the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s “I Have a Dream” speech. 75 Most Influential Moments on TV ranked by the Television Academy ahead of Monday's 75th Emmy Awards.
Television industry academy members worked with academics to cull 80 years of television history and vote on the list, which was published Friday. Above it are the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969 and Neil Armstrong's declaration of “Humanity's Great Leap Forward''.
The second page included coverage of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, and the third page featured the Beatles' 1964 appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show.”
Martin Luther King Jr.'s “I Have a Dream” Speechwas announced at the 1963 March on Washington and ranked 6th. emmy awardsdelayed by 4 months due to Hollywood actors and writers strikecomes to MLK's holiday.
Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. speaks at the Freedom March at the Lincoln Memorial in 1963. (Photo credit: © CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)
American religious and civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) waves to participants in the civil rights march in Washington, DC, on August 28, 1963. (getty)
News events dominate the top of the list, but there are also fictional moments from classic TV dramas, comedies and specials, such as Hawkeye bidding farewell to Korea with his best friend B.J. in the 1983 MASH finale. In 1965, Linus recited the Nativity story in “A Charlie Brown Christmas'' (No. 14), and from 2007, he appeared in “A Charlie Brown Christmas'' (No. 14), which caused a lot of controversy. The last moment the sopranos ” (No. 36).
The ranking includes a scene from this year's nominated show: the final moments of HBO's Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett. the last of us ” (No. 56). Offerman has already won an Emmy Award. Last week's special episode saw “The Last of Us” join “Succession,” “The White Lotus” and “Ted Lasso” as top nominees for Monday's special episode. emmy awards.
Also: the Ellen episode where Ellen DeGeneres revealed she was gay (No. 13), Seinfeld's infamous “Soup Nazi” episode (No. 27), and Michael Jackson's “Thriller” video 's debut work (27th place) is also on the list. (No. 48), Whitney Houston's Super Bowl performance of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (No. 65), and a few minutes of “Sesame Street” and “Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.”
The Emmy Awards will be broadcast live from Los Angeles on Fox starting Monday at 8pm ET.
