LOS ANGELES (AP) 鈥 The moon landing, the Beatles' first appearance on American TV and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 鈥淚 Have a Dream鈥 speech are among the 75 Most Impactful Television Moments as ranked by the Television Academy before Monday's 75th edition of the Emmy Awards.
Academy members from the television industry collaborated with academics to cull eight decades of TV history and vote on the list that was revealed Friday. Atop it they put Apollo 11's 1969 first landing on the moon, and Neil Armstrong's declaration of a "giant leap for mankind.鈥 In second they put coverage of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, and in third the Beatles' 1964 appearance on 鈥淭he Ed Sullivan Show.鈥
, delivered at the March on Washington in 1963, is ranked No. 6. This year's , delayed four months because of , comes on the MLK holiday.
While the top of the list is dominated by news events, plenty of fictional moments from classic TV dramas, comedies and specials appear too, including Hawkeye bidding farewell to best buddy B.J., and Korea, in the 1983 final episode of 鈥淢.A.S.H.鈥 (No. 8), Linus reciting the nativity story in 1965's 鈥淎 Charlie Brown Christmas鈥 (No. 14), and, from 2007, the much-debated, cut-to-black final moment of 鈥 鈥 (No. 36).
The rankings include one scene from a show nominated this year 鈥 the last moments of Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett on HBO's 鈥 鈥 (No. 56). for the special episode last week and 鈥淭he Last of Us鈥 is among the top nominees, along with 鈥淪uccession,鈥 鈥淭he White Lotus鈥 and 鈥淭ed Lasso,鈥 at Monday's .
Also making the list are the episode of 鈥淓llen鈥 where Ellen DeGeneres reveals she's gay (No. 13), the infamous 鈥淪oup Nazi鈥 episode of 鈥淪einfeld鈥 (No. 27), the debut of Michael Jackson's 鈥淭hriller鈥 video (No. 48), Whitney Houston's Super Bowl 鈥淪tar Spangled Banner鈥 performance (No. 65) and several moments from 鈥淪esame Street鈥 and 鈥淢ister Roger's Neighborhood.鈥
The Emmys are being broadcast live from Los Angeles on Monday beginning at 8 p.m. EST on Fox.
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