Unveiling TV Most Influential Moments: From Moon Landing to MLK Speech

Unveiling TV's Most Influential Moments: From Moon Landing to MLK Speech

The moon landing, the Beatles' first appearance on American TV and the Rev.

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Martin Luther King Jr.'s “I Have a Dream” speech are among the 75 Most Impactful Television Moments

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As ranked by the Television Academy before Monday's 75th edition of the Emmy Awards.

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Academy members from the television industry collaborated with academics to cull 8 decades of TV history

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And vote on the list that was revealed Friday.

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Atop it they put Apollo 11's 1969 first landing on the moon,

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And Neil Armstrong's declaration of a "giant leap for mankind.”

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In 2nd they put coverage of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center,

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And in third the Beatles' 1964 appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show.”

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