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NBC First 50 Years - Complete Opening (1976)

NBC 50th Anniversary Special. On Sunday, November 21st, 1976, as part of its The Big Event series, NBC aired "The First Fifty Years," a four-and-a-half-hour special celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the network, which began as a radio network way back in November of 1926. The special was produced by Greg Garrison and Orson Wells provided the narration. Hosts for specific segments included Milton Berle, Johnny Carson, Jerry Lewis, Angie Dickinson, Gene Kelly, Gregory Peck, Jack Albertson, and more. The special covered dozens of topics, from the early days of radio to coverage of the Hindenburg; from daytime soap operas to NBC's numerous medical shows. The special ranked third in the weekly ratings, behind only Happy Days and Laverne and Shirley on ABC, and helped NBC pull ahead of ABC to narrowly win the week. More importantly, the high ratings showed the other networks that anniversary specials can draw the attention of viewers. NBC, and this show in particular, started the trend of airing lavish specials in honor of the "big" anniversaries of the broadcast networks. Unfortunately the color is desaturated on this old video. Also a bonus commercial for NBC's The First Fifty Years that aired Saturday November 20.