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- Andrew Dayton, age 18, is a smart but invisible high-school senior in small-town Barstow, CA.
- Examines the groundbreaking career of pioneering television host Ed Sullivan, focusing on his platforming of Black musicians during the civil rights era.
- AKA Three for the Girls (Comedy-Drama): The overall title for three one-act plays. "Raincheck" (Drama), the first story focuses on a husband and wife who decide to get a divorce after 16 years of marriage. The second story, "Clothes Make the Girl" is a musical comedy about a man from a small town who is shocked to see his daughter acting in a nude play; and "Sonny Boy" the concluding play. comically relates the efforts of a son to tell his mother that he is moving to another state. Carroll O'Connor plays all three male leads.
- The Entertainer of the Year Award was presented to entertainers who worked in "live" format during the year. American Guild of Variety Artists' (AGVA) 10,000 members constituting show business's largest union, voted for the awards. Unlike other variety shows of this time, the winners performed for their peers.
- Alternative rock musician Seth faces his first sober show after heroin rehab and must confront stage fright, the pressures of fame and the memory of his girlfriend's overdose to find his voice without slipping back into the darkness he left behind.
- One in this series of variety programs presided over by Ed Sullivan. This program pays tribute to the songwriting of the Beatles. Highlights include the following: in a clip, the Beatles perform "Two of Us"; Dionne Warwick sings "We Can Work It Out" and "A Hard Day's Night"; the Muppets perform "Octopus's Garden"; Peggy Lee sings "Something"; Edward Villella dances to "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"; Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme offer "Can't Buy Me Love" and a medley of Beatles love songs; Duke Ellington and His Orchestra perform a medley; Peggy Lee and Dionne Warwick join Paul McCartney on "Yesterday"; and in a clip, the Beatles sing "Let It Be." This is a black-and-white copy of a color broadcast.
- The Entertainer of the Year Award is presented to entertainers who have worked in live format during the past year. American Guild of Variety Artists' (AGVA) 10,000 members constituting show business's largest union, voted for the awards. Unlike other variety shows of this time, the winners performed for their peers.
- The Red Army Dance Ensemble performs; accordionist Dick Contino performs; Rise Stevens sings "Getting to Know You" from "The King and I" in Russian; a trained bear act from the Moscow State Circus performs; the Barry Sisters sing "Dark Eyes"; Marvin Roy performs a magic act; gospel singer Margaret Tynes sings "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"; and Marge and Gower Champion dance in the tradition of Native American Indians. Other highlights include the following: tap dancer Conrad Buckner performs; Eddy Manson plays a medley of Stephen Foster tunes on the harmonica; the Obratsev Puppets perform; Nora Kaye and Scott Douglas dance to Leonard Bernstein's "Serenade for Violin Solo, Strings and Percussion," choreographed by Herbert Ross; and Rise Stevens and others sing "Getting to Know You."