JFK Programming Brings Ratings Surges Ahead of Wall-to-Wall Coverage

As news networks and programs devote much of the Nov. 22 airtime to the 50th anniversary of the president's assassination, earlier coverage shows a clear interest from viewers. It's been 50 years since President John F. Kennedy was fatally shot in Dallas, and television (both news and entertainment networks) has responded with a glut of programming all through November. The remembrances are culminating with wall-to-wall coverage on Nov. 22, and if earlier specials are any indication, viewers are...