The Rolling Stones were initially refused permission to perform the number on The Ed Sullivan Show. Sullivan himself told Jagger, "Either the song goes or you go”. A compromise was reached to substitute the words "let’s spend some time together" in place of "let’s spend the night together"; Jagger agreed to change the lyrics but ostentatiously rolled his eyes at the TV camera while singing them. Soon after the performance, the Stones disappeared from the studio. Ed Sullivan announced that the Rolling Stones would be banned from performing on his show again. In April 2006, for their first-ever performance in China, authorities prohibited the group from performing the song due to its "suggestive lyrics”.

  
                                          Ed Sullivan

SANFORD AND SON  starred Redd Foxx as junk dealer Fred G. Sanford
and Demond Wilson played his son, Lamont Sanford. The sitcom aired
until March 25, 1977 on NBC-TV. In 2007, Time magazine included the
show on their list of the “100 Best TV Shows of All Time”.

 
Left to right, Redd Foxx and Demond Wilson on the set of SANFORD AND SON

The Today show is a morning news and talk show. It was the first of its  
genre when it signed on with original host Dave Garroway,above. Dave,
a former radio personality, was host of the series until 1961. The show
was the idea of, then NBC-TV vice-president Sylvester “Pat”  Weaver,
the father of actress Sigourney Weaver. The Today Show is the fourth-
longest running TV series.

 
      Dave Garroway on NBC radio

THE BELL TELEPHONE HOUR was seen on NBC-TV and ran until the spring
of 1968. The concert series was one of the first TV shows to be telecast
exclusively in color using a system perfected by RCA in 1954. It aired
every week on Friday evenings.