News Summary: Study says 9/11 most memorable TV

Published July 11, 2012 9:36pm ET



SEARING IMAGE: The Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attack is by far the most memorable moment shared by television viewers during the past 50 years, a study says.

JFK STILL HAUNTS: The only other event that came close was President John F. Kennedy’s assassination and its aftermath in 1963, but that was only for the people aged 55 and over who experienced those events as they happened.

ABOUT THE STUDY: Sony Electronics and the Nielsen television research company collaborated on the survey. They asked people what they remembered watching, if they recalled where they watched, who they were with and whether they talked to other people about what they had seen.