The TV Watch: We Interrupt This Generation --- Life was pre-empted on Nov. 22, 1963. -- And television is intent on recapturing that moment of rapt, uninterrupted and wholly unprecedented attention. -- The extravaganza surrounding the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination is a poignant last hurrah that could prove as glorious — and futile — as a cavalry charge in the era of drone attacks. Modern television was born on the day John F. Kennedy died. - ALESSANDRA STANLEY - nytimes