Editing CBS (section)

====Classical music specials====
CBS was also responsible for airing the series of ''[[Young People's Concerts]]'', conducted by [[Leonard Bernstein]]. Telecast every few months between 1958 and 1972, first in black-and-white and then in color beginning in 1966, these programs introduced millions of children to [[classical music]] through the eloquent commentaries of Bernstein. The specials were nominated for several [[Emmy Award]]s, including two wins in 1961 and later in 1966,<ref>{{Citation|title=New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3776668/awards|access-date=August 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018015418/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3776668/awards|archive-date=October 18, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> and were among the first programs ever broadcast from the [[Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts]].

Over the years, CBS has broadcast three different productions of Tchaikovsky's ballet ''[[The Nutcracker]]'' – two live telecasts of the George Balanchine [[New York City Ballet]] production in 1957 and 1958 respectively, a little-known German-American filmed production in 1965 (which was subsequently repeated three times and starred [[Edward Villella]], [[Patricia McBride]] and [[Melissa Hayden (actress)|Melissa Hayden]]), and beginning in 1977, the [[Mikhail Baryshnikov]] staging of the ballet, starring the Russian dancer along with [[Gelsey Kirkland]] – a version that would become a television classic, and remains so today (the broadcast of this production later moved to PBS).{{Citation needed|date=August 2017}}

In April 1986, CBS presented a slightly abbreviated version of ''Horowitz in Moscow'', a live piano recital by pianist [[Vladimir Horowitz]], which marked his return to Russia after over 60 years. The recital was televised as an episode of ''CBS News Sunday Morning'' (televised at 9:00&nbsp;a.m. Eastern Time in the U.S., as the recital was performed simultaneously at 4:00&nbsp;p.m. in Russia). It was so successful that CBS repeated it a mere two months later by popular demand, this time on videotape, rather than live. In later years, the program was shown as a standalone special on [[PBS]]; the current DVD of the telecast omits the commentary by [[Charles Kuralt]] but includes additional selections not heard on the CBS telecast.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Taubman |first1=Philip |date=April 21, 1986 |title=FOR HOROWITZ IN MOSCOW, BRAVOS AND TEARS |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/04/21/arts/for-horowitz-in-moscow-bravos-and-tears.html |access-date=January 7, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

In 1986, CBS telecast ''Carnegie Hall: The Grand Reopening'' in primetime, in what was then a rare move for a commercial broadcast network, since most primetime classical music specials were relegated to PBS and [[A&E (TV network)|A&E]] by this time. The program was a concert commemorating the re-opening of [[Carnegie Hall]] after its complete renovation. A range of artists were featured, from classical conductor Leonard Bernstein to popular music singer [[Frank Sinatra]].