Though this special did not attract the same ratings numbers as
Elvis Presley's "comeback special", it still won handily in its time slot, capturing 75% of the audience viewing at that hour. Among the offerings trounced by this special was
Justice Black and the Bill of Rights (1968), a CBS News interview with Supreme Court Justice
Hugo Black conducted by
Eric Sevareid and
Martin Agronsky; that program could only gather 7% of the audience.
