On November 22 , 1963 , the third-season episode " Man About Town " was being rerun on several ABC affiliates , mostly in the Mountain Time Zone ( WABC-TV in New York was airing a local repeat of '' The Ann Sothern Show '' ) , when at 1:42 PM EST , ABC News broke into the program with the first bulletin of the assassination of President Kennedy in Dallas , Texas
assassination of President Kennedy
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
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