THE DAY THE HOSTAGES were seized, two special broadcasts competed for viewers’ attention. One was the TV debut of Jaws. It received the highest ratings of any movie on network TV ever. Which was a good thing for Senator Kennedy, because the other special was an hour-long profile of him on CBS that proved so unflattering it made political history. Kennedy was scheduled to declare his presidential challenge three days hence, on November 7. But he had made the decision in his heart
