JFK: THE FINAL HOURS
National Geographic, 8:00 p.m. ET
On the last speech he gave, in the hours before being assassinated at Dealey Plaza in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy uttered the following sadly prophetic statement: “We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it.” By devoting itself to the 24-hour period prior to the shooting in Dallas, this two-hour National Geographic special captures many telling details, and unearths and interviews many people whose paths crossed those of John and Jackie Kennedy that day – including the program’s narrator, Bill Paxton, who was 8 years old in 1963, and is shown in a photograph hoisted on the shoulders of his father, getting a better view of JFK as he speaks that fateful morning in nearby Fort Worth, TX. For a related feature tied to this weekend’s JFK programming on National Geographic, see Ed Martin’s TV Mix.