Did a 1980s TV Movie Save the World...?
Update: 2025-05-21
Description
There are only a handful of broadcasts in the history of television that became must-see, cultural events. The ABC movie, 'The Day After', from 1983, is one of them.
In the early 80s, as fear of Nuclear War ramped up, ABC planned to air a Sunday night movie that dealt with what nuclear war would really look like.
In November 1983, this kicked off a firestorm of attention--both good and bad--that resulted in one of the biggest viewing audiences in TV history.
This is a look back on the movie that not only terrified the public, but became a watershed moment in the history of the Cold War...
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