From the Earth to the Moon: A Retrospective Podcast on The Apollo Program23 Feb 2019

Ep 8: We Interrupt This Program

This episode covers the perilous flight of Apollo 13 entirely from the ground point of view; the astronauts are only heard on radio. Veteran TV spaceflight reporter Emmett Seaborn (Lane Smith) is summoned to broadcast the breaking news of the in-flight failure, as young reporter Brett Hutchings (Jay Mohr) is pulled off of sports to help with the coverage. As the crisis unfolds, Seaborn finds himself at odds with Hutchings' style of sensationalizing its impact on the astronauts' families, and criticizing NASA. Seaborn starts to feel he is being marginalized when the network decides to leave Hutchings on location in Houston, while sending him back to headquarters to provide only background coverage. The last straw falls when, after the successful recovery of the astronauts, Hutchings horns in on his traditional post-flight interview with flight controller Gene Kranz. Seaborn leaves dejectedly, not to be seen again until the flight of Apollo 17 in the final episode.

Episode 8 links:

Apollo 13 news of measles exposure

Apollo 13 Launch

Jules Bergman Apollo 13 Special Report: Initial Coverage of Explosion

28 Videos in series showing Apollo 13 media coverage

Apollo 13 Splashdown

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