Michael Jackson's Memorial Will be Hard to Miss

On Friday, spokespeople for Michael Jackson and The Staples Center announced the plans for Jackson's memorial service. Those who wanted to attend the event were told to log onto The Staples Center Web site and request a pair of tickets. 17,500 were given out in lottery format -- the luck of the draw. Of course, the Web site promptly crashed under the pressure of mourning Jackson fans' requests, which was estimated at more than 1.6 million.

But fear not, Michael Jackson faithful -- television coverage of the event will be everywhere. ABC, CBS, NBC (which originally wasn't planning live coverage), CNN (and sister sites HLN and CNN International), MSNBC, and E! will all air the memorial service, which is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. tomorrow from Los Angeles' Staples Center. Most networks plan to begin coverage at 9 a.m. tomorrow morning.

Katie Couric will be on-hand for CBS, as will Charles Gibson for ABC, and Meredith Vieira for NBC. Fox's mothership station will be noticeably absent, but its cable news stations will have some coverage.

Some networks are also temporarily relocating their home bases to Los Angeles. CBS' Early Show and Evening News will be calling Staples home today and tomorrow, and Couric will also host a special episode of 48 Hours tomorrow at 10 p.m. from L.A.

It's anyone's guess how the ratings for the event will pan out, but given the amount of interest from fans -- the Staples Center Web site was bombarded with more than 500 million hits during the first hour of memorial ticket registration on Friday, according to The Los Angeles Times -- it could be unprecedented.



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