11.   CBS owns the show, which it canceled in May, and claims the special is unauthorized.

12.   Elvis showed he was still the rebellious entertainer, and the special was enormously successful.

13.   Goldberg and other supporters say Saturday night specials are responsible for a disproportionate number of violent crimes in the city.

14.   Her fourth HBO special is still untitled.

15.   Her specials are among the most-watched programs on TV.

16.   His NBC specials are increasingly stiff and ceremonial exercises, with Hope reduced to sitting in an easy chair reading cue cards.

17.   In other words, the specials are, in effect, half-hour infomercials.

18.   Its Degas specials are for lunch and, if you get lucky, your waiter may be David Musson, a real blood relation to Edgar Degas.

19.   Music and dance specials are generally safer.

20.   National Geographic specials are almost uniformly the most crisply written wildlife and nature programs on television.