1.   Four years ago, after her first NBC concert special, Mariah Carey retreated to her upstate New York home and tried to put her career into focus.

2.   His first TV special, for ABC, came three years later.

3.   In her first TV special, Fergie means to introduce herself to all the viewers who think they know her.

4.   The first special of the day was scrapped because of too many spectators on the course.