New Doc Highlights John Lennon And Yoko Ono's Iconic Week On Philadelphia's Mike Douglas Show

CBS Philadelphia

October 15, 2024

A new documentary, "Daytime Revolution," revisits one of the most memorable weeks in the history of The Mike Douglas Show, which was filmed at the old KYW studios in Philadelphia. In 1972, John Lennon and Yoko Ono co-hosted the show for an entire week, using the platform to promote their anti-war agenda.

The film, released this month, chronicles how Lennon and Ono took over the popular daytime show, which was filmed at the studio on 1619 Walnut Street and televised nationally to an audience of 40 million viewers each week, according to Erni Di Massa, a producer of the show at the time. Di Massa said the five episodes Lennon and Ono co-hosted, which aired in February of that year, were the highest-rated week in the show's history.

"We were the number one show for 22 years in daytime," Di Massa said. "There are 5,000 Mike Douglas shows, and the gem in the entire collection is the week that John and Yoko co-hosted."

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