On the evening of September 25, 1983, the National Broadcasting Company television network in the United States, known as NBC, was broadcasting the 35th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards from Pasadena, California. The broadcast began at 8:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), 7:00 PM Central, and 6:00 PM Mountain. NBC planned to air a delayed broadcast of the ceremony at 8:00 PM Pacific time for audiences in that time zone. The ceremony was to last approximately three hours. At approximately 8:52 PM, NBC news interrupted the Emmys with a special bulletin concerning the launch of nuclear missiles by the USSR. The following is a transcript taken directly from a videotape made at the time of the event and covers the period of time from approximately 8:52 PM EDT to 9:02 PM EDT.