Happening '68

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• Happening '69
• It's Happening }}

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• Michael Steele
• Kip Walton }}

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• Mark Lindsay
• Paul Revere }}

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| country = United States

| language = English

| num_seasons = 2

| num_episodes = 76

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• Dick Clark
• Rosalind Ross
• Gerry Rochon }}

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• Michael Steele
• Kip Walton }}

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| runtime = 25 min

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• Dick Clark Productions
• ABC }}

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| network = ABC

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| first_aired = {{Start date|1968|1|6}}

| last_aired = {{End date|1969|9|20}}

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Happening '68 was a rock-and-roll variety show produced by Dick Clark Productions, which aired on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) network. The show followed American Bandstand on Saturday afternoons. Happening '68 premiered on January 6, 1968{{cite book |last1=Woolery |first1=George W. |title=Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series |date=1985 |publisher=The Scarecrow Press |isbn=0-8108-1651-2 |pages=212–213}} and was popular enough that ABC added a weekday spin-off. It's Happening ran on Mondays through Fridays from July 15, 1968 through October 25, 1968.{{Citation needed |date=April 2022}} When 1968 ended, Happening '68 became just Happening, which was canceled in October 1969.

Happening '68 was co-hosted by Mark Lindsay and Paul Revere. Their band Paul Revere and the Raiders made frequent appearances.{{cite book |last1=Hyatt |first1=Wesley |title=The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television |date=1997 |publisher=Watson-Guptill Publications |isbn=978-0823083152 |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofda00hyat|url-access=registration |accessdate=22 March 2020|page=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofda00hyat/page/232 232]}} There were guest performers lip-synching their latest releases, band contests with celebrity judges and other bits to attract teenage audiences.{{Citation needed |date=April 2022}}

The prize for each winning band was a contract with ABC Records.{{cite magazine |last1=Hall |first1=Claude |title=Revere Show Rides High on TV Trail |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vgoEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Operation%3A+Entertainment%22+ABC&pg=RA1-PA24 |access-date=April 27, 2022 |magazine=Billboard |date=January 20, 1968 |page=24}}