The show was Michael Jackson's first on-stage appearance since he canceled the remainder of his worldwide tour in November 1993.
Filmed at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on February 19th, 1994. It was broadcast on NBC three days later.
La Toya Jackson was the only member of the Jackson family who did not attend the event. At the time, she was the only member of the family who did not side with her brother Michael Jackson when he was accused of sexual impropriety with a minor, and she wrote a book accusing her father Joe Jackson of physical and sexual abuse, which the elder Jackson vehemently denied.