My Name Is Barbra (TV program)

My Name Is Barbra is a 1965 television special and the first for up and coming super star Barbra Streisand. The special was broadcast April 28, 1965 on CBS in conjunction with Streisand's fifth studio album "My Name Is Barbra". The special was very successful, won many awards, including five Emmys and a contract was signed for another four specials. The special was split into three acts.
Critical acclaim.
Barbra Streisand received all positive reviews. The United Press International proclaimed "She is so great it is shocking. She may well be the most supremely talented and complete popular entertainer that this country has ever produced."
Awards.
"My Name Is Barbra" was nominated for six Primetime Emmy Awards in 1965, for which it won five. Streisand won the award for "Outstanding Individual Achievements in Entertainment." It also won the Directors Guild of America Award for "Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television" in 1966.
Barbra Streisand also won her first Peabody Award in 1965.