Among other things, it woulda shown a mass audience how the counter-culture and rock had evolved. This wasn't a band squeezed into a showbiz show, but a band calling the shots and designing it with friends. Big evolutionary opportunity missed.
I wonder what would've happened in terms of impact on the culture if the Stones' Rock'n'Roll Circus had got shown on TV early 1969, not mothballed for 30 yrs. Has anyone ever speculated on this @jonsavage.bsky.social @patthomashistorian.bsky.social @grantmcphee.bsky.social & other music historians?