Free to shape his own career after the MGM motion picture contract expired in 1968, although still required to complete two more films, Presley accepted an offer from the NBC network to do a television special. NBC executives offered "open development" along with a young director named Steve Binder, who was receptive to presenting Presley in a way he could be himself. "Elvis Presley's '68 Comeback Special" was an enormous success, the highest-rated television special of the year and his closing song titled "If I Can Dream" became his first million-selling record in several years.