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♪ your smile ♪ [dialogue audio plays in reverse] - what on earth is essentially a art film doing in prime-time television? - american network television has long been considered the home of the bland, the cautious, and the predictable. so it was with some trepidation that the abc network recently launched a new series that was none of those things. "twin peaks" has already been described by one critic as, "the series that will change tv." its directed by david lynch. - david lynch was a film...

Ge buying nbc; capital cities, abc; and loews/tisch brothers buying cbs. and all of them want their moneys worth. - well now have the strongest network, well have a stronger defense piece. this is gonna be one dynamite company. - theres a danger that news will be mixed up with the rest of television and considered just another profit center. - late 1920s/early 1930s to the early 1980s, the sense was, well give some of the broadcasting time to public service. but in the 1990s, journalism in the c...

The broadcast was accompanied by coming-out parties all around the country, including one in birmingham, alabama, where the local abc station refused to broadcast the show. - she did a great thing. she was brave. - i made the decision that i wasnt gonna live my life as a lie anymore. i was-- i belong with everybody else. and thats what i finally did. - we used to say ellen opened the door and we knocked it down. ♪ hey, listen, sister ♪ ♪ i love my mister man ♪ both: ♪ tell me hes lazy,...

Its a freezer. - no! - we kind of all were part of, i think, this chapter in television where we realized we were in the right place at the right time. lets see how you like this, naughty boy. - whoa! - [shrieking] - we certainly associate nbc of the 90s with having extremely successful sitcoms. but they werent the only network that found their way to having some success. [jesse fredericks "everywhere you look"] tgif was on abc on friday. and it was their block of family-oriented comedies. - i c...

Now owned by disney, of all companies-- is going to feature ellen as coming out of the closet. it wont be long before god knows what, you know, bestiality, incest, who knows? - we were getting bomb threats. disney was really getting a lot of flack for even thinking about having a coming-out episode with ellen. - im 35 years old. im so afraid to tell people. i mean, i just-- susan... [over pa speakers] im gay. [audience cheering] - ellen coming out was a huge moment for me, personally, because, y...

- laura! - and that haunting music was so dark and so beautiful. - ♪ then i saw ♪ ♪ your smile ♪ [dialogue audio plays in reverse] - what on earth is essentially a art film doing in prime-time television? - american network television has long been considered the home of the bland, the cautious, and the predictable. so it was with some trepidation that the abc network recently launched a new series that was none of those things. "twin peaks" has already been described by one critic as, "...

And money and awards. - we do not need this. - thats the top of our wedding cake. - were not-- this--its not a scrapbook. its a freezer. - no! - we kind of all were part of, i think, this chapter in television where we realized we were in the right place at the right time. lets see how you like this, naughty boy. - whoa! - [shrieking] - we certainly associate nbc of the 90s with having extremely successful sitcoms. but they werent the only network that found their way to having some success. [je...

That felt so great. - initial report suggests abc made a bundle on ellens highly publicized outing on national tv last night. the broadcast was accompanied by coming-out parties all around the country, including one in birmingham, alabama, where the local abc station refused to broadcast the show. - she did a great thing. she was brave. - i made the decision that i wasnt gonna live my life as a lie anymore. i was-- i belong with everybody else. and thats what i finally did. - we used to say elle...

"yep, im gay." but they decide that the character that ellen plays on tv will also come out. - it is just reprehensible that abc-- now owned by disney, of all companies-- is going to feature ellen as coming out of the closet. it wont be long before god knows what, you know, bestiality, incest, who knows? - we were getting bomb threats. disney was really getting a lot of flack for even thinking about having a coming-out episode with ellen. - im 35 years old. im so afraid to tell people. i mean, i...

- a new era of technology and competition is forcing network news operations to reexamine the way they do business. - new owners spent billions buying the networks recently, ge buying nbc; capital cities, abc; and loews/tisch brothers buying cbs. and all of them want their moneys worth. - well now have the strongest network, well have a stronger defense piece. this is gonna be one dynamite company. - theres a danger that news will be mixed up with the rest of television and considered just anoth...