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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 going to be one dynamite company. >> theres a danger that news will be mixed up with the rest of television and considered just a...

Little town that this young, beautiful girl had died and that haunting music was so dark and so beautiful. ♪ >> what on earth is essentially an art film doing in prime time television? >> american network television has long been considered the home of the blands, the cautious, and the predictable. so it was with some trepidation that the abc network 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...

The 90s for comedy was untouchable. >> youre not from around here, are you? >> it generated so much viewership and money and awards. >> you do not need this. >> its the top of our wedding cake. >> 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. >> we certainly associate nbc of the 90s with having extremely successful sitcoms, but...

>> good idea. >> ellen degeneres, the comedian, was about to come out as a lesbian and she does it on "time magazine," yup, im gay, but they decide for the character 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 of even thi...

Bravest thing i saw. >> that felt great. that felt so great. >> initial reports suggest 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 going to live my life as a lie anymore. i belong with everybody else and thats wha...

So i came up with a notion of doing a cop show that was r-rated. when abcs broadcast standards read our script, they went berserk. >> i was sitting with a pad and a pencil drawing pictures of breasts to try to show them what we would show and what we wouldnt show. grown-ups sitting in a room doodling. >> then we started on the language. >> we heard some reporter call it the lowlife with the brains of a flea and the balls of a moth. >> the program premiered with an advertising boycott. >> channel...

But will there be a fantasy suite? That and other questions will be answered when ABC premieres “The Golden Bachelor,” a senior version of “The Bachelor” franchise debuting this fall.

>> so, you want to go look at apartments tomorrow? >> great idea! >> ellen degeneres, the comedian, was about to come out as a lesbian. >> look, murphy, im on the cover of "time." >> and she does it on "time" magazine -- "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, besti...

>> it was incredible. i mean, just how slowly in the beginning the news spread around this little town that this young, beautiful girl had died and that haunting music was so dark and so beautiful. ♪ >> ive got good news. that gum you like is going to come back in style. >> what on earth is essentially an art film doing in primetime 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 ...