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ABC will soon celebrate the 30th year anniversary of Beauty of the Beast and they've officially found their Belle.

ABC will soon celebrate the 30th year anniversary of Beauty of the Beast and they've officially found their Belle.

ABC will soon celebrate the 30th year anniversary of Beauty of the Beast and they've officially found their Belle.

ABC will soon celebrate the 30th year anniversary of Beauty of the Beast and they've officially found their Belle.

ABC will soon celebrate the 30th year anniversary of Beauty of the Beast and they've officially found their Belle.

ABC will soon celebrate the 30th year anniversary of Beauty of the Beast and they've officially found their Belle.

A art film doing in primetime television? >> american network television considered the home of the plans of the cautious and the predictable. the abc network launched the new series that was none of those things. "twin peaks," the series thatll change tv is directed by david lynch. >> david lynch was a film maker known for his test in the eccentric and memorable. >> the idea that he would do television in the nineties was crazy. >> i like the idea of television but i am too busy to see too much...

Community, because there werent many portrayals of people, period, on television at that point. >> her name is marla. im seeing a woman. >> in the 90s, characters were always secondary or third. there was never a character that was the lead of a show. >> so you want to go look at apartments tomorrow? >> ellen degeneres the comedian was about to come out as a lesbian. >> look, murphy. >> and she does it on time magazine. yep, im gay. but they decided the character that ellen plays on tv will also...

Audi, 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 of ellen. >> im 35 years old, im still afraid to tell people. i mean, i just -- susan, im gay. >> ellen coming out was a huge moment for me, personally, because, you know, i was a closeted gay guy, gay child at that time , and it was the bravest thing i saw. >> it felt great. that felt so great. >> initial reports suggest abc made a bundle on elle...

>> 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 it the abc network launched a new series that was none of those things. "twin peaks" is already described by one critic as the series that will change tv. its directed by david lynch. >> david lynch was a filmmaker known for his taste in the eccentric and memorable. the id...