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Shooting on the side of the film rust after a prop firearm was discharged by alec baldwin. over the course of the last few weeks, it seemed that this is anything but a straightforward incident. there are reports of multiple rounds of live ammunition on the set, contrary to the industry protocol. there were reports of members of the crew walking offset in protest over safety standards just the day before halyna hudgins lost her life. even reports of potential sabotage raised by solicitors for the...

Were reports of members of the film crew walking offset and protesting the safety standards the day before halyna hutchins lost her life. even reports of potential sabotage raised by solicitors for the armourer on this film set. now, alec baldwins come forward to say he didnt pull the trigger, which raises the question, if he didnt, who did? was this an accident? how did this happen? and it seems from what weve been fed so far by the abc network that alec baldwin doesnt go very far in answering ...

Portrayals of gay people period on television at that point. >> her name is marla. im seeing a woman. >> in the 90s, gay characters were always secondary or third. there was never a gay character that was the lead of a show. >> so you want to go look at apartments tomorrow? >> great idea! >> ellen degeneres, the comedian, was about to come out. as a lesbian. >> look, on the cover of "time." >> and she does it on "time" magazine. yep, im gay. but they decide that the character ellen plays on tv w...

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, 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. >> that felt great. 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 comi...

A new era of technology is forcing networks to re-examine 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 another profit. >> late 1920s, ...

>> it was incredible. 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. the gum you like is going to come back in style. >> what on earth is essentially a 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 ab...

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. >> were not -- its not a scrapbook, its a freezer. >> no! >> we were all kind of part of 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 they werent the onl...

Tgif was on abc on friday. and it was their block of family-oriented comedies. >> i cant take it. i need the cake. >> michelle. michelle. >> it was not sophisticated television. but these were shows that people adored. >> cbs. >> cbs was in a really bad spot. they had just fallen apart over the early part of the 90s and they had gone through a couple different network executives. but then suddenly, they had this hit with an unknown comic. this was the era of "seinfeld." no hugging, no learning. ...

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, im gay. >> ellen coming out was a huge moment for me, personally, because, you know, i was a closeted gay guy. a gay child at that time. and it was the 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. t...

The following movie is rated r. >> in 1990, 91, there was not a whole lot of original programing for cable, but they were airing movies. so we needed to compete and i felt that if we didnt, we were going to kind of get swept out. 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...