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>> 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 reports suggest abc made a bundle on ellens highly publicized outing on national tv last night. it 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 w...

There was never a gay character that was the lead of a show. >> so, you want to go look at apartments tomorrow. >> sure. >> ellen degeneres, the comedian, was about to come out. she does it on "time" magazine, yep, im gay. but she decided the character ellen plays on tv will also come out. >> its reprehensible that abc, who is 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, who knows. >> we were getting bom...

The 90s of having extremely successful sitcoms but they werent the only network that found their way to having some success. tgif was on abc on friday and it was their block of family-oriented comedies. >> i cant take it. i need the cake. >> it was not sophisticated television. but these were shows that people adored. [ laughing ] >> cbs. >> cbs was in a really bad spot. they had just fallen apart over the early part of the 90s and had gone through a couple different network executives. >> but t...

Who is 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, who knows. >> we were getting bomb threats. disney was really getting a lot of flack for even thinking of having a coming out episode with ellen. >> im 35 years old. im so afraid to tell people. im 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 wa...

And he and his partner, shawn, have a ceremony. you know, this is long before same-sex marriage was legal. the tv shows werent doing this. movies werent doing this. >> i have to believe that all the pain im going through, that all the anger, the frustration, that theres something bigger than that. >> aids has claimed a young man who made an enormous impact on a young generation of americans. pedro zamura died in miami at the age of 22. >> im really glad i got to know pedro. >> im glad his rich a...

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, to early 1930s, to the 1980s, the sense was if some of the broadcasting time took public service, 1990s, journ...

Ellen. >> im 35 years old. im so afraid to tell people. im 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 reports suggest abc made a bundle on ellens highly publicized outing on national tv last night. it was accompanied by coming out parties all around the country including one in birmingham, alabama, where th...

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, to early 1930s, to the 1980s, the sense was if some of the broadcasting time took public service, 1990s, journalism in the country changed a great deal. yo...

>> 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. >> sure. >> ellen degeneres, the comedian, was about to come out. she does it on "time" magazine, yep, im gay. but she decided the character ellen plays on tv will also come out. >> its reprehensible that abc, who is owned by disney of all companies, is going to feature ellen as coming out of the closet. it wont be long befo...

Place at the right time. >> lets see how you like this, naughty boy. >> we certainly associate nbc of the 90s of having extremely successful sitcoms but they werent the only network that found their way to having some success. tgif was on abc on friday and it was their block of family-oriented comedies. >> i cant take it. i need the cake. >> it was not sophisticated television. but these were shows that people adored. [ laughing ] >> cbs. >> cbs was in a really bad spot. they had just fallen apa...