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Forcing network news operations 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 center. >> late 1920s, to...

Now the young urban professionals and the rest of their baby boom generation are being wooed by advertisers and their agencies. >> by the 80s, it was pretty clear that the generation after the generation of the 60s may be embodied by alex keaton on "family ties," seeming to be a lot more interested in the corner office than the new jerusalem. >> youre a young man, you shouldnt be worried about success. you should be thinking about hopping on a tramp steamer and going around the world. >> the 60s...

>> this was something i heard a political analyst talk about recently. he said you kind of were -- i use the word chilling out. he said you were pulling back. you had been instructed not to say as much or be as outspoken. no? >> ive heard that, but i never know who says it. i think its wishful thinking on the part of some people. >> guess who suggested to bill to do the arsenio hall show if you want to get a younger demo? hill-dawg. ♪ >> he attracted a lot of people who werent fans before that...

Dont touch that dial. were about to flip it for you. >> in five, four, three, two. >> tv is changing dramatically now with 150 channels that might be available in the near future. >> theres a lot of things that we do that you couldnt have on network television. >> people are really trying to do something adventurous. >> shame on you! >> this is more celebration of culture and opening the doors and allowing america to come on inside. >> there is always something on television and some of it may b...

Brand because there were so many alternatives. >> im sad to see you go because america is going to have a big chunk missing out of its existence. >> losing arsenio, yeah, it was bad. he was the lone voice, gone. >> david letterman had the suits at nbc pausing for a moment. did we make the right choice? because he came out gangbusters and he was beating jay leno in the ratings. >> theres some people who say, you blew it, that by picking leno to replace carson over letterman, that that was a big p...

Dont touch that dial. were about to flip it for you. >> in five, four, three, two. >> tv is changing dramatically now with 150 channels that might be available in the near future. >> theres a lot of things that we do that you couldnt have on network television. >> people are really trying to do something adventurous. >> shame on you! >> this is more celebration of culture and opening the doors and allowing america to come on inside. >> there is always something on television and some of it may b...

In the mid-1990s if you took a look at the list of the 50 most-watched shows on cable, at the top would be nickelodeon. "rug rats," "blues clues." >> dont you know cartoons will ruin your mind? >> "ren and stimpy" had some very surreal, high-concept humor to it. this is the beginning of the splintering of the television audience and splintering of the family audience, really, because with families having three or four tvs in the house you had a

>> i sit there like a doughnut watching these guys. and i find them endlessly entertaining because i know and you know and the world knows, these guys are always, will be, and cannot be anything but idiots. >> thats right. ♪ >> mtv has a detrimental, damaging, developmental effect on the sexuality, on the morality, on the spirituality, maybe even the physical development of our young people. ♪ >> now we hit the 90s and once you can go for an audience of 5 million and have a successful show, ...

The yorkshire post — is focusing on the new spending plans. the paper says a new £4 billion levelling—up fund and the creation of a uk infrastructure bank in the north has been celebrated as heralding in "the age of the north", but there are still concerns over power being held by whitehall. the times finally saying the impact of the coronavirus crisis on pubic finances has been laid bare with the chancellor choosing to freeze public sector pay and reduce foreign aid, but, the paper says, h...

Measured on the track. laura scott, bbc news, loughborough. thats it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the deputy political editor at the daily mail, john stevens and the deputy political editor at the guardian, jessica elgot. great to see you both, thanks much for joining great to see you both, thanks much forjoining us. start with some of the front pages that...