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clark: slowly but surely, the 1970s are disappearing. the 1980s will be upon us. what a decade it is coming up. happy new year! [ cheers and applause ] auletta: as you begin the 80s in the television world, the landscape was, on any given evening, 9 out of 10 people were watching ononly one of f three netwtwork. more thahan 30 millilion peope are addicted to o it. social critics are mystified by its success. what is it? its televisions prime-time, prairie pot boiler, "dallas." bobby:y:...

its a time of enormous turmoil. >> shut up in here. >> the 60s are over, dad. >> heres michael at the foul line, a shot on ehlo. good! >> [ laughs ] >> we intend to cover all the news all the time. we wont be signing off until the world ends. >> isnt that special? >> any tool for human expression will bring out both the best and the worst in us, and television has been that. >> they dont pay me enough to deal with animals like this. >> people are no longer embarrassed to admit they wat...

>> isnt that special? >> any tool for human expression will bring out both the best and the worst in us, and television has been that. >> they dont pay me enough to deal with animals like this. >> people are no longer embarrassed to admit they watch television. >> we have seen the news, and it is us. ♪ ♪ >> slowly but surely, the 1970s are disappearing. the 1980s will be upon us. what a decade it is coming up. happy new year! >> as you begin the 80s in the television world, the lan...

And television has been that. They dont pay me enough to deal with animals like this. People are no longer embarrassed to admit they watch television. We have seen the news, and it is us. Slowly but surely, the 1970s are disappearing. The 1980s will be upon us. What a decade it is coming up. Happy new year as you begin the 80s in the television world, the landscape was, on any given evening, 9 out of 10 people were watching only one of three networks. More than 30 Million People are addicted to ...

and television has been that. >> they dont pay me enough to deal with animals like this. >> people are no longer embarrassed to admit they watch television. >> we have seen the news, and it is us. >> slowly but surely, the 1970s are disappearing. the 1980s will be upon us. what a decade it is coming up. happy new year! >> as you begin the 80s in the television world, the landscape was, on any given evening, 9 out of 10 people were watching only one of three networks. >> more than 30 mi...

free text l0 to three-to-one, three-to-one today, i hanako montgomery in tokyo and this jensen: its a time of enormous turmoil. shut up in here. the 60s are over dad. durham: heres michael at the foul line, a shot on ehlo. -good! -yeah! ha-ha! turner: we intend to cover all the news all the time. we wont be signing off until the world ends. isnt that special? any tool for human expression will bring out the best and the worst in us, and television has been that. they dont pay me enough...

Mom, i wanted my eggs scrambled. coming right up. mandabach: they talked about parenting. previous to that, on television the kids were cool and the parents were idiots. and then cosby says the parents are in charge and that was something new. instead of acting disappointed because im not like you, maybe you can just accept who i am and love me anyway because im your son. thats the dumbest thing ive ever heard in my life! shales: you know, it helps, the casting of anything helps a lot in televis...

>> if you were the last person on this earth, i still wouldnt tell you. >> you dont have to tell me what you did. just tell me what theyre going to do to you. >> unlike every other show on tv, its showing an upper-middle-class black family. this wasnt "all in the family." they werent tackling, you know, deep issues. but that was okay. the mere fact that they existed was a deep issue. >> the decade was waiting for something real. in other words, unless its real it doesnt seem like it moves anybod...

This wasnt "all in the family." they werent tackling, you know, deep issues. but that was okay. the mere fact that they existed was a deep issue. >> the decade was waiting for something real. in other words, unless its real it doesnt seem like it moves anybody. if someones feeling something, you get to the heart, you get to the mind. and if you can hit the hearts and minds, you got yourself a hit. >> how was school? >> school, dear? i brought home two children that may or may not be ours. >> cos...

>> unlike every other show on tv, its showing an upper middle class black family. this wasnt "all in the family”" they werent tackling, you know, deep issues. but that was okay. the mere fact they existed was a deep issue. >> the decade was waiting for something real. in other words, unless its real, it doesnt seem like it moves anybody. if someones feeling something, you get to the heart. you get to the mind. and if you can hit the hearts and minds, you got yourself a hit. >> how was school? ...