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It probably should be. but you know, it kind of announces the idea that hbo is going to get very serious about doing scripted dramas. >> its finished. its over. >> but hbo really, in my mind, comes into its own in 1999 with "the sopranos." >> "sopranos" just is a -- one of those shows that was a benchmark. it changed like, a lot of things for everybody. >> throw out the handbook. tony soprano, the lead actor in a drama, he killed a man. we watched him. when he took his daughter on a college tour...

>> because hbo was driven by subscribers and not by commercials and selling advertising time, they had a different way of looking at success or failure. what they were looking for was critical acclaim. >> youve watched letterman, youve watched leno, but what about larry? larry sanders, that is. hes the tv alter ego of comedian garry shandling. >> garry shandling wanted to do a show that deconstructed the kind of show "the tonight show" was. >> just pretend like youre talking to me till were off ...

Fear, hatred, loneliness are more real to me than a shank. >> it was jaw dropingly violent. it was a mens prison. it probably should be. but you know, it kind of announces the idea that hbo is going to get serious about doing scripted dramas. >> its finished! its over! >> but hbo really in my mind comes to its own in 1999 with the sopranos. ♪ ♪ woke this morning, got yourself a gun ♪ >> its just one of those shows that was a benchmark that changed a lot of things for everybody. >> throw ou...

>> the early 90s the hbo shows start to kind of come into their own. >> and then have i always had these breasts? >> a lot of people want freedom. they dont want to go back to the networks which are saying, you can come to us where youll make more money but youll also have content restricted. you could go to cable and have no restrictions. not make as much money but have freedom of expression, which almost everybody who works in these mediums wants. >> some of the content truly was, you cant get...

I think "sex and the city" helped make hbo a place for people to think, i wonder what people to think, i wonder what 12 irresistible subs. the most epic sandwich roster ever created. ♪ its subways biggest refresh yet! two new ihop lunch and dinner menu items for twice the goodness, twice the flavor, and twice the choice. sirloin salisbury steak and all-natural salmon. perfect for lunch or dinner. only at ihop. download the app and earn free food with every purchase. nicorette knows, quitting s...

Like the grass wont be cut. dishes piled up. cousins running through the white house. cookouts. basketball going in the back. >> in the late 80s hbo was just sort of gaining ground for series. >> by the 90s hbo had started to begin its explosion. >> when we started doing "dream on," one of the things hbo said to us was, its got to be something that couldnt be on network tv. ♪ >> because hbo was driven by subscribers and not by commercials and selling advertising time, they had a different way ...

And so showing women not competing with each other and as supporting each other was also an important narrative change. >> okay, girls, see you tomorrow. >> okay. >> night-night. >> the show had a message of freedom and liberation especially for women that really resonated. i think "sex and the city" helped make hbo a place for people to think, i wonder what theyre doing next. when you have technology thats easier to control... that can scale across all your clouds... we got that right? yeah, we...

Only limit on the kinds of fantasies is peoples imagination. >> hbo turned to people who said, i cant do that on television, but you can do it on hbo. >> white people dont trust black people. thats why they wont vote for no black president. like a black brother will [ bleep ] up the white house. like the grass wont be cut. dishes piled up. cousins running through the white house. cookouts. basketball going in the back. >> in the late 80s hbo was just sort of gaining ground for series. >> by the ...

Only limit on the kinds of fantasies is peoples imagination. >> hbo turned to people who said, i cant do that on television, but you can do it on hbo. >> white people dont trust black people. thats why they wont vote for no black president. like a black brother will [ bleep ] up the white house. like the grass wont be cut. dishes piled up. cousins running through the white house. cookouts. basketball going in the back. >> in the late 80s hbo was just sort of gaining ground for series. >> by the ...

Only one can succeed. and so showing women not competing with each other and as supporting each other was also an important narrative change. >> okay, girls, see you tomorrow. >> okay. >> night-night. >> the show had a message of freedom and liberation especially for women that really resonated. i think "sex and the city" helped make hbo a place for people to think, i wonder what theyre doing next. best plan ev. (manny) yeah, thats what i do. (vo) with 5g ultra wideband in many more cities, you ...