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Jig is starting to be up for the networks. basically, quality migrates to cable. >> oz comes on in 97, and its set in this fictional penitentiary. wow, what a strange show that was. >> in oz, sometimes the things you cant touch are more real than the things you can. for instance, fear. hatred. loneliness. they are more real to me than a shank. and a soul. >> it was jaw-dropping the violent. its a mens prison. it probably should be. but, you know, it kind of announces the idea that hbo is, like, ...

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 90s hbo had started to begin its explosion. >> w...

Jig is starting to be up for the networks. basically, quality migrates to cable. >> "oz" comes on in 97. and its set in this fictional penitentiary. wow. what a strange show that was. >> in "oz," sometimes the things you cant touch are more real than the things you can. for instance, fear, hatred, loneliness, are more real to me than a shank. >> it was jaw-droppingly 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...

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. classic and old world pepperoni® on one pizza—and a large is just $9.99?! the phrase “slice of heaven” comes to mind... marcos. pizza love...

Really soulmates together as well. >> you did the right thing buying that apartment. you love it, right? >> yeah. >> and you wont be alone forever. >> historically women are often set up in narratives in which 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 reso...

>> at the end of the 90s, the jig is starting to be up for the networks. basically, quality migrates to cable. >> "oz" comes on in 97. and its set in this fictional penitentiary. wow. what a strange show that was. >> in "oz," sometimes the things you cant touch are more real than the things you can. for instance, fear, hatred, loneliness, are more real to me than a shank. >> it was jaw-droppingly violent. it was a mens prison. it probably should be. but you know, it kind of announces the idea th...

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 this anywhere else. >> youre a fantasy maker, 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 h...

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 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 toni...

>> 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 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...

>> what are you talking about? i went to smith. >> the show took an interesting turn by really focusing on the relationship between the women and telling the story of them as really soulmates together as well. >> you did the right thing buying that apartment. you love it, right? >> yeah. >> and you wont be alone forever. >> historically women are often set up in narratives in which only one can succeed. and so showing women not competing with each other and as supporting each other was also an i...