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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 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, ...

>> 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 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." ♪ ♪ woke up this morning ♪ ♪ got yourself a gun ♪ >> "sopranos" just is one of those shows that was a benchmark of change. it changed a lot of things for everybody. >> throw out the handbook. ton...

>> 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 ...

>> 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 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...

>> 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...

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 resonated. i think "sex and the city" helped make hbo a place for people to think, i wonder what theyre doing next. shop early for black friday deals! and save up to $750 dollars on se...

Supporting each other was also an important narrative change. >> okay, girls. see you tomorrow. >> okay. >> okay. >> 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 where people would think, i wonder what theyre doing next. (vo) unconventional thinking means we see things differently, so you can focus on what matters most. thats how weve become the leader in 5g. #1 in customer satisfaction...

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. an alternative to pain pills voltaren is the first full prescription strength gel for powerful arthritis pain relief... voltaren the joy of movem...

Networks. basically, quality migrates to cable. >> oz come 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. >> it was jaw-droppingly violent. and it was a mens prison. it probably should be. but, you know, it -- it kind of announces the idea that hbos going to get very serious about doing scripted dramas. >> its finished. its over....

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...