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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, here, hatred, fear, loneliness are more real to me than a shank and a soul. >> 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 about doing scri...

>> 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. ok everyone! our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition... for strength and energy! whoo-hoo! great-tasting ensure. with nine grams of protein and twenty-seven vitamins and minerals.

>> 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 would think i wonder what theyre doing next. ♪ for barcelona? we did promise wed go. [dogs] they get the miles...we get a pet-sitter.

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 ...

>> 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 ...

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 resonated. i think "sex and the city" helped make hbo a place for people to think, i wond...

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 would think, "i wonder what theyre doing next." ♪ spending time together, sometimes means doing nothing at all.

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, here, hatred, fear, loneliness are more real to me than a shank and a soul. >> 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 about doing scripted dramas. >> its finished. its over. >...

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. >> when we started doing "dream on" one of th...

Kind of television? >> howdy ho! >> its a miracle. "south park" is a miracle. >> 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 wh...