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Every old is new again. we seem to be living in the best and worst times for pop culture innovation. its the era of golden age. a smart serious shows the internet gives everything the chance to reach an audience. but as we see new platforms like netflix i worry it will begin an -- before you know every show will be a different permutation of super man or full, fuller house. someone who managed to have it both ways. currently has an edgy original show on network tv and teaming up with marvel on a...

Its core. why did it take 20 years to see another show like that on network tv? >> i cant speak for before i was in the job. we found this book by eddie wong. it was a fantastic book. it spoke to us because we tell stories of family. this was a very authentic story about eddies youth, when his family dragged him down to orlando -- or at least took him to the great place of orlando. >> eddies awfully outspoken. >> we love that about eddie. thats why we choose him. if you look at the show and his ...

New paradigm in network tv as new platforms from premium cable to streaming video bring darker edgier, less censored material to the table. john ridley won an academy award for best adapted screen play last year for his work on "12 years a slave." hes the creative force behind "american crime." thank you so much for doing this. people talk about this moment as a renaissance for tv writers, but most of the renaissance talk is happening on the cable side on the streaming side. why did you go netwo...

>> and you think less willing to go there than network. >> and if you look at the shows on the air and where are the shows that are in terms of being reflective like other shows on network television, and audiences, you look at where "empire" is it is not just black people but everybody is watching these shows. >> lets talk about what you are reflecting on. it deals with racial tensions very rim nissent -- reminiscent of the headlines the last year. what do you want people to take away from this...

>> reporter: from those first moody bass notes," twin peaks" was quirky, murky and strange. >> what do you recommend for a hangover? >> reporter: hard to imagine that dialogue ever found a home on network tv, let alone became a hit. this david lynch cop drama set in the pacific northwest was a huge hit. the pilot of "twin peaks" on abc had an audience twice the size of "scandal" on its best night. more than 20 million people watching the log lady and the woman with the eye patch and the little p...

Debris field. boeing, the u.s. national transportation safety board, the faa and the fbi are all assisting in the investigation. but is the united states with the worlds largest military and an expansive fleet of spy satellites doing all we can. >> we are pride providing everything that the malaysian government has requested of us. >> that you havent seen satellite imagery from the united states on cable and network tv doesnt mean we arent sharing imagery as appropriate. we are. >> reporter: but...

Faa and the fbi are all assisting in the investigation. but is the united states with the worlds largest military and an expansive fleet of spy satellites doing all we can. >> we are pride providing everything that the malaysian government has requested of us. >> that you havent seen satellite imagery from the united states on cable and network tv doesnt mean we arent sharing imagery as appropriate. we are. >> reporter: but other international hot spots are competing for u.s. satellite attention...

On network tv, "scandal". >> kerry washington as olivia pope is scandal. >> there must be some unmet need on the part of a lot of people to have an affair with a president. i dont know why this show works, but it works. >> its all about location, location, location. >> worst trend. the overwhelming number of programs playing to that same audience. >> there are a million of them. these shows trying to make something of these amazing washington stories that you cant write or script. reality is bet...

>> it was so bad it spawned other parodies like "saturday night live." >> what does my girl say? ♪ what does my girl say what da who da who da? >> we turn our thoughts to television. those two came to give us the worst idea for a thriller since snakes on a plane. >> cant wait here with sharks bearing down on us. >> shark nadeau was a hit from the channel even if it was a cultural low point. contrast that with what many fans thought was the best series on network tv. scandal. >> carrie washingt...

Contrast that with what many fans thought was the best series on network tv, "scandal." >> kerry washington as olivia pope is scandal. oh, man, my number one show. >> there must be some unmet need on the part of a lot of people to have an affair with a president. i dont know why this show works, but it works. >> power is a lot like real estate, its all about location, location, location. >> worst trend. the overwhelming number of programs playing to that same audience. >> there were like a milli...