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The trigger, not a black one. it was a white one. >> it set a trend. the idea that the audience can accept its characters being deeply flawed, even though theyre wearing this uniform. and i thought that that was important to finally get across. >> dont do it. >> we wanted to make a show that made you participate. made you pay attention. and i think that worked pretty well. >> and the winner is -- >> "hill street blues." >> 21 nominations. and we went on to win eight emmys. and it put us on the m...

>> brandon tartikoff, nbc programming chief, says reports of the sitcoms death were greatly exaggerated. >> time and time again, if you study television history, just when someone is counting a forum out, thats exactly the form of programming that leads to the next big hit. ♪ >> 1984 "the cosby show" comes on. bill cosby is not new to tv but "the cosby show" is different. stands apart from everything else hes done. >> i wanted my eggs scrambled. >> coming up. >> they talked about parenting. be...

White finger that pulled the trigger, not a black one. >> it set a trend that the audience c accept its characters being deeply flawed. and i thought that was important to finally get across. >> we wanted to make a show that made you participate. made you pay attention. and i think that worked pretty well. >> and the winner is. >> "hill streets blues". >> it got 21 nominations and it won eight emmys. it put us on the map literally and thats when people finally checked us out. >> programming chie...

>> listen to me. it was a white finger that pulled the trigger, not a black one. it was a white one. >> it set a trend. the audience can accept its characters being deeply flawed even though theyre wearing this uniform. i thought that was important to finally get across. >> no bing! >> we wanted to make a show that made you participate. made you pay attention. and i think that worked pretty well. >> and the winner is -- >> "hill street blues." >> we got 21 nominations and we went on to win eight...

White face and all they want to do is -- >> listen to me. it was a white man that pulled the trigger, not a black one. >> it set a trend. the audience can accept characters being deeply flawed even though theyre wearing this it uniform. that was important to finally get across. >> we wanted to make a show that made you participate. made you pay attention. and i think that worked pretty well. >> and the winner is -- >> "hill street blues." >> 21 nominations. and we went on to win eight emmys. it ...

>> it set a trend. the audience can accept characters being deeply flawed even though they are caring this uniform. i thought that was important to finally get across. >> no biting! >> we wanted to make a show that made you participate. made you pay attention. and i think that worked pretty well. >> and the winner is -- >> "hill street blues." >> 21 nominations. and we went on to win eight emmys. it put us on the map, literally. thats when people finally checked us out. >> programming chief of o...

With you, man? >> they dont pay me enough to deal with animals like thus. all they see is a white face and all they -- >> listen to me. it was a white man that pulled the trigger, not a black one. >> it set a trend. the audience can accept characters being deeply flawed even though they are caring this uniform. i thought that was important to finally get across. >> we wanted to make a show that made you participate. made you pay attention. and i think that worked pretty well. >> and the winner i...

Even though wearing this uniform. i thought that was important to finally get across. >> we wanted to make a show that made you participate. made you pay attention. and i think that worked pretty well. >> and the winner is -- >> "hill street blues." >> 21 nominations. and we went on to win eight emmys. it put us on the map, literally. thats when people finally checked us out. >> programming chief of one of the networks used to say to me about shows like "hill street" and "st. elsewhere" whats th...

>> it set a trend. the audience can accept characters being deeply flawed even though they are caring this uniform. i thought that was important to finally get across. >> we wanted to make a show that made you participate. made you pay attention. and i think that worked pretty well. >> and the winner is -- >> "hill street blues." >> 21 nominations. and we went on to win eight emmys. it put us on the map, literally. thats when people finally checked us out. >> programming chief of one of the netw...

Figure that pulled the trigger, not a black one. >> it set a trend, that the audience could accept characters being deeply flawed even though theyre wearing this uniform. i thought it was important to get across. >> dont do it! no biting! >> we wanted to make a show that made you participate, made you pay attention and i think it worked pretty well. >> and the winner is -- >> hill street blues! >> we got 21 nominations and we went on to win eight emmys and it put us on the map literally. thats w...