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To get serious about doing scripted dramas. but hbo really, in my mind, comes into its own in 1999 with "the sopranos." ♪ ♪ >> "the sopranos" is just one of those shows that was a benchmark. it changed a lot of things for everybody. >> throw out the handbook. tony sparano, the lead actor in a drama. he killed a man. we watched him. he took his daughter on a college tour. >> pretty, huh? >> it was just a melding of a guy in a world. >> open the [ bleep ] door! >> and the behavior that promote...

>> 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...

>> 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...

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 about doing scripted dramas. >> its finished. its over. >> but hbo really...

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....

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 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 very serious about doing scripted dramas. >> its finished. its over. >> but hbo really in my mind comes into its own in 1999 with "...

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...

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. >...

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. >...

>> 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. >> but hbo really in my mind comes to 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 change. it changed a lot of things for everybody. >> throw out the handbook. tony soprano, the lead...