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>> 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, 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 annou...

Private hours, you know, after midnight in the shank of the evening over an adult beverage that john mccain would say i made a big mistake and, rather, you didnt catch me, its a good thing but you didnt catch me in it. if he didnt like what you reported you knew it. his straight talk included giving you straight talk when he thought you were wrong. >> frank, what about that? do you have memories of that as well. >> oh, my gosh, yes. something i would like to react to as what weve been hearing, y...

Big ratings. movie coming out. bim, bam, boom. >> "the larry sanders show" was very unique in that it was very deadpan. and really groundbreaking in its day. >> i think it made people really go, thats the level of work you may be able to do on a cable network. >> "oz" coming in 97 and its set in a fictional penitentiary. fear, loneliness are more real to me than a shank and a soul. >> it was jaw-droppingly

Movie coming out. bim, bam, boom. >> "the larry sanders show" was very unique in that it was very deadpan. and really groundbreaking in its day. >> i think it made people really go, thats the level of work you may be able to do on a cable network. >> "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, hate red, loneliness, are more real to me ...

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 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 drama...

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, 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 goin...

Medical, another orejones gang member, jeremy gonzalez, witnessed the procession. >> i seen him that he was bloody. and being thats my home bay, like i been knowing him for a long time and me and him been through a lot and i wasnt just going to let it just ride, you know what im saying? i let my anger kind of get the best of me, too, and popped my door and ran out there with the shank. >> inmate gonzalez apparently was able to defeat the locking device, open the cell door and he ran out of the c...

Supervision unit after he burst out of his cell with a seven-inch shank and then flooded his housing unit. his murder trial has been postponed, and in the meantime, hes limited his contact with family because its just too hard to deal with. >> i tried to use the phone. it breaks my hid. pushed me into water. i aint going to be there for a while, you know? >> despite his efforts to avoid thinking about family, a reminder has just arrived by way of todays mail. >> i got this letter from my oldest ...

He was a day late for the party. >> there was four laws down there. a sergeant, a lieutenant, corporal and regular officer. >> and he started to get real nervous, because, you know, he had no backup, hes over there with a weapon in a secured facility. >> with gonzalez already outnumbered four to one, members of the sert team escorting hidalgo and guerrero are called back to assist. >> go, go, go. >> im not stupid, you know, they laid it down real quick, threw the shank away from me. i just chill...

This job that we have is such a gravy job and such an easy job. i challenge anybody to come in here and work this job for a week and see if were overpaid. >> going to start flooding! start. >> later in the day, the disturbance escalates when one of the inmates starts flooding the unit. >> the guy in 12 cell started flooding his cell. i asked him why. he said just for no reason. hes notorious for doing stuff like that. >> the inmate is well known to staff, jeremy gonzalez. besides facing charges ...