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That great thursday night lineup, cosby, family ties, cheers, night court. >> nbc created this idea of must-see tv. you are talking about 20 and 30 and 40 million people tuning in. >> people say you really are one of the americas most successful fathers. i say, no, it was bill cosby, cosby was number one. >> with respect to whats happened to blake, its like hugely disappointing to all of us. but he set the standard for what a family sit-com was. >> the cosby show had proven that the family sit-c...

Aspirational version they could be. silver spoon, growing pains, all of that constant hugging and learning. right in. >> the family sit-com at the height of its popularity. fox started moving into the television area. >> fox was building their network. they were one of the last majors to build in their work. >> they decided they were going to use the family sit-com to do that and compete against big three. >> al, look at our little girl. we dont really have to go to a recital, do we? >> hand the...

Would embrace the son and say something really encouraging. >> theo, thats the dumbest thing ive ever heard in my life. >> and you could hear the audience gasp, because like this is a strong father who is going to say to his son as he said, you know, i brought new this world and ill take you out. the audience cheered because it was like the parents are saying, yes, were taking back the house. >> i just want you to do the best you can. thats all. >> there was such a love and camaraderie in the hu...

Island with my wife debra. >> in the very first season, ray says to me in the opening credits. >> its not really about the kid. >> its not about the kids. >> i say that for every year you are over 40, you should add an inch to the hemline of your dress. >> well, then you should be dragging around a frigging rug. >> it was odd parents, despite our best efforts reject all of our kindness and it backfires. >> i dont understand just would use bleach on these towels. >> they just seemed a little yell...

And really the sit-koym started to die. dramas had really taken over. those soaps were so big, dynasty, dallas, magnum pi. around so you saw the family sit-com really strive to find a new identity. >> i can believe you guys watch this, you lookingry tick lus. >> family ties has one of the great challenges in sit-com history. >> half a million people trying to stop a sentenceless war. you find they are dig lus? >> im talking act the outfits. >> these two flower children from the 60s grow up. in t...

>> this is a family i adored, present history has tainted that a little bit. it didnt stop the fact that that was a ground-breaking experience. >> we had sort of this idyllic family, claire was a lawyer, he was a doctor. there was a very natural chemistry between the huxtable and claire and their children that wasnt cliche black poverty. >> son, your mother asked be etoo come up here and kill you. how do you expect to get into college with grades like in? >> no problem. >> there is a much more c...

>> thanks for the tip. >> family ties is a reversal in many ways of all in the family, except notice you have the liberal parents and the conservative child. >> this morning i found a copy of the wall street journal under his bed in there you think he was switched at birth and the rockefellers have our kid? >> michael was just wonderful. he was young, energetic. he had such good timing. >> we started rather slowly. nbc was moving us around a bit trying to find the right place for us. family ties...

>> or gathered together in a workplace. >> all the great sit-coms are about family there so wonderful. >> its one of the great accomplish rms of the modern age. >>. >> what have realways said is the most important thing? >> breakfast. >> family. >> family is key to the sit-com. its something that we all can real to. >> you are in these peoples homes for years. you are a part of the family. >> one good thing about moving here, is i have no plans and no distractions. thats why i got fam little. wh...

Doing? >> well! >> "i love lucie" became a phenomenon instantly. >> when you think about the era that lucille ball came up in and what she was able to achieve, its astounding. >> im a father! im a father! >> when lucy and ricky had a baby, it was like huge! its the highest rated show of the series. it changed the dynamic because all of a sudden it became centered around the family unit. i think "i love lucie" was the big bang of the family sit-com. >> and the family moved to the suburbs. >> isnt...

Change the landscape. they had all these rural family sit-coms. they were looking for more sophisticated sit-coms. >> after abc declined to move forward with the all in the family pilot, norman lear made the decision to move the show over to cbs. >> they said, yes, you need a new set of kids, so rob reiner and i were the third set of children for archie and edith bunker. >> so i missed the pilot for the third time, same script. i wouldnt change a word. >> lets hear it again. what do you mean by ...