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laughter is a wonderful place to go for forgetting your troubles and woes. >> sitcoms are an escape. the more dire the circumstances, the more you need sitcoms to forget about your troubles. >> were going to the good place in a freaking gold balloon! >> shotgun! >> thats what we had. thats what helped me escape being poor. [ applause ] >> everything single one of you is a good person. >> when im feeling kind of hopeless and sad, i get to laugh and lose myself and remember lifes not tha...

good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. we have brand-new information this evening about the january 6th committee accusing former president donald trump of trying to contact a witness during the investigation. nbc news has confirmed reporting that the witness was a member of the white house support staff. at the end of yesterdays hearing liz cheney said that the matter had been referred to the justice department. this afternoon, the committees chair person was asked about chene...

that there was an attempt to influence the witness? >> from my vantage point, it is highly unusual to do that. thats why we more or less, put that in the hands of the justice department. >> is this just one missed phone call from the former president? >> thats all im aware of. >> as for its future plans, the panel has not ruled out additional hearings later this summer, we will hear more public testimony one week from tomorrow. one committee member says that nest thursdays hearing will...

and now another major democrat is [inaudible]. >> its the sitcom that predicts how were going to live in the future. to mark george jetsons birthday today, [inaudible]. but first president biden tested positive for covid again today in what his doctors are calling a rebound case. it is the second day of isolation for joe biden. >> hey folks, joe biden here. tested positive this morning. i will be working from home the next couple of days. im feeling fine, feeling good. [inaudible]. >...

idiot is watching it. >> at this point in time, what is known as the platinum age. >> our obligation is to entertain and if we have something to think about, so much the better. >> television should not be just entertainment. >> charges were leveled at commercial television networks. >> congress has no right to interfere with the media. >> you have a responsibility to give the audience what it tendon to say. for years, the 60s, which end in a few hours have a reputation which is not en...

♪ ♪ slowly but surely, the 1970s are disappearing. the 1980s will be upon us. and what a decade it is coming up. happy new year! >> as we began the 80s in the television world, the landscape was on any given evening, 9 out of 10 people watching only one of three networks. >> more than 30 million people are addicted to it. social critics are mystified by its success. what is it? its televisions primetime prairie potboiler "dallas." >> a move like that will destroy all of ewing oil...

finger, like my childhood friend we had to call mittens. yeah. in case you scoff at the idea that the media works from the same script, the same playbook, same oxygen deprived brain, you need to see thursdays "l.a. times" piece on how late-night selected comedians covered the hearings. the same unison response. or should i say unisom. since they were dull enough to put a method into a coma. >> we are coming to just hours after the january 6, and he shocked with a hearing i can only be ...

>> then, they found her. >> logical mystery that would divide this family >> i suspected him from the beginning. >> one daughter thought her stepdad, matt, did it. the others said no way. and matt, he had a theory all his own. >> this is not the first time shes run away, okay? >> had nique taken off and found trouble? >> now youre thinking someone gave her a date rape drug. >> thats a possibility. >> the trail would lead to this house of cameras. >> there is a big server tower that wou...

television. >> we have seen the news, and it is us. ♪ ♪ slowly but surely, the 1970s are disappearing. the 1980s will be upon us. and what a decade it is coming up. happy new year! >> as we began the 80s in the television world, the landscape was on any given evening, 9 out of 10 people watching only one of three networks. >> more than 30 million people are addicted to it. social critics are mystified by its success. what is it? its televisions primetime prairie potboiler "dallas...

[scattered applause] security is supposed to stop her at the door, who can say no to that smile? so is our friend from alaska, jamie lasalle. [scattered applause] sarah palin once said of jamies career, i cant see it from my house or anybody elses. so what was one of the most repeated phrases in last few years to describe america? other than chinas bitch? how about polarized? every expert in media crank says we are at each others throats and maybe its true if youre on a new york city s...