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"friends." >> "friends." >> "friends." >> "friends." >> i really appreciated "friends." >> one of the top all-time sitcoms, "seinfeld," yeah. >> are we finished? >> done. >> at the core of every sitcom you do have a family whether it is a blood family or a found family. you know, in the case of "friends" or "seinfeld." >> as new generations emerge from baby boomers to gen x to millennials to gen z, we see those changes reflected in the "friends" sitcom. >> you look back at the rise of the "frien...

>> were staying in a used car lot of love. >> in 20 years we only turned out one clunker. >> the idea of white families seeing things on an episode of "good times" that they could relate to their own experience, that is a power that cannot be duplicated with hours of conversation. >> it showed how sitcoms werent afraid to discuss social issues that had formerly been taboo. ♪ this is it ♪ >> when you get to something like "one day at a time," the single mother in that show is divorced. that w...

The biggest change came with the explosion of cable. >> what i loved about hbo was their criteria was only quality, it wasnt network censorship or anything like that. >> tell me exactly how he worded it. >> i wanted to explore this world of sex and relationships from a female point of view and do something really, really frank. >> weve been seeing each other for a couple of weeks. i really like you. and tomorrow night after dinner i want us to have anal sex. >> it feels a little funny to call it...

Politics appear on broadcast television, in workplace comedy like the mary tyler moore show ♪ you might just make it after all ♪ >> mary richards moves to minnesota to start work at wj mtv. >> what religion are you? >> mr. grant, i dont quite know how to say this but youre not allowed to ask that. >> you want to call a cop? >> it did rep what women were going through. they were standing up and saying i must be heard. >> sitcoms used to be about the wife was at home doing the dishes. then thi...

Biggest problems lie. this week on an all-new episode of "history of the sit.com". we look at how different sitcoms have tackled representation and racism over the years. >> we must set higher goals. >> in 1970s, car michael was one of the black panthers. and they go storming into norman lears office. >> my secretary said theres three guys that want to see the garbage man. >> they said you have this poor black family on good times. all black people arent poor like this. that is a misrepresentati...

>> the dick van dyke show was laugh out loud funny. >> the dick van dyke show. it was the dick van dyke show black and white. thats what got me into sitcoms. groundbreaking. >> you had carl reiner. >> carl reiner got his start on your show of shows with i am jean coca. >> its supposed to be tight! >> the writers room. it just embued carl with thats a place, thats a gold mine. a writers room is a gold mine. >> i said what piece of ground do i stand on that nobody else stands on. so i write abou...

>> you know, theyre put at a desk next to another kid who they may or may not like. that must be what theyre identifying with. >> i manage my department and ive been doing that for several years now and god, ive learned a lot of life lessons along the way. >> your departments just you, right? >> yes, jim, but im not easy to manage. >> it was the biggest sitcom on nbc, and nbc was really sold on these quirky workplace sitcoms. ♪ >> with "30 rock" i wanted to see how far we could push a premise ...

[ laughter ] >> it did represent what women were going through in the 70s. they were standing up saying i must be heard. >> sitcoms used to be about the wife was at home doing the dishes and then this woman sprang on to a screen to have a job and often the smartest person there. it was sort of liberating. >> you got spunk. >> and i waited a beautiful moment and i say. >> i hate spunk. >> and i want to correct something right now. i dont hate spunk. i love spunk. >> it was a total shift in gender...

>> want to call a cop? [ laughter ] >> it did represent what women were going through in the 70s. they were standing up and saying i must be heard. >> sitcoms used to be about the wife was at home doing the dishes and then this woman sprang onto our screens who had a job, and often the smartest person there. and it was sort of liberating. >> youve got spunk. >> and i waited a dutiful moment, and i say -- >> i hate spunk! >> and i want to correct something right now. i dont hate spunk. i love spu...

"your show of shows" with imogen coca and sid caesar. which was not a sitcom, it was a variety show. >> its supposed to be tent. >> the writers room abounded in talent. it just imbued carl with thats a place, thats a gold mine. a writers room is a gold mine. >> i remember talking to myself on the way home and i said what piece of ground do i stand on that nobody else stands on? so ill write about the life of a writer. >> writers are lazy. people write what they know. >> we got a sketch. >> there...