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>> i think one, network television. its really terrible. its in the sense of, okay, theyre going to say our ratings losses are, you know, its -- you cant get away from it. were going to have losses every year. how much can we slow them down. >> yeah, theyre managing decline. >> but i would say this, you name one show between "this is us" that anybody cares about? one drama. >> i was thinking "this was us" was going to be my pick. >> thats a great show. that could be anywhere. that is an absolute...

Successful sitcoms but they werent the only network that found their way to having some success. tgif was on abc on friday, and it was their block of family-oriented comedies. >> i cant take it. i need the cake. >> it was not sophisticated television. but these were shows that people adored. [ laughing and snorting ] >> cbs. >> cbs was in a really bad spot. they had just fallen apart over the early part of the 90s and had gone through a couple different network executives. >> but then suddenly t...

But you cant cut all comedies from the same cookie cutters. all you can hope is every night turns out like thursday. >> yo, angela! >> next. >> how rude. >> hes quick. ill give him that. >> all of television said, oh, well, maybe the sitcoms are alive again. and thats all that it took. it took one success. >> a few years from now, something new may tempt the people who pick what we see. but its a very safe guess that whatever gets hot for a season or two, the men and women who create good televi...

Stay the course. >> governor dukakis, rebuttal? >> i cant believe im losing to this guy. >> ill get it. >> its the garry shandling show. >> people were taking the old principles of comedy and trying to turn them into something new. we spent years watching sitcoms and dramas and talk shows and we knew them by heart, that if somebody played on that and parodied it, we got it instantly. >> i appreciate you coming in under these conditions, lewis, i really do. you want to hold the credits? we were g...

Separate winners from losers and make midcourse corrections. but you cant cut all comedies from the same cookie cutters. all you can hope is that every night turns out like thursday. >> yo, angela! >> next. >> how rude. >> hes quick. ill give him that. >> all of television said, oh, well, maybe the sitcoms are alive again. and thats all that it took. it took one success. >> a few years from now, something new may tempt the people who pick what we see. but its a very safe guess that whatever gets...

[ applause ] >> we certainly associate nbc in the 90s with having extremely successful sitcoms. but they werent the only network that found their way to having some success. >> t.g.i.f. was on abc on friday and it was their block of family-oriented comedies. >> i cant take it. i need that cake. [ laughter ] >> it was not sophisticated television, but these were shows that people adored. >> oh. >> cbs. cbs was in a really bad spot. they had just fallen apart over the early part of the 90s. they h...

Stay the course. >> governor dukakis, rebuttal? >> i cant believe im losing to this guy. >> ill get it. >> its the garry shandling show. >> people were taking the old principles of comedy and trying to turn them into something new. we spent years watching sitcoms and dramas and talk shows and we knew them by heart, that if somebody played on that and parodied it, we got it instantly. >> i appreciate you coming in under these conditions, lewis, i really do. you want to hold the credits? we were g...

>> kelsey grammer played pomposity like no other. >> i am analyzing my options. unlike your eye, like a general leading his troops into battle. >> check mate, schwarz cough. >> i think frazier stands as the sing the most successful spin-off, at least in the history of sitcoms. >> and the emmy goes to -- >> frazier. >> frazier. >> frazier. >> we were lightning hot and it was critical for us to be leading the way, not just following. ♪ ♪ >> friends is about that time in your life when your fri...

Guys hangs out and talking about stuff. >> listen to this. marcy comes over and she tells me that her ex-boyfriend was over late last night and yadda yadda yadda, im really tired today. >> what do you think she was tired from? >> obviously the yadda yadda. >> larry david and jerry seinfeld, those two minds together, you know, thats just comedy dynamite. >> what do you think did it? can you take a step back and say, this made the show? >> i think it was the style of the writing was fresh and i th...

Dyke show" was great for women who might aspire to being in the writers room, because that was the first glimpse we got that maybe that was possible. >> its not like there were plenty of career women on tv. women were mainly housewives in the sitcoms or secretaries, they werent writers. >> you mean to say youd give up your job for us? >> compared to you, im a rat. >> compared to a rat, youre a rat. >> my mother didnt want me to be funny. how was i going to get married and be funny at the same ti...