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Wrote" with octavia spencer. that went nowhere. >> laura: a flop. >> angela lansberry said i cant see it. the fan as greed with her that reboot died. >> laura: is angela lansberry still work something. >> yeah. >> laura: shes unbelievable. >> my problem with the reboots and trying to recast them, tell new stories for this generation. youre depriving this generation of their characters, their stories by trying to squeeze them in these old sitcoms in this case. ive had it with the reboots. >> laur...

Wrote" with octavia spencer. that went nowhere. >> laura: a flop. >> angela lansberry said i cant see it. this character is so particular to that time and place. the fans agreed with her. the reboot died. >> laura: is angela lansberry still work something. >> yeah. >> laura: shes unbelievable. >> my problem with the reboots and trying to recast them, tell new stories for this generation. youre depriving this generation of their characters, their stories by trying to squeeze them in these old sit...

>> when i was growing up, i was an "i love lucy" freak. could lip sync it. i love that i can turn on something thats over 60 years old now and go, you cant beat these jokes and you cant beat these characters. >> i took the -- ♪ >> this is a woman in a time where comedy was completely dominated by men. not only does this show become the comedy show, they then create the modern model for all the sitcoms to follow. shes an absolute titan of comedy. >> to have a woman be not only a comedian, but a...

Writers room, and you had two women who worked at separate times, the first with lucille callen and the second was selma diamond. >> its always great to have the womens viewpoint and who better than woman to say, women will laugh at that. so when i put together the characters for the van dyke show, i said, we need the womens viewpoint. and when i told my agent, he immediately said rose marie. >> its a beautiful piece of writing, but if he doesnt get a laugh every ten seconds, he calls the cops a...

I hate to tell you this, sir, but youre eating my wifes hat. >> look at these old black and white shows where, like, dick van dyke and mary tyler moore had to sleep in separate beds and everything was buttoned down. it was very, very different. >> you couldnt say pregnant in sitcoms before. >> lucy had a baby and they could never acknowledge she was pregnant. >> youre bound to be a little cranky in your condition. >> i am not cranky. >> continuing the species, thats filthy, thats dirty. >> start...

>> im joined now by brian stelter, host of reliable sources. it is fascinating to see this. i mean its not only the trump presidency has changed the way we cover news. the news cycle itself just is amped up in a way, the speed of it now, its not like anything ive ever seen. >> yeah. that affects hollywood as well as us in the cable news world. it affects these show runners producing sitcoms and dramas who normally didnt care much about what was going on in washington, but now theres this pressur...

The room is going to share your politics, and not everybody does. >> people feel insulted. >> journalist selena zito. >> people in the middle of the country believe that hollywood only portrays things in a certain way, as though they are the butt of the joke. that their views arent respected. >> im joined now by brian stelter, host of reliable sources. it is fascinating to see this. i mean its not only the trump presidency has changed the way we cover news. the news cycle itself just is amped up...

Tvs new reality. the one-hour special premiers tonight at 10:00 eastern. its hosted by cnns senior media correspondent joining us now. okay. 10:00. people will be treated to what? what will they see in this reality show? >> you know, we have tried to take a step back and think about prime time is changed by donald trump. think about the bush years or the obama years. you didnt hear the presidents name come up all the time in sitcoms or dramas but you do now. the plot lines make you think about t...

There is no doubt the trump presidency is changing scripted television. some shows trying to make sense of whats happening in the white house. others take jabs at the president, even animated series weighing in on the latest headlines from washington. brian stelter has a preview of his special report "the trump show, tvs new reality." >> poppy, whenever i turn on the tv and i dont watch cable news, when i watch prime time drama and sitcoms, i hear president trumps name. it seems like he has infu...

I hate to tell you this, sir, but youre eating my wifes hat. >> look at these old black and white shows where like dick van dyke and mary tyler moore had to sleep in separate beds and everything was buttoned down. it was very, very different. >> you couldnt say pregnant in sitcoms before. >> lucy had a baby and they could never acknowledge she was pregnant. >> youre bound to be a little cranky in your condition. >> i am not cranky. >> continuing the species, thats filthy, thats dirty. >> start a...