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>> reporter: capturing memorable moments like richard hatch without clothes. >> never get used to seeing richard naked. >> reporter: some of us manage to duck reality tv. >> theres two types of people in this world, educated and undereducated. >> reporter: but this shows reality tv grows while sitcoms in orange become almost extent. drama in green shrinks. even if you didnt watch "american idol," you couldnt escape the worst vocalist. ♪ ♪ >> thank you. >> reporter: the allure of train wreck ...

>> the machine that was nbc in the 90s for comedy was untouchable. >> youre not from around here, are you? >> it generated so much viewership and money and awards. >> you do not need this. >> its the top of our wedding cake. >> were not -- its not a scrapbook, its a freezer. >> no! >> we were all kind of part of this chapter in television where we realized we were in the right place at the right time. >> lets see how you like this, naughty boy. >> we certainly associate nbc of the 90s of having ...

Spinoff, at least in the history of sitcoms. >> and the emmy goes to "frasier." >> "frasier." >> "frasier." >> 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 friends are your family. >> ow! >> when david crane and i lived in new york we were part of a group of six people. we were all attached at the hip. we went everywhere together and celebrated everything together. and theres that period whe...

>> sophisticated surveys, telephonic samplings, test audiences. all of those help to separate winners from losers and make midcourse corrections. 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. >> quick, ill give him that. >> all television and, oh, maybe 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 that pic...

More satirical, and it was political. >> you still have 50 seconds left, mr. president. >> let me just sum up, on track, stay the course. a thousand points of light. 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 ...

Ape and still be employed by abc. >> back in 2013 she made a comparison of susan rice, president obamas national security adviser, also an african-american woman to ape. the tweet she had on valerie jarrett this morning was also disgusting. >> i have a theory on what abc might have been thinking. up until now the attitude of the executives was that they were going to hold their nose about her tweets. she had posted horrible stuff in the past, they were going to look the other way and try to get ...

Exception to that. they will embrace a celebrity who embraces them or the aleast appears to embrace them. almost no matter what that celebrity has done in the past. you know, the national anthem is in the news. colin kaepernick has been extraordinarily inspectful of the flag compared to roseanne barr and her legendary national anthem performance. the rule of celebrity should not to me have to hug them backs out no, you got to have standards. >> well, thats what this gets at. oratcorpamerica did ...

Credence on air who disrespect the president by saying very outlandish comments and outlandish things and conversations. steve: antwon, what do you think? keep in mind, i dont know how many sitcoms are on television right now. this is the only one that even approaches donald trumps point of view. its not 100 percent donald trump. its a fair and balanced hybrid. >> i dont think this is about hollywood vs. trump. i dont think this is about liberal vs. conservatives. i think most people realize we ...

Factored into the revival. the political divide in the country is obviously working for her. >> obviously. a lot of people must have tuned in in part for the curiosity factor to see how the show would deal with the political divide because rosary in -- roseanne in real life is a trump supporter, and dealing with her sister jack whoa is anti-trump. i think that is part of why the show did so well in the ratings. people tuned in to see how they were treated. note that hollywood does not have many ...

Say hello and to tell you, did you see roseannes ratings? i said, mark, how big were they? they were unbelievable. over 18 million people. and it was about us. >> reporter: for roseanne, both on screen and off, the feelings for the president are mutual. >> trump offended half americans, she offended the other half. so thats great for sitcoms. were lucky to have him as a president. >> reporter: conservatives around the country riding the wave of the actresss popularity. the fox host begging for a...