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>> my first offering this evening -- stop that now! go back and sit down! >> 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 ...

Where? where? where? >> when you get to your show of shows, thats a very famous 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...

Normalized the black experience in a way that was super important. felt more like my family than the myth of the black family. >> how are you going to get into college with grades like this? >> no problem. >> huh? >> im not going to college. >> damn right. >> "cosby show," "family ties," the seavers, saying were all basically the same. >> more conservative era, you had upper middle class households that arent worried about money and balancing careers and kids and in comes "roseanne." >> what do ...

Are you if. >> it generated so much viewership and money and awards. >> you do not need this. >> its the top of our wedding cake. >> its not a scrapbook its a freezer. >> no. >> we accredit it had 90 with have been successful sitcoms but they western the only network. >> "tgif" was on fridays. >> i cant take it, i need that cake. >> it was not sophisticated television but these were shows that people adored. >> cbs, cbs was in a real bad spot. they had fallen apart over the early 90s and gone th...

Seen and got huge laughs. >> something said not to move until my finger has clearly played the piece. >> whats taking so long? >> id like to train the strategy like a general leading his troops into battle. >> check mate. >> i think "frazier" probably stands as the single most successful spin offs at least in the history of sitcoms. >> and the emmy goes to. >>" frazier." >> "frazier." >> five million americans watched thursday night. that was at the time 1/3 of the country. >> oh, what is this s...

The 90s of having extremely 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 ] >> 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 t...

>> kelsey grammar played pomposity like nobody youve ever seen and got huge laughs. >> whats taken so long? >> but i am analyzing my options unlike your wink and approach i like to plan a strategy, like a general leading his troops into battle. >> checkmate, schwarzkopf. >> i think "frasier" stands as the single most successful 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 lead...

>> we certainly associate nbc of the 90s of having extremely 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 ] >> 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 diffe...

Viewership and money and awards. >> you do not need this. >> this is the top of our wedding cake. >> its -- its not a scrapbook. its a freezer. >> no many xl. >> we certainly associate nbc with the 90s having extremely successful sitcoms but they werent the only network to find their way to having some success. "tgif" a block of family-oriented comedy. >> i cant take it. a i need the cake t. was not sophisticated television but these were shows that people adored. [ laughter ] >> cbs -- >> cbs w...

Untouchable. >> youre not from around here will you? >> it generated so much viewership and money and awards. >> we do not need this. >> its the top of our wedding cake. >> its not a scambook, its a freezer. >> no. >> we associate nbc of the 90s with having extremely 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. >> michelle. >> ...