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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 that you can trace back to "mary tyler moore." and the first version of it i pitched was set in a news environment, and nbc passed on it and said "no, write more from what you know." >> we were there at 30 rock. we were there at "snl." we knew what went on in the office. >> lets get into the two first commercial periods. we wer...

The 80s were a radical transformation from what america was like in the 60s and 70s. the economy was booming. there was a rise in conservative values. >> we saw american audiences losing interest in the socially relevant sitcoms and the sitcoms started to die away. >> dramas started taking over, soaps were big. dynasty, dallas, magnum pi. >> you saw the family sitcom strive to find a new identity. >> family ties is one of the great premises in sitcom history.

>> whats so tough about earning a living? >> yeah. >> have you ever done it? >> no, but i could. >> ha! >> lucille ball with the chocolates. always funny. >> if one piece of candy gets past you and into the packing room unwrapped, youre fired! >> all the writers needed to say was lucy had a conveyor belt. youre good. >> some of the most memorable episodes of "i love lucy" are when she gets a job outside the home. but it always unravels. >> youre doing splendidly. speed it up a little! >> when si...

These were things you never saw in ozzie and harriet wore leave it to beaver. when you watch a show based on losing someone, that adds a deep rooted truth to the hardness of life and it gives comity more of a reason to go crazy. >> i think that shirt is done. >> my shirt. >> you will just have to wear your pants higher. >> in the 60s you see the sitcom move away from telling stories that are focused on the nuclear suburban family. >> divorce had become more prevalent in the 60s. it took a while ...

>> he will articulate things that people may think but your internal editor goes do not say it. >> what would people think? >> i would take my bare hands and pop your head off your neck. >> curb your enthusiasm came out at a time when sitcoms from the 90s war out there welcome. >> in the wake of friends and in, this juggernaut had to find some way to make it new. >> kids, i will tell you a incredible story. >> the premise is a grown man telling this story of how he met their mother. the show was...

Know if i say i have it covered and i dont, you cover me. >> i think we love work place sitcoms because we identify with these unlikable people and world. >> every generation gets the political satire it deserves, and veep is ours. >> nevada is my state. im going to be president. >> but its tough to compete with reality. you know, the trump administration. >> lovely inauguration. billy joel is going to sing. so you guy versus to stop the recount. >> any show about a work place or a group of peop...

>> class wars. >> gender diversity. >> hi girls. >> you can reach in and touch peoples hearts. >> whether it is a family living under the same roof. or gathered together in a workplace. >> that is a glue stick. >> all of the greatest sitcoms are about family. >> it is one of the great accomplishments of the modern age. >> what have we always said was the most important thing? >> breakfast. >> family. >> family is key to the sitcom.

With the family sitcom. >> some sitcoms were very edgy like roseann and married with children, on the other hand you had shows going back to a more wholesome storytelling. you see that on home improvement. >> what home improvement did was made a stable and loving family. >> no running in the house. >> cover the ball with both hands. >> i also wanted to find out what made man tick. >> tim the tall man taylor is a local celebrity with his own home improvement show. >> what do we need? >> more powe...

In 1970, cbs is trying to change the landscape. they had all of these nonurban family sitcoms, they were looking for sophisticated sitcoms. >> after abc declined the all in the family pilot, norman made the decision to move it to cbs. >> they said yes but you need a new set of kids. >> i made the pilot for the 3rd time, same script. >> what did you mean by what god? >> we do not see any evidence of god helmet that is all.

Kindness. >> i do not understand why you used bleach on the towels. >> we need a family, love them or hate them. that is who we were given. >> the success of cosby resurrected the sitcom and then ushered in a lot of great storytelling. when the cosby show went off the air we had other black family sitcoms to fill the void and one of them was the fresh prince. >> i did not know there was so many brothers living in this neighborhood. >> fox was one of the first networks that took risks. >> i think...