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asner: ill tell you about the golden age of television. this period in time will be looked upon as the platinum age. lear: our obligation is to entertain, and if weve left something to think about, so much the better. kunta. kunta kinte. television should not be just entertainment. charges were leveled at the commercial television network. congress has no right interfere with the media. well, excuse me! we have a responsibility to give the audience what it tuned in to see. the years of...

turmoil. >> the 60s are over, dad. >> michael in the foul line, a shot, good. >> we intend to cover all the news come all the time. we wont be signing off until we are all dead. >> isnt that special? >> any tool for expression will ring outpost both the best and worst of us and television has been there. >> they dont pay me enough to deal with animals like this. >> people are no longer embarrassed. >> we have seen the news, and it is us. clark: slowly but surely, the 1970s are disappea...

that you couldnt have on network television. - people are really trying to do something adventurous. [both gasp] all: channel 7, shame on you. - this is more a celebration of culture and opening the doors and allowing america to come on inside. - theres always something on television, and some of it may be better than we deserve. - [laughs] that was cool. [dramatic music] ♪ ♪ - listen to it. oh! [crowd cheering] they know when it hits the bottom, itll be 1990. good-bye to the 80s i...

of work to do and this bench needs to go over there. >> but we just moved it over here. >> dont question my authority, thanks! we talk about race and culture in serious ways. that is important. discussing these things in a sitcom, you are not offensive. you are able to take in new ideas. >> the family was doing something that nobody had ever done. >> we are talking about having one of the biggest bigots in america and having a black man coming to his house. >> you see my daughter glo...

time for a look at the business news now. we the business news now. have growth on the agendi we start in the us where weve learned today than the worlds largest economy grew by an annualised rate of 3.3% in the last three months of 2023. the growth figure was higher than expected. as always the big question is how this will feed into the us central bank — the federal reserves — next move on the cost of borrowing. michelle fleury is in new york for us. take us into the detail of th...

hearing, has held what the us calls "candid" and "constructive" talks with chinas foreign minister in beijing. this at the start of two days of meetings with chinese officials. mr blinken emphasised the need for diplomacy and keeping "open channels of communication" us officials added. the trip to china is the first by a top us diplomat in almost five years and comes months after an earlier visit by the secretary of state was postponed when a suspected chinese spy balloon flew in us ai...

candidate he cost bush the election. >> ross perot struck a cord with voters and shook up americas political landscape in the process. mobilized over 30 million voters to get him on the ballot and was the most successful third party candidate in u.s. history. >> jesse: a third party candidate can be deadly in the general. right now, half of americans say they would consider voting for a third party candidate if its trump vs. biden: so there is an open lane and someone is sliding in. hi...

sources, a tenet of agreement has been reached between a public and leadership and the white house on a debt ceiling deal. the contours of the agreement will be relayed to gop members on an all-member call happening later this hour. and in just a few moments, we will hear from speaker kevin mccarthy we will bring those remarks to you live when they occur. joining me now, shermichael singleton, and host of the shermichael show on sirius xm. jonathan alter, and nbc and msnbc contributor,...

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clark: slowly but surely, the 1970s are disappearing. the 1980s will be upon us. what a decade it is coming up. happy new year! [ cheers and applause ] auletta: as you begin the 80s in the television world, the landscape was, on any given evening, 9 out of 10 people were watching ononly one of f three netwtwork. more thahan 30 millilion peope are addicted to o it. social critics are mystified by its success. what is it? its televisions prime-time, prairie pot boiler, "dallas." bobby:y:...