The Colbys News Today

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...

>> isnt that special? >> any tool for human expression will bring out both the best and the worst in us, and television has been that. >> they dont pay me enough to deal with animals like this. >> people are no longer embarrassed to admit they watch television. >> we have seen the news, and it is us. ♪ ♪ >> slowly but surely, the 1970s are disappearing. the 1980s will be upon us. what a decade it is coming up. happy new year! >> as you begin the 80s in the television world, the lan...

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ slowly but surely, the 1970s are disappearing. the 1980s will be upon us. and what a decade it is coming up. happy new year! >> as we began the 80s in the television world, the landscape was on any given evening, 9 out of 10 people watching only one of three networks. >> more than 30 million people are addicted to it. social critics are mystified by its success. what is it? its televisions primetime prairie potboiler "dallas." >> a move like that will destroy all of ewi...

will bring out both the best and worst in us. and television has been that. >> they dont pay me enough to deal with animals like this. >> people are no longer embarrassed to admit they watch television. >> we have seen the news, and it is us. ♪ ♪ slowly but surely, the 1970s are disappearing. the 1980s will be upon us. and what a decade it is coming up. happy new year! >> as we began the 80s in the television world, the landscape was on any given evening, 9 out of 10 people watchin...

free text l0 to three-to-one, three-to-one today, i hanako montgomery in tokyo and this jensen: its a time of enormous turmoil. shut up in here. the 60s are over dad. durham: heres michael at the foul line, a shot on ehlo. -good! -yeah! ha-ha! turner: we intend to cover all the news all the time. we wont be signing off until the world ends. isnt that special? any tool for human expression will bring out the best and the worst in us, and television has been that. they dont pay me enough...

10 years ago, that figure was zero. there was an accident. your fathers dead. connelly: falcon crest was a wine family. theres lorenzo lamas and theres ronald reagans first wife, jane wyman is on that show. emma is pregnant. i know a doctor who can take care of it right away. that will never happen. all of those shows were, "oh, my god, whats next? whats gonna happen with that? he cant get away with that." and then you tune in. it was appointment television. announcer: what will become of the mi...

Jane wyman is on that show. >> emma is pregnant. >> i know a doctor who can take care of it right away. >> that will never happen. >> all of the shows, where, oh, my god, whats next? whats going to happen with that? he cant get away with that. and then you tune in, it was appointment television. >> what will become of the missing twins on "knots landing"? >> what? >> they all had spinoffs. the "dallas" spinoff "knots landing." "the colbys" was a spinoff for "dynasty." they were seeing how much t...

Ten years ago, that figure was zero. >> it was an accident. your fathers dead. >> "falcon crest" was a wine family. theres lorenzo lamas, and theres ronald reagans first wife. jane wyman is on that show. >> emma is pregnant. >> i know a doctor who can take care of it right away. >> that will never happen. >> all of the shows, where, oh, my god, whats next? whats going to happen with that? he cant get away with that. and then you tune in, it was appointment television. >> what will become of the ...

Landing"? >> and the colbys was a spinoff for dynasty. they would see how much they could max this stuff out because it was really successful. >> where is your son miles? isnt he going to be part of this venture or just playing polo as usual. >> the colbys could always find room for another trophy. >> you had people fighting over oil and mansions and -- it was fantasy, but in a kind of so over the top way that it was fun. >> there is nothing devious about using your femininity. >> these shows to...

Consumption as being okay. and those shows kind of exploited that. >> primetime families like the carringtons who live here in luxury on the “dynasty” sound stage are not the only rich folk on tv. in the last five years, more than half of all new shows have featured the wealthy. ten years ago, that figure was zero. >> it was an accident. your fathers dead. >> "falcon crest" was a wine family. theres lorenzo lamas, and theres ronald reagans first wife. jane wyman is on that show. >> emma is p...