and without a doubt, the best mexican food in the country. this is a melting pot with a little bit of all of us latinos. even its name is latino, cause it ain t los angeles. nuh-uh! it s. [in spanish pronunciation] los angeles. now, hollywood has become a global mecca for film and a place that many of us wanna reach. but what if i told you that a latino was behind one of the most prolific tv empires in the world? well, it s a fact. in the 1950s, cuban actor and producer desi arnaz and his wife lucille ball were not only the stars of i love lucy, but they also produced it, along with many other shows. and they even helped create the multi-cam sitcom genre. so even though we re still in the struggle, hollywood isn t new territory for us latinos. nuh-uh, cause we ve been here. you hear me? so today, an la icon is taking me to his old stomping grounds in east la to get this conversation about hollywouldn t going. and i bet at some point, i m gonna get some tacos al pastor.
it s a time of enormous turmoil. shut up in here. the 60s are over, dad. here s michael at the foul line, a shot on ehlo. good! [ laughs ] we intend to cover all the news all the time. we won t be signing off until the world ends. isn t that special? any tool for human expression will bring out both the best and the worst in us, and television has been that. they don t 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 landscape was, on any given evening, nine out of ten people were 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? it s television s primetime, prairie pot boiler, dallas. a m
tonight, television takes a look at itself. what s on the idiot box? it s only an idiot box if an idiot is watching. at this period of time will be looked upon as the platinum age. our obligation is to entertain. if we ve left something to think about, so much the better. television should not be just entertainment. charges were leveled at the commercial television networks. congress has no right to interfere in the media. excuse me! we have the responsibility to give the audience what it tuned in to see. the years of the 60s which end in a few hours have a bad reputation that is not entirely justified. some things got worse, obviously. but tv and other news coverage is better, not worse. we simply developed more demanding standards. when i think of tv, i think of the 70s. what is this world coming to? the american public was hungry for more. more was allowed that hadn t been before. it was the last decade where it was a campfire televisi
don t touch that dial. we re about to flip it for you. in 5, 4, 3, 2. tv is changing dramatically now with 150 channels that might be available in the near future. there s a lot of things that we do that you couldn t have on network television. people are really trying to do something adventurous. channel 7, shame on you! this is more a celebration of culture and opening the doors and allowing america to come on inside. there s always something on television and some of it may be better than we deserve. ha ha ha. that was cool. listen to it. ugh. they know when it hits the bottom, it ll be 1990. goodbye to the 80s in 10, 9. 8, 8, 8, 8. oh, will this horrible year never end? when the 90s begin, we re starting to see a lot of experimentation. 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1! hooray! and the simpsons, i think in some senses was inspired by, uh, not necessarily hatred of television, but a distrust of a lot of the ways in which television was talking to
hello and thanks for being with us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we re now into day four in the manhunt for a suspected mass killer. the search growing more urgent by the hour as false alarms turn up empty. and today new questions about the police response to the shooting. what a survivor of that attack is telling nbc news about the terror that unfolded and five desperate calls reportedly made to 911. plus, zero visibility, look at this. a sudden blinding dust storm engulfing a highway, causing a deadly chain reaction crash. also developing overnight, hollywood writers trying to write their own ending, now on strike for the first time in 15 years. the ripple effects you could see if this strike lasts weeks or even months. if this lasts a couple of months, we ll start to see the impact on the fall tv schedule and some movies will have to be pushed back. and june 1st, mark your calendar, that s how soon the country could default on its debt,