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Years. >> whats the matter? oh, im devastated, i need something brutal to numb my sensibilities and blast me into sweet oblivion. >> we had the luck to be able to rotate casts and every time we put somethibody in, they were explosions. >> there was something very special about that setting, those characters, that i never got tired of writing that show. >> sophisticated surveys, telephonic samplings, all of those things separate winners from losers and ma. all you can hope is every night turns ou...

Was more drama. they were getting a little bit more adventurous with the types of shows that were getting a shot. >> what are you doing? >> im doing what i should have done all along, what i wanted to do originally, what i should have done last night. stop that david, im calling the police, david. hello, police. >> the networks realized there was an audience looking for something less predictable than traditional prime time fare. >> moonlighting was another show that said, okay, i see the formul...

Of chins, coach. >> by the end of the "cheers" pilot, not only did you know who everybody was, but you wanted to come back and see what was going to happen. >> its like all you have to do is watch it once, youre going to love these people. these are universal characters and the humor worked on so many levels. >> i was up until two in the morning. >> i hope he thanked you for it. >> reporte you have to create a community that people are identifying with, and cheers gives you that community. >> i ...

Through the world. >> i remember going on vacation to england that summer and thats all that people were talking about there. >> we know you dont die. you couldnt die. we couldnt come back next season. >> i couldnt come back but the show could still go. >> oh, but you wouldnt. what is that show without j.r.? >> thats what i figure. >> well, i guess if you dont know by now who shot j.r., you probably do not care. but last night some 82 million americans did and watched the touted dallas show, it ...

Well, maybe the sitcoms are alive again, and thats all that it took. it took one success. >> a few years from now, something new may tempt the people who pick what we see, but its a very safe guess that whatever gets hot for a season or two, the men and women who create good television comedy will be laughing all the way to the bank. (woman) what is happening? (robot) you can get the samsung galaxy s9 for just $9 per month at sprint. (woman) no way! (robot) on to the next. punch it paul. (vo) ge...

1984, the cosby show comes on. bill cosby is not new to tv, hes had other tv shows, but the cosby show is very different. it stands apart from everything he has done. they talked about parenting. previous to that on television, the kids were cool and the parents were idiots and then cosby says the parents are in charge, and that was something new. >> instead of acting disappointed, because im not like you, maybe you can just accept who i am and love me anyway because im your son. >> thats the du...

Important show as youre going into they area of television being more introspective and emotional. and some people werent buying it. but for other people when they were talking about having kids and going back to work and some of the issues that hadnt been important to people. lot, it was >> i was so looking forward -- i was so looking forward to doing this. to be a grown-up for just an hour. >> in the beginning, there was talk of this being the yuppie show. and you mentioned it tonight. you sai...

Than the slut im looking at now. >> he was such a delicious villain, everyone was enamored by this character. at this point so many people were watching television you could do something so unexpected that it would become news overnight. >> the national obsession in 1980 over who shot j.r., its hard to imagine how obsessed we all were with that question, but we were. >> who shot j.r. is about as ideal a cliff hanger as you could possibly get. >> who shot j.r., we may never get the answer to that...

>> rivera suffered a broken nose but he said the show will be broadcast later this month in its entirety. >> well, thats not something, you know, i would have done. but there was a lot of hypocrisy. one of the major magazines put the picture of geraldo getting hit with chair on the cover, isnt this awful, but they couldnt wait to use it to sell their own magazine. >> over the years, broadcasting has deteriorated and in this era of deregulation, its deteriorating further. >> give people light and...

Class black family. and this wasnt all in the family. they werent tackling, you know, deep issues, but that was okay. the mere fact that they existed was a deep issue. >> the decade was waiting for something real. in other words, unless its real, it doesnt seem like it moves anybody. if someones feeling something, you get to the heart, you get to the mind and if you can hit the hearts and minds, you got yourself a hit. >> how was school? >> school, dear, i brought home two children that may or m...