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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 ewing oil and ruin our family name. I assure you, a thought like that never crossed my mind. Brother or no brother, whatever it takes, ill stop you from destroying ewing oil. Dallas established new ground in terms of a weekly hourlong show. That literally captivated america for 13 years. Dallas is a Television Show which in some ways is rooted in the 1970s, and one of the crazy things that emerges is this character j. R. Ewing as a pop phenomenon. Tell me, j. R. , which slut are you going to stay with tonight . What difference does it make . Whoever it is its got to be more interesting than the slut im looking at right now. He was such a delicious villain, everyone was completely enamored by this character. At this point, so many people were watching television that you could do something so unexpected that it would become news overnight. Whos there . [ gunshots ] the National Obsession in 1980 around 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 cliffhanger as you possibly could get. Who did shoot j. R. . We may never get the answer to that question. The people who produce that program are going to keep us in suspense as long as they possibly can. We shot j. R. And then we broke for the summer. Coincidentally the actors went on strike. It delayed the resolution, and it just started to percolate 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 dont know thats. How could you die . You couldnt come back next season. I couldnt come back but the show could still go on. But you wouldnt. What is that show without j. R. . Thats what i figure. I guess if you dont know by now who shot j. R. , you probably do not care. Last night some 82 million americans did. And they watched the much touted dallas episode. It could become the most watched Television Show ever. Who shot j. R. Is a reflection of oldfashioned television. Its a moment that gathered everybody around the electronic fireplace, which is now the television set. One special American Television program. A critic said it transcends in popularity every other american statement about war. And Something Special happened today to mobile Army Surgical hospital 4077. That will touch millions of americans. It was the kind of event that would grab the worlds breath. Fox studios, the end of the korean war, the Television Version m. A. S. H. Its been an honor and a privilege to have worked with you. Im very, very proud to have known you. There were those landmark times when shows that had been watched through the 70s and into the 80s, like m. A. S. H. Had its final episode. And we were all sad to see them go. Ill miss you. Ill miss you. A lot. All over the country, armies of fans crowded around Television Sets to watch the final episode and to bid m. A. S. H. Farewell. The finale of of m. A. S. H. Was unprecedented. 123 Million People watched one Television Program at the same time. I really should be allowed to go home. Theres nothing wrong with me. When we ended the show, we got telegrams of congratulations from Henry Kissinger and ronald reagan. The size of the response and the emotional nature of the response that we were getting was difficult for us to understand. Who shot j. R. And the last episode of m. A. S. H. Are the last call for the precable world of television. Its like the last time that that huge audience will turn up for one event. All right. Thats it. Lets roll. Hey. Lets be careful out there. Dispatch, we have a 911. Armed robbery in progress. When quality does emerge on television, the phrase too good for tv is often heard. One recent Network Offering that seems to deserve that phrase is hill street blues. Hill street is one of the changing points of the entire industry in the history of tv. We had all watched a documentary about cops and had this real handheld in the moment quality that we were very enamored of. The minute you looked at it, it looked different. It had a mood to it. You could almost smell the stale coffee. We didnt want to do a standard cop show where, you know, you have a crime and you have your two cops and you go out and catch the bad guy and you sweat him and he confesses, and thats it. Cops have personal lives that impact their behavior in profound ways. Well, what about him . Is he here or elsewhere . Dont get excited. Were working on it. How is this for logic, furillo . If hes not here and if hes not elsewhere, hes lost. We didnt say that, counselor. Never in my entire life have i listened to so much incompetence covered up by so much unmitigated crap. Find my client, or i swear, ill have you up on charges. There would be these ongoing arcs for these characters that would play out over five, six episodes, sometimes an entire season. And in a way for certain stories, over the entire series. And no one had really done that in an hourlong dramatic show. These past four months, ive missed you. I had to find that out. Come on. I think in the past people had watched television passively. And the one thing i think we did set out to be were provocateurs. You fill it out. What the hell is the matter with you, man . Ill tell you something, they dont pay me enough to deal with animals like this. The first thing they see is a white face and the first thing they want to do is listen to me. It was a white man that pulled the trigger, not a black one. It was a white one. It set a trend. The idea that the audience can accept its characters being deeply flawed even though theyre wearing this uniform. And i thought that was important to finally get across. No biting. We wanted to make a show that made you participate. Made you pay attention. And i think that worked pretty well. And the winner is hill street blues. We got 21 nominations and we went on to win eight emmys. And it put us on the map literally. Thats when people finally checked us out. Programming chief of one of the networks used to say to me about shows like hill street and st. Elsewhere what the American People wants is a cheeseburger and what youre trying to give them is a french delicacy. And he said your job is to keep shoving it down their throat until after a while theyll say, thats doesnt taste bad. And maybe theyll even toward themselves when they go to the restaurant. Nice for you to join us, dr. Morrison. The success of hill street blues as a critical phenomenon influenced everything that came after. And then of course you saw shows like st. Elsewhere. Do you know what people call this place . Not st. Elegias. St. Elsewhere. A place you wouldnt want to send your motherinlaw. When it first came on, it was actually promoted as hill street in a hospital. You gave your patients the wrong antibiotics. You dont know what medications theyre on. You write the worst progress notes. Youre pathetic. Pathetic bill . What . Dr. Morning needs you right away. Im sorry. St. Elsewhere broke every rule there was and then built some new rules. That guy called a little while ago. They ran a routine panel. Tcell count was off. They would have tragic things happen to these characters. There was real heartache in these peoples lives and you really felt for them. Ive got aids . Television at its best is a mirror of society in the moment. St. Elsewhere challenged people and challenged you as an actor, much less the audience to think. The stuff they gave you was extreme. And what they did, whether they were dealing with aids or having one of their main doctor characters raped in a prison. They tackled lots of difficult subjects. St. Elsewhere was run by people who were trying to stretch the medium, and in the 80s Television Producers were encouraged to stretch the medium. Okay. Clear. Successful people have one thing in common. They read more. How do they find the time . With audible. Audible has the Worlds Largest selection of audiobooks. Books like peak performance. And endurance. Books that energize and inspire for just 14. 95 a month. Less than youd pay for the hardcover. With audible, you get a creditamonth good for any audiobook. If you dont like it, exchange it any time. No questions asked. You can also roll your credits to the next month if you dont use them. Audible members use the free mobile app to listen anytime, anywhere. On the go. Or in the car. The audible app automatically keeps your place, no bookmarks required. So youll pick up right where you left off, even if you switch your phone. To your echo at home. Get more books in your life. Start a 30day trial and your first audiobook is free. Cancel anytime, and your books are yours to keep forever. Listening, is the new reading. Text listen 5 to five hundred five hundred to start listening today. How pure can pure be . For a future full of possibilities, our 12step process provides 100 pure, quality water. Nestle pure life. Pure life begins now. I thought i was managing my moderate to severe ulcerative colitis. But i realized something was missing. Me. The thought of my symptoms returning was keeping me from being there for the people and things i love most. So, i talked to my doctor and learned humira can help get, and keep,uc under control when other medications havent worked well enough. And it helps people achieve control that lasts so you could experience few or no symptoms. Humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. Serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened; as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. Before treatment, get tested for tb. Tell your doctor if youve been to areas where certain fungal infections are common, and if youve had tb, hepatitis b, are prone to infections, or have flulike symptoms or sores. Dont start humira if you have an infection. Be there for you, and them. Ask your gastroenterologist about humira. With humira, control is possible. Dial your bingewatching up to eleven. Join the uncarrier right now, and get four unlimited lines for only thirtyfive bucks each. Woah. Plus, netflix for the whole family. On us. Prrrrrrr. So, they get their shows. Lets go, girl youre gonna love this bit and you get yours. Watch however you want. On your phone, tablet, or tv. For a limited time, get 4 lines for just thirtyfive bucks per line, with no extra charges. Its showtime all on americas best unlimited network, tmobile. A lot of people used to say, i was there. Now people say, they watch it on television. A lot of excitement connected to sports in the 80s. You used to have to depend on the five minutes at the end of your local newscast. There just hadnt been enough. You know . Give us a whole network of sports. Theres just one place you need to go for all the names and games making sports news. Espn sportscenter. What happened in the 1980s is sports becomes a tv show. And what are tv shows built around . Theyre built around characters. You cant be serious, man. You cannot be serious you got the absolute pits of the world. You know that . Mcenroe, the perfect villain. The new yorker that people loved to hate. Borg the cool swede, never giving any emotion away. What tennis really wants is to get its two best players playing over and over again in the final. Whether they are john mcenroe and bjorn borg or chris evert and martina navratilova. Thats what we want to turn in over and over. Three match points to martina navratilova. This man has a smile that lights up a Television Screen from here to bangor, maine. And that there is magic johnson, this urban kid from michigan, and larry bird, this guy who worked carrying trash. One plays for the los angeles lakers. The other plays for the boston celtics. Its a great story. Lakers have several chances. Heres larry bird. Magic johnson leads the attack. Look at that pass. Oh, what a show oh, what a show when those championship games are in primetime and people are paying attention to that, television feeds into those rivalries and makes them bigger than theyve ever been before. . What primitive skill. Theyre just as good as dead. Every mike tyson fight was an event. Because every fight was like an ax murder. When he fought michael spinks, the electricity, you could just feel it on tv. Tyson was made for tv because there was drama. Its all over mike tyson has won it not a lot of Junior High School kids can dunk. Especially at everybody tries. I think that he is starting to transcend just his sport, that hes becoming somewhat of a public figure. Michael jordan becomes the model that every other athlete wants to shoot for. They want to be a brand. And thats what television does for these athletes. Turns them into worldwide iconic brands. The inbounds pass comes in to jordan. Michael at the foul line. The shot. Good bulls win athletes in the 80s became part of an Ongoing Group of people we cared about. We had an enormous pentup demand for sports and the 80s began to provide. Thank goodness. Cable television is continuing to grow. Its estimated it will grow into 1 million more u. S. Households this year. With Cable Television suddenly offering an array of different channel choices, the audience bifurcated. Thats an earthquake. I want my mtv i want my mtv i want my mtv a new concept is born. The best of tv combined with the best of radio. This is it. Welcome to mtv music television. The worlds first 24hour stereo video music channel. Music television, what a concept. Mtv was, pow, in your face. You were not going to turn us off. Mtv did nothing but play current music videos all day long. So let me get this straight. You turn on the tv and its like the radio . Im martha quinn. The music will continue nonstop on mtv music television, the newest component of your stereo system. When mtv launched, a generation was launched. 18 to 24yearolds were saying, i want my mtv. I want my mtv videos. I want my mtv fashion. Yo. Mtv was the First Network really focused on the youth market. And becomes hugely influential because they understand each other, the audience and the network. Mtv had a giant impact visually and musically on every part of the tv culture that came next. Freeze, miami vice friday nights on nbc are different this season thanks to miami vice. Its a show with an old theme but a lot of new twists. Described by one critic as containing flashes of brilliant nonetheless, shot entirely on location in south miami. The story centers around two undercover vice cops. I dont know how this is going to work, tubbs. I mean, not exactly up my alley style and personawise. Heaven knows im no box of candy. Television very much was the small screen. What was interesting about tony jurkovics pilot screenplay for miami vice was it was very much not that. Very much the approach was, okay, they call this a Television Series but were going to make onehour movies every single week. Here we go. Stand by. Action. Police. They were just describing the show as sort of a new wave cop show. Yeah, its a cop show for the 80s. We use a lot of mtv images and rock music to help describe the mood and feeling of our show. In a lot of ways you dont get miami vice without mtv because in a lot of ways miami vice was a long video. The music was such a big part of that show. There was an allure to using great music that everybody was listening to as opposed to the routine kind of tv scoring of that period. I can feel it coming in the air it not only was not afraid to let long scenes play out. It would drag a car going from point a to point b could be a fourminute phil collins song. You know. And it was. Oh lord being able to take a Television Series like miami vice and lets really kind of rock and roll with this until somebody says stop, are you guys crazy, you cant do that, and nobody ever did. Freeze police. I dont want to lie down. I refuse to lie down. Why suffer . Stand up to chronic migraine with botox®. Botox® is the only treatment for chronic migraine shown to actually prevent headaches and migraines before they even start. Botox® is for adults with chronic migraine, 15 or more headache days a month each lasting 4 hours or more. Its injected by a doctor once every 12 weeks. And is covered by most insurance. Effects of botox® may spread hours to weeks after injection, causing serious symptoms. Alert your doctor right away, as difficulty swallowing, speaking, breathing, eye problems, or muscle weakness can be signs of a life threatening condition. Side effects may include allergic reactions, neck and injection site pain, fatigue, and headache. 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When we entered the 80s, a lot of onehour dramas that were lighthearted like magnum p. I. Were very popular. After m. A. S. H. Went off the air, the next season there wasnt a single sitcom in the top ten. First time that had ever happened in tv history. The prevailing feeling was that the sitcom was dead. Brandon tartikoff, nbc programming chief, says reports of the sitcoms death were greatly exaggerated. Time and time again, if you Million People<\/a> 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 ewing oil and ruin our family name. I assure you, a thought like that never crossed my mind. Brother or no brother, whatever it takes, ill stop you from destroying ewing oil. Dallas established new ground in terms of a weekly hourlong show. That literally captivated america for 13 years. Dallas is a Television Show<\/a> which in some ways is rooted in the 1970s, and one of the crazy things that emerges is this character j. R. Ewing as a pop phenomenon. Tell me, j. R. , which slut are you going to stay with tonight . What difference does it make . Whoever it is its got to be more interesting than the slut im looking at right now. He was such a delicious villain, everyone was completely enamored by this character. At this point, so many people were watching television that you could do something so unexpected that it would become news overnight. Whos there . [ gunshots ] the National Obsession<\/a> in 1980 around 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 cliffhanger as you possibly could get. Who did shoot j. R. . We may never get the answer to that question. The people who produce that program are going to keep us in suspense as long as they possibly can. We shot j. R. And then we broke for the summer. Coincidentally the actors went on strike. It delayed the resolution, and it just started to percolate 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 dont know thats. How could you die . You couldnt come back next season. I couldnt come back but the show could still go on. But you wouldnt. What is that show without j. R. . Thats what i figure. I guess if you dont know by now who shot j. R. , you probably do not care. Last night some 82 million americans did. And they watched the much touted dallas episode. It could become the most watched Television Show<\/a> ever. Who shot j. R. Is a reflection of oldfashioned television. Its a moment that gathered everybody around the electronic fireplace, which is now the television set. One special American Television<\/a> program. A critic said it transcends in popularity every other american statement about war. And Something Special<\/a> happened today to mobile Army Surgical<\/a> hospital 4077. That will touch millions of americans. It was the kind of event that would grab the worlds breath. Fox studios, the end of the korean war, the Television Version<\/a> m. A. S. H. Its been an honor and a privilege to have worked with you. Im very, very proud to have known you. There were those landmark times when shows that had been watched through the 70s and into the 80s, like m. A. S. H. Had its final episode. And we were all sad to see them go. Ill miss you. Ill miss you. A lot. All over the country, armies of fans crowded around Television Sets<\/a> to watch the final episode and to bid m. A. S. H. Farewell. The finale of of m. A. S. H. Was unprecedented. 123 Million People<\/a> watched one Television Program<\/a> at the same time. I really should be allowed to go home. Theres nothing wrong with me. When we ended the show, we got telegrams of congratulations from Henry Kissinger<\/a> and ronald reagan. The size of the response and the emotional nature of the response that we were getting was difficult for us to understand. Who shot j. R. And the last episode of m. A. S. H. Are the last call for the precable world of television. Its like the last time that that huge audience will turn up for one event. All right. Thats it. Lets roll. Hey. Lets be careful out there. Dispatch, we have a 911. Armed robbery in progress. When quality does emerge on television, the phrase too good for tv is often heard. One recent Network Offering<\/a> that seems to deserve that phrase is hill street blues. Hill street is one of the changing points of the entire industry in the history of tv. We had all watched a documentary about cops and had this real handheld in the moment quality that we were very enamored of. The minute you looked at it, it looked different. It had a mood to it. You could almost smell the stale coffee. We didnt want to do a standard cop show where, you know, you have a crime and you have your two cops and you go out and catch the bad guy and you sweat him and he confesses, and thats it. Cops have personal lives that impact their behavior in profound ways. Well, what about him . Is he here or elsewhere . Dont get excited. Were working on it. How is this for logic, furillo . If hes not here and if hes not elsewhere, hes lost. We didnt say that, counselor. Never in my entire life have i listened to so much incompetence covered up by so much unmitigated crap. Find my client, or i swear, ill have you up on charges. There would be these ongoing arcs for these characters that would play out over five, six episodes, sometimes an entire season. And in a way for certain stories, over the entire series. And no one had really done that in an hourlong dramatic show. These past four months, ive missed you. I had to find that out. Come on. I think in the past people had watched television passively. And the one thing i think we did set out to be were provocateurs. You fill it out. What the hell is the matter with you, man . Ill tell you something, they dont pay me enough to deal with animals like this. The first thing they see is a white face and the first thing they want to do is listen to me. It was a white man that pulled the trigger, not a black one. It was a white one. It set a trend. The idea that the audience can accept its characters being deeply flawed even though theyre wearing this uniform. And i thought that was important to finally get across. No biting. We wanted to make a show that made you participate. Made you pay attention. And i think that worked pretty well. And the winner is hill street blues. We got 21 nominations and we went on to win eight emmys. And it put us on the map literally. Thats when people finally checked us out. Programming chief of one of the networks used to say to me about shows like hill street and st. Elsewhere what the American People<\/a> wants is a cheeseburger and what youre trying to give them is a french delicacy. And he said your job is to keep shoving it down their throat until after a while theyll say, thats doesnt taste bad. And maybe theyll even toward themselves when they go to the restaurant. Nice for you to join us, dr. Morrison. The success of hill street blues as a critical phenomenon influenced everything that came after. And then of course you saw shows like st. Elsewhere. Do you know what people call this place . Not st. Elegias. St. Elsewhere. A place you wouldnt want to send your motherinlaw. When it first came on, it was actually promoted as hill street in a hospital. You gave your patients the wrong antibiotics. You dont know what medications theyre on. You write the worst progress notes. Youre pathetic. Pathetic bill . What . Dr. Morning needs you right away. Im sorry. St. Elsewhere broke every rule there was and then built some new rules. That guy called a little while ago. They ran a routine panel. Tcell count was off. They would have tragic things happen to these characters. There was real heartache in these peoples lives and you really felt for them. Ive got aids . Television at its best is a mirror of society in the moment. St. Elsewhere challenged people and challenged you as an actor, much less the audience to think. The stuff they gave you was extreme. And what they did, whether they were dealing with aids or having one of their main doctor characters raped in a prison. They tackled lots of difficult subjects. St. Elsewhere was run by people who were trying to stretch the medium, and in the 80s Television Producers<\/a> were encouraged to stretch the medium. Okay. Clear. Successful people have one thing in common. They read more. How do they find the time . With audible. Audible has the Worlds Largest<\/a> selection of audiobooks. Books like peak performance. And endurance. Books that energize and inspire for just 14. 95 a month. Less than youd pay for the hardcover. With audible, you get a creditamonth good for any audiobook. If you dont like it, exchange it any time. No questions asked. You can also roll your credits to the next month if you dont use them. Audible members use the free mobile app to listen anytime, anywhere. On the go. Or in the car. The audible app automatically keeps your place, no bookmarks required. So youll pick up right where you left off, even if you switch your phone. To your echo at home. Get more books in your life. Start a 30day trial and your first audiobook is free. Cancel anytime, and your books are yours to keep forever. Listening, is the new reading. Text listen 5 to five hundred five hundred to start listening today. How pure can pure be . For a future full of possibilities, our 12step process provides 100 pure, quality water. Nestle pure life. Pure life begins now. I thought i was managing my moderate to severe ulcerative colitis. But i realized something was missing. Me. The thought of my symptoms returning was keeping me from being there for the people and things i love most. So, i talked to my doctor and learned humira can help get, and keep,uc under control when other medications havent worked well enough. And it helps people achieve control that lasts so you could experience few or no symptoms. Humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. Serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened; as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. Before treatment, get tested for tb. Tell your doctor if youve been to areas where certain fungal infections are common, and if youve had tb, hepatitis b, are prone to infections, or have flulike symptoms or sores. Dont start humira if you have an infection. Be there for you, and them. Ask your gastroenterologist about humira. With humira, control is possible. Dial your bingewatching up to eleven. Join the uncarrier right now, and get four unlimited lines for only thirtyfive bucks each. Woah. Plus, netflix for the whole family. On us. Prrrrrrr. So, they get their shows. Lets go, girl youre gonna love this bit and you get yours. Watch however you want. On your phone, tablet, or tv. For a limited time, get 4 lines for just thirtyfive bucks per line, with no extra charges. Its showtime all on americas best unlimited network, tmobile. A lot of people used to say, i was there. Now people say, they watch it on television. A lot of excitement connected to sports in the 80s. You used to have to depend on the five minutes at the end of your local newscast. There just hadnt been enough. You know . Give us a whole network of sports. Theres just one place you need to go for all the names and games making sports news. Espn sportscenter. What happened in the 1980s is sports becomes a tv show. And what are tv shows built around . Theyre built around characters. You cant be serious, man. You cannot be serious you got the absolute pits of the world. You know that . Mcenroe, the perfect villain. The new yorker that people loved to hate. Borg the cool swede, never giving any emotion away. What tennis really wants is to get its two best players playing over and over again in the final. Whether they are john mcenroe and bjorn borg or chris evert and martina navratilova. Thats what we want to turn in over and over. Three match points to martina navratilova. This man has a smile that lights up a Television Screen<\/a> from here to bangor, maine. And that there is magic johnson, this urban kid from michigan, and larry bird, this guy who worked carrying trash. One plays for the los angeles lakers. The other plays for the boston celtics. Its a great story. Lakers have several chances. Heres larry bird. Magic johnson leads the attack. Look at that pass. Oh, what a show oh, what a show when those championship games are in primetime and people are paying attention to that, television feeds into those rivalries and makes them bigger than theyve ever been before. . What primitive skill. Theyre just as good as dead. Every mike tyson fight was an event. Because every fight was like an ax murder. When he fought michael spinks, the electricity, you could just feel it on tv. Tyson was made for tv because there was drama. Its all over mike tyson has won it not a lot of Junior High School<\/a> kids can dunk. Especially at everybody tries. I think that he is starting to transcend just his sport, that hes becoming somewhat of a public figure. Michael jordan becomes the model that every other athlete wants to shoot for. They want to be a brand. And thats what television does for these athletes. Turns them into worldwide iconic brands. The inbounds pass comes in to jordan. Michael at the foul line. The shot. Good bulls win athletes in the 80s became part of an Ongoing Group<\/a> of people we cared about. We had an enormous pentup demand for sports and the 80s began to provide. Thank goodness. Cable television is continuing to grow. Its estimated it will grow into 1 million more u. S. Households this year. With Cable Television<\/a> suddenly offering an array of different channel choices, the audience bifurcated. Thats an earthquake. I want my mtv i want my mtv i want my mtv a new concept is born. The best of tv combined with the best of radio. This is it. Welcome to mtv music television. The worlds first 24hour stereo video music channel. Music television, what a concept. Mtv was, pow, in your face. You were not going to turn us off. Mtv did nothing but play current music videos all day long. So let me get this straight. You turn on the tv and its like the radio . Im martha quinn. The music will continue nonstop on mtv music television, the newest component of your stereo system. When mtv launched, a generation was launched. 18 to 24yearolds were saying, i want my mtv. I want my mtv videos. I want my mtv fashion. Yo. Mtv was the First Network<\/a> really focused on the youth market. And becomes hugely influential because they understand each other, the audience and the network. Mtv had a giant impact visually and musically on every part of the tv culture that came next. Freeze, miami vice friday nights on nbc are different this season thanks to miami vice. Its a show with an old theme but a lot of new twists. Described by one critic as containing flashes of brilliant nonetheless, shot entirely on location in south miami. The story centers around two undercover vice cops. I dont know how this is going to work, tubbs. I mean, not exactly up my alley style and personawise. Heaven knows im no box of candy. Television very much was the small screen. What was interesting about tony jurkovics pilot screenplay for miami vice was it was very much not that. Very much the approach was, okay, they call this a Television Series<\/a> but were going to make onehour movies every single week. Here we go. Stand by. Action. Police. They were just describing the show as sort of a new wave cop show. Yeah, its a cop show for the 80s. We use a lot of mtv images and rock music to help describe the mood and feeling of our show. In a lot of ways you dont get miami vice without mtv because in a lot of ways miami vice was a long video. The music was such a big part of that show. There was an allure to using great music that everybody was listening to as opposed to the routine kind of tv scoring of that period. I can feel it coming in the air it not only was not afraid to let long scenes play out. It would drag a car going from point a to point b could be a fourminute phil collins song. You know. And it was. 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Just let me drop off my friend, and then well talk. When we entered the 80s, a lot of onehour dramas that were lighthearted like magnum p. I. Were very popular. After m. A. S. H. Went off the air, the next season there wasnt a single sitcom in the top ten. First time that had ever happened in tv history. The prevailing feeling was that the sitcom was dead. Brandon tartikoff, nbc programming chief, says reports of the sitcoms death were greatly exaggerated. Time and time again, if you Study Television<\/a> history, just when someone is counting a form out, that is exactly the form of programming thats leads to the next big hit. So 1984 the cosby show comes on. Bill cosby is not new to tv, hes had other tv shows, but the cosby show is different. It stands apart from Everything Else<\/a> hes done. I wanted mine scrambled. Coming right up. They talked about parenting. Before that, the kids were cool and the parents were idiots. 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 dumbest thing ive ever heard in my life it helps, the casting, helps anything in television. And the kids were just great. If you were the last person on this earth, i still wouldnt tell you. You dont have to tell me what you did. Just tell me what theyre going to do to you. Unlike every other show on tv, its showing an upper middle class black family. This wasnt all in the family. They werent tackling deep issues. But that was okay. The mere fact 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 someone is feeling something, you get to the heart, you get to the mind. And if you can hit the hearts and minds youve got yourself a hit. How was school . School . Dear, i brought home two children that may or may not be ours. The cosby show brought this tremendous audience to nbc. And that was a bridge to us. Our ratings went way up. Sometimes you want to go where Everybody Knows<\/a> your name even the theme song to cheers puts you in a good mood. Good evening, everybody. Norm whats shaking, norm . All four cheeks and a couple 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 2 00 in the morning finishing off kierkegaard. I hope he thanked you for it. You have to create a community that people are identifying with. And cheers gives you that community. Boy, ill tell you. Ive always wanted to skydive. Ive just never had the guts. What did it feel like . They say its what sex is like. I have to imagine what sex is like. But i have plenty of sex. And plenty of this, too. Why dont you just get off my back, okay . In the First Episode<\/a>, there was a rather passionate annoyance. Saying, somethings going on here. A really intelligent woman would see your line of bs a mile away. I never met an intelligent woman that i would want to date. On behalf of the intelligent women around the world, may i just say, phew. When we saw what ted and shelley had together, we said oh, no, weve got to do this relationship. Ted and i understood what they were writing right away. If youll admit that you are carrying a little torch for me, ill admit that im carrying a little one for you. Oh, i am carrying a little torch for you. Well, im not carrying one for you. Diane knew how to tease sam. Sam knew how to tease diane. And i guess we know how to tease the audience. This incredible chemistry between the two of them ignited the show. Thats whats drove the show for the first five years. Whats the matter . Oh, im devastated. I need something expeditious and brutal to numb my sensibilities and blast me into sweet oblivion. Make it a mimosa. We had the luck to be able to rotate the cast and every time we put somebody in, there 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, test audiences. All of those things help separate winners from losers and make midcourse corrections. But you cant cut all comedies from the same cookie cutters. All you can hope is every night turns out like thursday. Yo, angela next. How rude. Quick, ill give him that. Television said oh, maybe 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 that pick what we see. 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Other side effects include upper respiratory tract infection and headache. Tell your doctor about all the medicines you take and if youre pregnant or planning to be. Otezla. Show more of you. Pg i help customerss, how with their bills. Day . Theres different rates to fit different needs, so listening is a huge part of my job. Because customers want to know that you hear them. They have kids, they have families, they have priorities. I definitely understand that. I have three children, i was a stay at home mom, i didnt have money to pay the bills, and so i put myself in their shoes. And im going to do all that i can to lower their bills and to help their situation. To choose the rate plan that works best for your family, visit pge. Com rates. Together, were building a better california. This is my last broadcast as the anchorman of the cbs evening news. For me its a moment for which i long have planned but which nevertheless comes with some sadness. For almost two decades, after all, weve been meeting like this in the evenings, and ill miss that. And thats the way it is, friday, march 6th, 1981. Ill be away on assignment and dan rather will be sitting in here for the next few years. Good night. Uncle walter had dominated certainly cbs but in a way the country. People used to say he was the most trusted man in the country. Once Walter Cronkite<\/a> retires, all three network news anchors within a couple of years switch over to a new generation. The 80s may have been the last gasp where people watching the media liked and trusted the media. Nuclear arms and how to prevent Global Destruction<\/a> are expected to be the major topic of president reagans News Conference<\/a> tonight. That conference will be nationally televised within the hour. Leslie stahl is at the white house. The white house is hoping in the 80s, women came into the newsroom. When i first joined, it was 72. There were very few. By the 80s, there were more and more. The decade of the 80s was still a time of sink or swim. You had to be resilient in your own way to survive in a period when you were going up against a lot of people who still didnt think women had what it took. These are some of the most famous faces in broadcasting. All of them happen to be women. The best producers im going to get fired. But the best producers at cbs news are women and theyre at the level of taking hold and making decisions about individual pieces. They are not yet executive producers of all the news shows. But they will be. The past 24 hours, Christine Craft<\/a> has taken her cause to many of the nations news and talk programs. I didnt set out to be joan of ark, but i think what happened to me deserves some attention. Christine craft had a very successful career but there she was in her late 30s and the tv station said to her, were taking you off the air because youve gotten older and you arent as attractive as you once were, which was outrageous. And she decided to make an issue of it. She filed a lawsuit and it became a Huge National<\/a> topic of discussion. A jury said she got a raw deal because she is a woman. So women in Television News<\/a> everywhere were asked, what do you think about Christine Craft<\/a>. I think unfortunately in recent years the emphasis has been increasingly on physical appearance, and to the extent this decision helped swing the emphasis back to substance and to Good Journalism<\/a> i think weve got something to be happy about. It was important to make the point that what mattered was, whats kind of reporter are you . But it took the Christine Craft<\/a> incident i think to bring that conversation out into the open. This coming sunday, a new Television Network<\/a> opens for business. Cnn. Cable news network. Youre throwing all the dice on this one. Why not . Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Faint heart, fair lady. Well, on that original point, mr. Turner, thank you very much, indeed. I wanted to see what was going on in the world. And it was no way that you could do it watching regular television stations. News only comes on at 6 00 and 10 00. But if there was news on 24 hours, people could watch it any time. We decided on june 1 and barring satellite problems in the future, we wont be signing off until the world ends. It was widely believed this was a fools errand. How could this possibly find an audience . Well, he did. Ready camera 3. Good evening. Im david walker. Im lois harp. President carter has arrived Television News<\/a> before this was stuff that had already happened. For the first time, cnn brought the world to people in realtime. Cnn, the worlds most important network. I didnt do Cable News Network<\/a> because somebody told me it couldnt be done. I figured it was a very viable concept, and i went ahead and did it. It was after we announced we were going to do it that the detractors showed up. Is Cable News Network<\/a> just going to be a new means of delivering the same kind of fare . No. It already does provide different fare. Cable news network is a perfect and maybe the best example of that. People love news. And we had lots of it. And the other guys had not very much. So choice and quantity won out. New york city, hello. The major catastrophe in americas space program. I am lou dobbs along with financial editor myron kandel. Jessica mcclure trapped for almost three days now in a dry artesian well. The iron curtain between east germany and west berlin has come tumbling down. Good vening, im pat buchanan, the conservative in crossfire. The American People<\/a> appreciated the new television. They certainly came to cnn in droves. Mr. Gorbachev and i both agree on the desirability of freer and more extensive personal contact between the peoples of the soviet union and the United States<\/a>. We began to realize that the best way to get a message to a foreign leader was to have the president go in the rose garden and make a statement. Because everybody was watching cnn. Cnn was a breakthrough. It changed the whole world. It changed quickly. The network news business. That business that we werent the only ones. And it was hard. Its hard to be on the top little perch and have to come down off it. A special segment tonight, the network news. The first in a twopart series on the profound changes taking place in Television News<\/a>. Changes being brought about by business, competition and technology. There were a variety of reasons why people who worked at the broadcast networks were freaked out in the 1980s. One of them was cnn. And the rise of cable. Another was being taken over by foreign entities in corporate america. New owners spend billions buying the networks recently, and all of them want their moneys worth. People began to find out that news could be a profit center. And that focused a lot of attention on us. A lot from people in wall street, for instance. If you think about the news divisions of cbs, nbc and abc, they were part of a really proud tradition. A journalistic tradition that really matters. We serve the public. This is not about profit and loss. And the people who worked at those news divisions were totally freaked out by what it meant that they were now owned by these larger corporate entities. If the Television News<\/a> isnt profitable at some point, there wont be any more Television News<\/a> on the networks. I worry about people only interested in money and power getting a hold of television. It has higher purposes than that. We have seen the news, and it is us. Introducing elvive protein recharge leavein conditioner. In just one use, elvives breakthrough heatprotecting formula leaves your hair with 97 less breakage and 15 times stronger. Elvive revives damaged hair because youre worth it. Dial your bingewatching up to eleven. 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That was emblematic or maybe out in front of what was happening in the country. So were a terrific team. There had been by that point hundreds of buddy cop shows. But these buddies were women. It had never been done before. I didnt go after this job because i couldnt find anything else. All right . I did not come here because i needed some kind of work to help pay the orthodontist. This means something to me. What the hell are we talking about here . We didnt even realize this was going to be such a big deal. And strangely, all these guys would say to us, well, yeah, i mean, its a good script, but whos going to save them in the end . Come on. Were taking you out of here. Youre taking my wife. You dont take one more step. You understand me . Sergeant nelson, you have until 8 00 tomorrow morning to turn yourself in to i. A. D. Or else . If you dont, i will. It was the time where you really saw an emergence of women on television who were not necessarily just 20 and blond and had a small role. But women who had substantial roles. Thank you for being a friend travel down the road and back again it was unpredictable that an audience, a young audience, a not so young audience and lots in between, could relate to those older ladies. Ma, if you couldnt see, why didnt you call me to come get you . I tried to. But every time i put in a dime and dialed a condom popped out. [ laughter ] i got five in my pocket. Here, dorothy. A lifetime supply. She was recently named along with norman lear and jim brooks as one of televisions most gifted creatorwriters. When you look back at the past women role models on television its easy to see susan harriss impact. Susan harris was the greatest writer in my opinion of her generation of that time. Singularly. So you know, all credit to her for coming up with so many iterations of something so amazing. Do you think there is a womans voice as a writer . Womans voice . Generally they speak higher, softer. I should know not to ask that of a writer. Yes, of course, theres a womans voice. Women have a different perspective. Women laugh at different things. So yes, there very definitely is a womans voice. Oh, do you know how many problems we have solved over a cheesecake at this Kitchen Table<\/a> . No, dorothy. Exactly how many . 147, rose. Hi, brian. Its cutthroat primetime time this fall as some 23 new shows compete in one of the hottest ratings races in years. Heres one just about everybody predicts will be a big hit. Designing women on cbs. Four friends forming an interior decorating business and giving each other the business. Suzanne, if sex were fast food, there would be an arch over your bed. They created one of funniest most unusual shows in designing women. They were a Different Group<\/a> of women than you really saw on television. They were feisty. They were sexy, and lindas voice came through shining. Men can get away with anything. I mean look at reagans neck. It sags down to here. Could you imagine if nancy had that neck . Wed be putting her in a nursing home for a turkey. Theyd given me 23 minutes to address whatever topic id want, and its such a privilege. More than the president of the United States<\/a> gets, and its thrilling to have that every week. Id be lying if i said i didnt put my opinions in the show. Excuse me, but you ladies look like youre need of some male companionship here. Trust me. You have completely misassessed this table. I think labels are harmful to us. With murphy brown, just about everything about that program felt new. It had just begun to be reflected in the television in the 80s. You know the murphy cloub is for men only. And they have great dinners and great gusts and it has something to do with something youve got and i dont. A tiny little pathetic y chromosome. She was a change because she was so popular and such a strong, independent tough woman. You are obligated to and the questions in a dignified manner. James, she was unprofessional, am i right . Can you believe this, jim . He thinks its neat his office chair swivels and hes calling me unprofessional. 40 million americans are waking up to a gillette shave. And at our factory in boston, more than a thousand workers are starting their day building on over a hundred years of heritage, craftsmanship and innovation. Today were bringing you americas number one shave at lower prices every day. Putting money back in the pockets of millions of americans. As one of those workers, im proud to bring you gillette quality for less, because nobody can beat the men and women of gillette. Gillette the best a man can get. Abdominal pain. And diarrhea. But its my anniversary. Aw. Sorry. Weve got other plans. Your recurring, unpredictable abdominal pain and diarrhea. 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I used to be spellbound hi. I used to be spellbound thats a big phone. In your arms. [screams] ah, my phone. You built the flame that warms my heart, but lying and cheating has torn us apart and im moving on. You are in a good mood tonight, and i tell you, we have put a great show together. It will be on a week from thursday. [ laughter ] Johnny Carson<\/a> in the 80s is making the transition from being the king of late night to being a national treasure. He was a throwback to the old show biz stuff. Ive been on with you for a long time. A long time. Well, youve been busy with other things. And the tide is starting to turn in terms of where latenight television is going to go, and johnny was holding out. And he was not of his time in the 80s, but he did sustain a certain timelessness. Hes the king. [ laughter ] my next guest not only has a college degree, but he also has a high school degree. That is right, i do. As well. Hes hosted the tonight show as long as Johnny Carson<\/a> and now he has his very own show, weekday mornings at 10 00 on nbc. A good idea gone awry. An incredible screwup. David letterman originally had a onehour daytime show, and nbc, after like 13 weeks, decided to cancel it. Today is our last show on the air. Monday, las vegas have these people been frisked . It was a dismal failure in terms of the ratings, but not in terms of introducing us to letterman. David, thank you for being with us tonight. Thank you for having me. I appreciate it. In spite of all this nonsense that goes on in the background, stay with us, and dont give up. Stay with us here in new york. Dave is back in new york. Youre going to host a latenight Television Program<\/a> that premieres monday night. What are critics likely to say on Tuesday Morning<\/a> . I dont much care because i found a way to deal with that, pills and david, youre on. Proceed. Im enjoying listening to you snort. They gave him the latenight show, after the tonight show. And at the time, people thought who is going to watch television at 12 30 at night. Who is up . Ill tell you who is up. Young people. College people. I think this guy needs a little support, David Letterman<\/a>. He was antiestablishment at his core. He was thumbing his nose to any existing social structures. Who are those out there . Neighbors. Ill get rid of them. Hey, excuse me. He kind of spoofed the whole notion of talk shows. It is the late night guest cam. Please say hello to tom hanks. Here he is. No one could go on the David Letterman<\/a> show and try to steer it toward a point of view or push something in particular. He just wouldnt stand for it. You are on to do one thing and one thing only and be as funny as the rest of the show. We could get in a twoshot here, david. We could actually send the crew home, couldnt we . As a comedian, you want the biggest audience that you could get. For dave, he knew a lot of things that he would do that were going to alienate people, but he didnt care. He wanted his thumbprint out there, and that was the most important thing. Its time for smalltown news. Paul excuse me, paul . Do you have any accompanying music here for smalltown news . Paul shaffer, ladies and gentlemen. The show making fun of itself and turning itself insideout that way was something kind of new. Dont we look like guys you see hanging around together. Absolutely. Would you like to hang around with me . Nope. Ill say it again, this is the stupidest show i thought i would never want to do this show with you. Now why . Because you thought i was a [ bleep ]. There is one rule i keep trying to abide by, and, unfortunately, i only get to it about 12 of the time. And that is, it is only television. Were not doing cancer research. In the 40year odd history of commercial broadcasting has taught us one thing, there is nothing sacred about television. Steven is upstairs. Dave, i was just curious, is there any way i can get mtv on this . That is just a monitor and all you can get on that is our show. Oh, thats okay. There was a degree of cynicism that was needed in the art form at that time, and it was a cynicism that became common sense after awhile because it never got old. I watched Johnny Carson<\/a>, and you are no Johnny Carson<\/a>. [ laughter ] welcome the great white north. Today we got a real big show. There was a second city Chicago Company<\/a> and a second city toronto company. The toronto one is the one that fueled the sc tv series that was syndicated and got to the states that way. Thank you very much for that marvelous reception. I particularly want to thank my supporters over there in the cesarean section. It is healthy to be an outsider. As a comedian, and canadians are always outsiders, but they are looking at the culture that is right next door to them. It was the type of comedy that had only been accessible if you could have gotten into the improv clubs in toronto or chicago. I had never seen anything like second city tv. It was far more conceptual in its humor because it didnt have to be performed in front of an audience. And there was also just the idea it was this lowrent thing. By the seat of our pants kind of operation that give it an authenticity. Now that our programming day has been extended where do you want me to put the kielbasa . Put it in the fridge. You were rooting for the show and the characters they created. There was something you got behind. Whereas snl, right from the gate and through the 80s was this big enterprise. After five golden years, lauren decided to leave and so did those close to him, including me, al frank. So nbc had to pick a new producer. Now most knowledgeable people, as you might imagine, hoped it would be me, al franken. Well, there was a question of whether saturday night live would continue at all. Whether it would die. The press hasnt been very kind. Is saturday night Live Saturday<\/a> night dead . My favorite is vile from new york. They were having a hard time. And then came the man to save the show, eddie murphy. There was buzz about him so you tuned in. And there was this kind of explosion of talent in front of your eyes. It really kind of rejuvenated the show. Im gumby. You dont talk to me that way. After awhile, the show regained its status and clout and became even more of an institution than it had been. Hey, bob. Looks great today. Listen, if youre unhappy, tell me right now. Youll never work in this town again. Dont leave me hanging by a thread. Let me know where i stand. We were a little worried because we had a new cast, but everyone loves us. You guys have been so nice to us during our stay. Isnt that special . I am hans. And i am franz. And we just want to pump you up. A lot of things they could do on saturday night live they couldnt do on a regular sitcom. It was more daring and satirical and political. You still have 50 seconds left, mr. President. Let me just sum up, on track, stay the course. A thousand points of light. Governor dukakis, rebuttal . I cant believe im losing to this guy. It is the Garry Shandling<\/a> show. People were taking the old principles of comedy and trying to turn them into something new. We spent years watching sitcoms and dramas and talk shows and we knew them by heart, that if somebody played on that and parodied that, we got it instantly. I appreciate you coming in under these conditions. You want to hold the credits . We were going to roll the credits but you screwed that up because you were late. The Garry Shandling<\/a> show was aware that it was a situation comedy. It highlighted the cliches in funny ways. Are you looking into the camera . No. Dont look into the camera. I didnt. You dont come in here and look in the camera. I didnt. Ill bop you. I will. If i see a tape of this show and youre looking into the camera well, its about that time. Peewees playhouse on cbs, a saturday morning kids show that adults could watch and wink at each other at the same time was very clever. The word is good. It was a show certainly for kids, and it was for stoned baby boomers who were totally wasted on saturday morning and watched peewees playhouse and saw god. I sure had a lot of fun. See you all real soon. Until then, everybody be good. Muham[laughter applause]atest muhammad im going to become champion of the universe muhammad me with my beautiful, colorful personality. Muhammad im good looking, clean living, cultured, muhammad and i am modest. [laughter] muhammad i am so modest, i can admit my own fault. Muhammad my only fault is muhammad i dont realize how great i really am [laughter] muhammad because i am great, i am the greatest how pure can pure be . 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The wonder years was a guy in modern times looking back on his childhood. That in itself is not new, but the wonder years did it with the wit and the music. And it was brilliantly written show and a great performance by that entire young staff. Hey, steve looks like his baby brother and girlfriend have found each other. Shes not my girlfriend. Kevin arnold has to cope with all the timeless problems of growing up during one of the most Turbulent Times<\/a> that weve known. Kevin arnold is just like a regular kid except in the 1960s, and hes not really aware of many of the events. Like in one of the episodes, the whole family is watching the apollo 8 take off, but im sitting there trying to call a girl. The First Episode<\/a> of the wonder years, anybody who saw it remembers the ending where the first kiss with winnie and kevin arnold. The song they play is when a man loves a woman. That moment seems to pure and so real. When a man loves a woman cant keep his mind on nothing else it is about rebellion and being students. By the 1980s, it is time to grow up. And so they shave their beards and put on power suits, a whole new notion. Oh, the yuppies. Last year the politicians were talking about winning their votes, and now the rest of the baby boom generation are being wooed by advertisers and their agencies. By the 80s, it was pretty clear that after the generation of the 60s, was going to be embodied by alex keaton on family ties were more interested in the Corner Office<\/a> than the new jerusalem. You are a young man you shouldnt be worried about success. You should be thinking about hopping on a steamer and going around the world. The 60s are over, dad. Thanks for the tip. You werent laughing at michael j. Foxs character for being too conservative. You were laughing at the parents for being too hopelessly liberal. What is this . I found it in the shower. That is generic brand shampoo. This is him. This is the guy ive been telling you about. This is everything you want in a president. The genius of family ties, it allows a youth to recognize that is focused on the future and the critique of the 60s. Michael j. Fox as alex keaton really became the center of the show. And writers were smart enough to see that they had Something Special<\/a>, and they wrote to that. Its not fair, alex. Yeah, there is nothing you can do about it, jen. My advice to you is that you just enjoy being a child for as long as you can. I know, i did. It was the best two weeks of my life. Alex is a little bill buckley. The wall street journal is his bible. He has a tie to go with his pajamas. He is very conservative and very intense 17yearold. The first thing the teacher will ask is what you did over the summer. A lot of kids will say i went to the zoo or i went to the beach or to a baseball game. What are you going to say . I watched the iran contra hearings. If mom and dad thought this generation was going to the dogs, think again. This is the generation that has discovered hard work and success. American culture is changing in the 80s. And in terms of television, there is demographic segmentation. Networks were beginning to not be afraid to appeal to a very specific demographic. Hey, handsome. Look at that shirt. Is that a power shirt or what . Nice shirt, alan. Good shoulder pads. You looking to get drafted by the eagles . 30something said were not going to have cops, lawyers or doctors. Were just going to be people. Why did we start this business . To do our thing. But right now we have two wives, three kids, four cars, two mortgages a payroll. That is the life now. 30 something is a very important show as you are going into the era 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 talked about a whole lot, it was important to people. I was so looking forward i was so looking forward to doing this. To be a grownup for just an hour. In the beginning, there was talk of this being the yuppie show. And you mentioned it tonight. You said if there were a category for the most annoying show, this might win as well. What some people perceive as annoying has nothing to do with yuppie. It is a word that is made up by demographers and advertisers. It doesnt have anything to do with what the show. 30 something was not a giant hit, but it was a niche hit. It attracted an enormously Upscale Group<\/a> of advertisers. The network cared who was watching and not how many were watching, and that was more and more catching on in the 80s. The prosecution will ask you to look to the law, and this you must do, but i ask you to look to your hearts as well. Thank you. L. A. Law was partly a classic lawyer show. But it was intertwined with their personal lives and different lawyers who were sleeping together and trying to get ahead. The reality level on that show was like a foot or two off the ground. And youre willing to go with that because it was a whole new spin on a law show. Tell the truth. If you had to do it all over again and she walked into your office and said take my case, would you . Of course, you would. Because it is juicy, newsy, exciting stuff. It is really fun to take the hill street blues format and use it to frame an entirely different social and cultural strata with vastly different results. I wonder if i might engage with my client privately. Certainly. Will you join me for dinner tonight . I was planning on having you. Okay, skip lunch. The formula had gotten established of how you can do a dramatic show, and yet still have an awful lot of fun. We didnt used to be able to accept that very easily in a tv hour. And even before the 80s were out, it is like, okay, i get it. So it is like, all right, what are the rules now . 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 primetime fare. Moonlighting was another show that said i see the formulas weve had up until here. Lets do different things. Hello. Hello. Were looking a little pale here today. Who do we have here . I dont know. Moonlighting was a really experimental show. They had a shakespeare episode, a black and white episode and a musical episode. They tried a lot of stuff. I dont give a flying fig about the lines on my face or the altitude of my caboose. Well, im at a loss. I dont know what i flying fig is. Thats okay. They do. There is no trouble on the set. We have a very volatile relationship. There is a hate love element to it. The flirtations were great and bruce was great. Glenn karen kept them apart for a long time and bravo to him. And they took the sam and diane dynamic from cheers and escalated it. Moonlighting was, do they even want to . Stay away from me. Here i come. But i dont want you. I never wanted you. Yeah, right. Does entertaining mean at some point stopping the tease of dave and mattie . Do they get together at some point . That is going to be resolved this year. We like to think of it as two and a half years of foreplay. People were waiting for this moment and your emotions are already there so when be my baby starts playing, it is a perfect storm of romance. The night we met i knew i needed you so this is the story of Green Mountain<\/a> Coffee Roasters<\/a> dark magic told in the time it takes to brew your cup. First, we head to vermont. And go to our coffee shop. And meet dave. Hey. Why is dark magic so spellbindingly good, he asks . Let me show you. Lets go. So we climb. Hike. See a bear. Woah. Reach the top. Dave says dark magic is a bold blend of coffee with rich flavors of uganda, sumatra, colombia and other parts of south america. Like these mountains, each amazing on their own. But together . Magical. All, for a smoother tasting cup of coffee. Green mountain Coffee Roasters<\/a> packed with goodness. Dial your bingewatching up to eleven. Join the uncarrier right now, and get four unlimited lines for only thirtyfive bucks each. Woah. Plus, netflix for the whole family. On us. Prrrrrrr. So, they get their shows. Lets go, girl youre gonna love this bit and you get yours. Watch however you want. On your phone, tablet, or tv. For a limited time, get 4 lines for just thirtyfive bucks per line, with no extra charges. Its showtime all on americas best unlimited network, tmobile. Theres only one catch. Car of your choice. This is the last car youre ever going to get in your life. You would baby that car. Well, you dont just get one car in your life. You get one mind and one body. And, its what you do today that determines how your mind and body operates, years from now. Sure. Mom,whats up son . Alk . I cant be your it guy anymore. What . You guys have xfinity. You can do this. Whats a good wifi password, mom . You still have to visit us. I will. No. Make that the password you stillohave toovisit us. Thats a good one. [ chuckles ] seems a bit long, but okay. Set a memorable wifi password with xfinity my account. One more way comcast is working to fit into your life, not the other way around. In recent years, it seems that television has become a kind of electronic confessional. Where guests are willing to expose painful and sometimes embarrassing aspects of their lives quite readily to millions of viewers. At the beginning of the decade, we get the dominance of phil donahue, and that is a maturation of womens issues and he seemed to talk to them in the audience and through the tv screen. Im glad you called. Kiss the kids. Well be back in just a moment. If you look at the body of work weve had, youre going to see the 80s there. Im not here to say youre wrong, but lets understand this. When you bring a moral judgment without knowing them, against them for the way that they look, they feel that confirms the reason for their rebellion, if that is what you want to call it. He really believed that daytime television needed to talk about the ideas we were thinking about, the issues we were concerned about. I dont want to characterize his question, but why dont you get this fixed instead of doing this screwy stuff . There is not a single recorded case in history of any transsexual that ever, through psychological treatment, changed. It has never happened yet. And we were putting very important people on the program. All kinds of people. Gay people. People going to jail. People running for office. Sometimes the same people. It was a magic carpet ride. You really do paint a very, very grim picture of the sitting president of the United States<\/a>. Let me just say this, i think hes probably the laziest president ive ever seen. The audience, for phil donahue, built and built and built and led the way to oprah. Hello, everybody. Oprah has a particularly magical combination of her own background, her own experience, her own incisive mind, and empathetic spirit. Thank you. Im Oprah Winfrey<\/a>, and welcome to the very First National<\/a> Oprah Winfrey<\/a> show. I was surprised at the rocket pace that oprah took off. Because it took us a lot longer. The donahue show rearranged the furniture, but the oprah show remodeled the whole house. People out there dont understand when you say were in love. I remember questioning my gay friend, you mean you feel about him the way i feel about it is a strange concept for a lot of people to accept. Oprah was connecting with people in a way that no one had on tv before. And it was really special to see. Did you know that for the longest time i wanted to be a fourth grade teacher because of you. I was not aware of inspiring anyone. I think you did exactly what teachers are supposed to do, they create a spark for learning. It is the reason i have a talk show today. Oprah winfrey now dominates the talk show circuit, both in the ratings and popularity. I want to use my life as a source of lifting people up. That is what i want to do. That is what i do every day on my show. We get accused of being tabloid television and sensational and so forth, but what we do more than anything else is we serve as a voice to a lot of people that felt perhaps up until my show or perhaps others, that they were alone. That is what 67 pounds of fat looks like. I cant lift it. It is amazing that i cant lift it but i used to carry it around every day. There is nothing more endearing to an audience than to have that kind of honesty and humility and courage on the part of a host. And that, i think, has a lot to do with her power. It feels like i could do some good here, and i really do think that the show does a lot of good. American television is drowning in talk shows, but it has never seen anything like Morton Downey<\/a> jr. Sit down and shut up. Other competitors come and take the Television Talk<\/a> show in two different directions. So you see the phenomenon of daytime Television Show<\/a>s becoming less tame and more wild. The 80s brought a lot of belligerence to television. Whether it was Morton Downey<\/a> jr. Being the offensive person that he was or geraldo. He did his own outlandish things. Stay with us, were going to get into the mind of an american boy who came under the influence of satanism. Took part in a crime without passion or motive. He takes the power of the talk show to a whole different level to put people on stage who hate each other and who will fight. In the case of the temple and the church of satan, we have not had problems with criminal behavior. But when you hear story after story of people committing these wretched and Violent Crimes<\/a> in the devils name. The more attention there is, the more conflict and violence there is, the more the ratings go up, and the American People<\/a> love to complain about it, but they also love to watch. Rivera drew sharp criticism with his recent Television Special<\/a> on devil worship, but today hes in a real freeforall. I get sick and tired of seeing an uncle tom here trying to be a go ahead. Sit down. Hey, hold it. Hold it. Rivera suffered a broken nose but said the show will be broadcast later this month in its entirety. Well, that is not something i would have done, but there was a lot of hypocrisy. One of the major magazines put the picture of geraldo getting hit with the chair on the front of the cover. And they said this is awful, look at what happened to television and yet they couldnt wait to use it to sell their own magazine. Over the years, broadcasting has deteriorated and in this area of deregulation, it is deteriorating further. Give people light, and they will find their own way. Relax, america will survive the talk shows. How pure can pure be . For a future full of possibilities, our 12step process provides 100 pure, quality water. Nestle pure life. Pure life begins now. Everyone has a thing. That binge watch over the weekend thing. More checkingin or checking out things. That tripledouble thing doing it yourself or tagging a friend thing. More revolutions in the making thing. That play like a girl thing. That fourlegged friends thing. At t gives you more for your thing. More entertainment, internet, and unlimited plans. More for your thing. Yeah, thats our thing. 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Welcome to the premiere edition of entertainment tonight. All of the critics were kind of unanimous in that they would say it would never last because there simply isnt enough Entertainment News<\/a> to fill a half hour every night. Entertainment tonight has surveyed critics in the United States<\/a> and canada to find out which Television Show<\/a>s has the most impact on viewers over the years. Up until this time, nobody had done Television Like<\/a> this. Nobody. Burt reynolds, the hottest actor in hollywood. Im surprised to see you here. Im glad to see you. Oh, thank you. We can meet here every night if you want. A lot of what makes successful tv programming is being in the right place at the right time. And it was the right time. Entertainment journalism got more curious and more access and until that point, the entertainment business was something we didnt know all that much about. We could go behind the scenes in our effort to really give an insiders look. The actor of j. R. Fame was with his mother as he was presented with a star on the hollywood walk of fame. It was very honorific of the industry. They would do serious coverage of it. It wasnt salacious. You would see actors speaking as actors instead of on a Johnny Carson<\/a> show. What are you like on camera . Im like this. This is on camera. This was the beginning of a lot of money being made talking about entertainment and celebrities. Robert redford plays the good guy in movies, but the audience grew and grew and that was showing us the appetite for Celebrity News<\/a> was big. It was big. Get ready for lifestyles of the rich and famous. Televisions most dazzling hour of excitement. Hi, im robin leach in monaco. The glimmering gem of the riviera. And youve got a vip ticket to the private party. Your sunday newspaper is still delivered with the comics around the news. And that was what i always thought lifestyles was. We were the comic around the news. Except we did it as seriously as they did news. Finally in the driving seat of his own career, he burned rubber in a new direction. David hasselhoff, rock idol. It was a time where pushing the limits with wealth and ostentatiousness in a lot of cases was very comfortable. One of the earliest stories we presented to you on lifestyles was about the amazing real estate wizard donald trump. If he didnt shock and surprise you back then, hes had plenty of time since. With all of this costing billions, not millions, do the figures ever frighten you . No, the answer is it is my business and my life. It is my lifestyle. I love it. The good, the bad. Does this bring with it political aspiration . No political aspiration. Your show has gotten a lot of ridicule. There are people who say its nothing more than trash. That doesnt upset me because i think it is the best trash there is on television. Im not in the business of brain surgery. Im in the business of fluff. That is the fantastic element at a time when the access is possible. It is escapism and aspirational. You want to stand in a hot tub with a glass of champagne, rock on. Weve never seen that kind of wealth ever before. We didnt mock it. We didnt say it was right, and we didnt say it was wrong. We were just through the keyhole. Sometimes it absolutely amazes me. I walk away from a shoot and i think, well, we did it again. There was more of everything in tv by the 80s. Your opportunity for watching stuff is increasingly vast. Nbc presents real people. Somebody once said that each one of us will be a star for 15 minutes, and i think that will probably happen. American culture celebrated privacy. In the 1980s as were watching celebrities play out on stage, hey, i want to join, too. All the world is a stage and you start seeing shows like real people or the peoples court. Where reality is taken one step further. 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With this ring with this ring i thee wed. I thee wed. With my body with my body i thee honor. The Biggest Television Event<\/a> of the 1980s is the marriage of charles and diana. It is like the world stops when that happened. That was like, just massive. This was the final act of a spectacle that may never again be seen in this century, if ever. The archbishop of canterbury called the wedding of Prince Charles<\/a> and Lady Diana Spencer<\/a> the stuff of fairy tales. The couple is off on the honeymoon while the people here in london are still talking about the events of the day. When you have great moments like the royal wedding, they are part of history and everybody can watch it on television and everybody wants to drink a toast to chuck and di. A princess who must be aware as it was on this day that every single move she makes in public will be recorded and observed. A very difficult life indeed. Well be back in just a moment with some closing observations and one final look at what has justifiably been called the wedding of the century. By the authority of the state of new york, i pronounce that they are husband and wife. You may kiss the bride. Your wedding was seen by an astonishing number of people. 16 and 19 million viewers. How do you account for that kind of popularity . Oh, i cant. I cant. The way its grown is just amazing to me. It did appear in the 80s it was good for daytime soap operas, especially for General Hospital<\/a> which had the success with luke and lauras wedding. I remember because it was nighttime newsworthy. The soap opera discovers the blockbuster mentality, the sweeps month mentality. What can we do to get even more people watching . You have a wedding. You have a kidnapping, an evil twin, and primetime stole from daytime. The great time soap operas, dallas and dynasty, they are all about excess. This is about being over the top, stabbing each other in the back and going for the gusto and having fun. I know what is wrong with you. The empty armed madonna, mourning the baby that she couldnt have and the baby that she almost got to adopt. That is it, isnt it . You miserable there was a bigness to the stories. And they could afford to do it on a network if you are doing one episode a week. You cant do that if you are doing five episodes a week for a daytime show. So just the production value gave it that pizzazz. If you cant have it, watch other people with it, or so say the three networks who are programming nearly 40 of the primetime fare with series about the very rich and the public is devouring it at such a rate that money has become gold. The characters were larger than life and more evil and more cunning and manipulative. And more gorgeous. I mean, really, look at the way they were dressed. Look at the way they lived. Everything, it was fascinating. Alexis, i didnt thank you for your present. Its he you should slap, dear, not i. We all wanted to live like everyone on dynasty, like the carringtons and it was a wonderful picture of fun and debauchery. Greed was encouraged in the 80s. There was a concept of conspicuous consumption being okay, and those shows 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 featured the wealthy. Ten years ago, that figure was zero. It was an accident. Your father is dead. Falcon crest was a wine family. There is Lorenzo Llamas<\/a> and Ronald Reagans<\/a> first wife is on that show. Emma is pregnant. I know a doctor who could take care of it right away. That will never happen. All of the shows, where, oh, my god, what is next . What is going to happen next . And he cant do that. It was a point to tune into television. What will become of the missing twins on knots 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 took themselves so unseriously that they were camp, but that was okay with the central audience that was loving them. It was entertainment. We werent trying to do high drama. We were there to entertain. We were high glossy. And there was no getting around what we were there for, and we did it as best as we could. Unconventional, unexpected nudes. Liquid matte formula. Up to 16 hour wear. Go unnude with attitude. Maybellines matte ink unnude. 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Like these mountains, each amazing on their own. But together . Magical. All, for a smoother tasting cup of coffee. Green mountain Coffee Roasters<\/a> packed with goodness. How pure can pure be . For a future full of possibilities, our 12step process provides 100 pure, quality water. Nestle pure life. Pure life begins now. Dial your bingewatching up to eleven. Join the uncarrier right now, and get four unlimited lines for only thirtyfive bucks each. Woah. Plus, netflix for the whole family. On us. Prrrrrrr. So, they get their shows. Lets go, girl youre gonna love this bit and you get yours. Watch however you want. On your phone, tablet, or tv. For a limited time, get 4 lines for just thirtyfive bucks per line, with no extra charges. Its showtime all on americas best unlimited network, tmobile. Australias most important export may be neither its animals, nor its beers nor its films. Could be 55yearold Rupert Murdoch<\/a>. He is in the process of building the most extensive media empire in history. It was presumed to be complete and Rupert Murdoch<\/a> having disrupted the newspaper business in australia and Television Business<\/a> in britain. I dont see why there should only be three broadcast networks. He says im going to make another broadcast network. Meantime, he will have to become an american citizen if he is to own tv stations here. Something murdoch says he is willing to do. Some people are saying it will take you 20 years to get your fox network on par with the big three. Are you prepared to wait that long . Sure, i intend to live that long, but i dont believe in the 20 years. The reaction to murdochs idea of a Fourth Network<\/a> was like ted turner starting cnn. Its ridiculous. What does he know about television . We dont have to reach everyone. Theres no question we have an inferior lineup of stations to our counterparts. It means we have to work harder to get our message across and get shows sampled. They had an idea, that in order to succeed, we have to differentiate ourselves from the networks. We have to do things they would not do. Fox started throwing anything against the wall not sure what was going to go. First shows were things like 21 jumpstreet. What are we looking for here . Joan rivers in terms of late night. We have been banned in boston, which is wonderful. Wxne. Pick a finger. And the Tracey Ullman<\/a> show it was a sketch show. And they needed something to go between the sketches. Again they were looking for something different. I got to have those candy bars. You better not be thinking of stealing those candy bars. Thats it the simpsons would never have come along had it not been for the Tracey Ullman<\/a> show. Ultimately crime hurts the criminal. Thats not true, mom. I got a free ride home, didnt i . Bart fox was thrilled that it was different. They said, sure, be experimental, do whatever you want. Were just happy to have a show on the air. Im home. Married with children was their first big, big hit in that way that said if all the rest of television is going this way, were going that way. Bud, kelly, you want to come down and help me in the kitchen . There, that should buy us about ten minutes. Seven more than well need. The title of married with children on the script was not the cosby show. How great. You have to love that. They were taking the piss out of American Families<\/a> fun. Great fun. Never wanted to get married, im married. Never wanted kids, i got two of them. How the hell did this happen . The bundys were like a reaction to the perfection of the huxtables. You had this wonderful black family and these horrible white family. And each show worked on its own terms because you could find something to relate to in both. Howdy neighbor. Yeah, yeah. It was a lot of fun to be had and al and peg bundy. After fox introduces married with children, it does very well, then back on abc, they came up with another major hit roseanne. You think this is a Magic Kingdom<\/a> where you just sit up here on your throne. Oh, yeah . Yeah, and you think everything gets done by some wonderful wizard. Poof, the laundrys folded. Poof, dinners on the table. You want me to fix dinner . Ill fix dinner. Im fixing dinner. Oh, honey, you fixed dinner just three years ago. Typical American Families<\/a> werent on television for the longest time. The donna reed days, the father knows best. Hardly anybody lived that way. That was the way advertisers wanted you to live. I know what just might make you feel better. Me, too, but i bet its a different list than what youve got. If you can subvert whatever common stuff is said about families and about parenting. Whats in this . Lead . Oh, i got you kids new leg irons. Her loudness and her unfilteredness were key to why we liked her. She was saying stuff about working class people, stuff about men and women. So it was about marriage and about raising kids and about how hard it is. Great. Im just going to look like a freak. Thats all. What else is new . Shut up. This is why some animals eat their young. Tv in the 80s was a big decade for the evolution of comedy, for the evolution of drama. It just pushed everything forward. You think perhaps this generation are paying more attention to the dialogue to the relationships they see on television than years previous . Clearly the people watching our shows are and 30 something and cheers and st. Elsewhere. These are shows smartly written. Its their words that define them, and i think thats what people like. What were supposed to be here is the one thing people can trust. If you go out like a bunch of night riders, what the hell are you but just another vicious street gang . That spawned an extraordinary number of shows that really carved out a unique niche for themselves. We began to turn television into an art form. And for the first time, people were proud to say, i write for television. Up until that point, television was second class. In the 80s, it was Something Else<\/a> entirely. And it was new, and it was kind of interesting. Its like everyone in the 80s starts to want to tell their stories. Thats what really changes things. The unexpected was more welcome in the 80s. Predictability lost its cachet. Television has an impact on every era, every decade. Television still shapes the thinking of america like no other element in our country. Sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse. It gave rise to people pursuing artistic content in a way that i think has raised the bar in Television Production<\/a> exponentially. I love you guys. Theres a shift in the 80s from just wanting to placate the audience to wanting to please and challenge the audience, and thats the decade when it happened. We had one hell of a run, didnt we partner . Yeah, we sure did, sonny. Im going to miss you, man. Im going to miss you, too, sonny. Give you a ride to the airport . Why not . Well be doing for tv what f. M. Did for radio. There are some that have accused your videos of being soft porn. We like to call them tastefully smutty. A group thats never had any problems saying how they feel, u2. What are your dreams . To rule the world. Michael jackson is the man of the 80s. Music to a beat and talk. Its rap music. Ill speak my mind heavy metal. It glorifies sex and violence. It hates authorities. And adolescent boys love it. 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