CNN History of the Sitcom June 4, 2024 10:16:00
>> you're looking at people sitting in their high-rise offices in new york showing the north what they thought people in the south were. >> they all had pretty high ratings, and cbs became known as the country broadcasting system. >> but in the late '60s, ratings and demographic tools improve significantly. networks are able to see the ages, the education level, what kinds of jobs the people who were viewing the shows have. >> so, the more they could refine that, the more the advertisers wanted young, professional, wealthy people. >> in 1970, cbs begins what is both affectionately and derogato...