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>> not if there was a funny idea. >> what is wrong with you? >> there's so much different storytelling and so many different stories being told about so many different people. >> i don't think dramatic series television has ever been stronger. >> there's no longer this theory of what popular entertainment must be. >> incoming! >> who are the heroes? the people who watch this show. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ this is the week when the major broadcast networks unveil their fall lineup of shows. and every executive in hollywood knows how well "the sopranos" is doing on cab...

>> there's no longer this theory of what popular entertainment must be. >> incoming! >> who are the heroes? the people who watch this show. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ this is the week when the major broadcast networks unveil their fall lineup of shows. and every executive in hollywood knows how well "the sopranos" is doing on cable, which is a network problem. >> i think hbo altered everything for this reason alone, is there were no commercials. >> we are dependent on sponsors. there's so much we can do in terms of language, in terms of violence, in terms of sex. >> to a large degree, a...

>> i wasn't sure what to do next. frankly i was having trouble getting employed. my buddy tom, had been on the x- files too and he said i think we should put a mudslide live in the back of an rv. and you know, see america and make some and he's got a warped sense of humor. but at any rate, when i heard that idea. i thought to myself. you know what if i really did that, what would it take? and then i thought well, i need money really bad. why would i need money? >> lung cancer, and operable. we pitched breaking bad do not delete some people liked it and some people not so much. and it had been ...

The damage was done. >> everything stopped. nothing seemed important ever again. and it just so happened to be the weekend that roger's daughter was getting married, it was a big wedding. [ crying ] >> i would put "mad men" and "sopranos" as the most important shows in the history of television. >> i was about to turn 40 years old. and this was about 2004, two years after the end of "the x files." i was kind of at sea, wasn't sure what to do next. frankly, i was having trouble getting employed. my buddy tom had been on "the x files" too. he said, we should put a meth lab on the back of an rv, ...

Frankly, i was having trouble getting employed. my buddy tom had been on "the x files" too. he said, we should put a meth lab on the back of an rv, see america, make some dough on the side. he's got a warped sense of humor more. when i heard that idea, i thought to myself, you know, what if i really did that, what would it take? and then i thought, well, i made money doing bad, why would i make money? we pitched "breaking bad" to not even a handful of places. some people liked it, some people not so much. it had kind of been dead for six months or a year or something like that. suddenly i hear...