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>> oh, where are you going to find one? >> here's one -- the los angeles lakers against the milwaukee bucks. >> young people were interested in relevant things. and so television began to reflect that. >> this is cbs. >> really it was very simple. you had three channels plus pbs. >> when the decade turned over into the '70s, television was very rural. ♪ >> "hee haw!" >> "the beverly hillbillies." >> cbs had "the beverly hillbillies." "green acres." >> "petticoat junction" and these kind of rural fantasies of mayberryism. >> the hillbilly shows were everywhere and then they weren't. >> fred s...

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And so television began to reflect that. >> this is cbs. >> really, it was very simple. you had three channels plus pbs. >> when the decade turned over into the '70s, television was very rural. ♪ >> "hee haw!" >> "the beverly hillbillies." >> cbs had "the beverly hillbillies." "green acres." >> "petticoat junction." and these kind of rural fantasies of mayberryism. >> the hillbilly shows were everywhere, and then they weren't. >> fred silverman who was running programming at cbs said, we're going to get rid of the shows that are the most highly rated and replace them with shows that they tho...

>> now you can either come to the table and eat, or you can lie there and feed off your own fat. >> the story goes that by the time that episode had aired, fred silverman who was in charge of cbs at the time had called norman lear and said, get that woman her own show. ♪ and then there's maude ♪ ♪ noncompromising enterprising anything but tranquilizing maud e ♪ >> it was not your all-american family. >> maybe you're getting senile in your old age. >> thank you, darling. i only hope i live long enough to become a burden to you. >> maude is an independent, strong woman who speaks her min...

>> oh, come on, steve. >> nixon objecting to the show, that was a badge of honor. >> it was really culturally on point. every time. for a sitcom, that was unheard of. >> one, two, three. >> i wanted to do an episode where somebody could give archie what he earned. >> shut up all of you! >> we created a character that could really let him have it. >> maude. >> i'm only here because of edith. the fact that you happen to be here with her is beyond my control. like any other freak of nature. >> before that show was off the air, fred silverman was on the telephone with me saying, "there's a show in...