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>> the blow back from the public was buried by the excitement and the applause. [ applause ] >> the show was number one for a long time. >> it changed cbs and their brand as a network. as a result of "all in the family," they turned to norman lear to create more shows in that image. >> there is a person at the door. maude! >> bea arthur played maude as edith's cousin on "all in the family." >> maudie is here. >> and she could take on archie head to head. >> 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 epis...

I thought the milk was sour. >> the fonz was a background character. he was lucky if he had two lines per an episode. >> it's probably just -- >> fuel pump. >> but not a lot of people were watching abc. they were a distant third place. >> remember, in the early '70s, abc made a big mistake in not picking up "all in the family". >> but then abc decided to really reinvent itself. they brought over fred silverman from cbs, and fred silverman said, "let's go after the young people." >> under fred silverman, it's decided that fonzie needs to be elevated as one of the stars. >> well, the fonz took i...

>> here's one. >> young people were interested in irrelevant things, so television began to reflect that. >> it was really simple. you had three channels and pbs. >> when the decade turned over to the 70s, television was very rural. >> cbs had beverly hillbillies, greenacre. >> these kind of rural fantasies . >> the hillbilly shows were everywhere, and then they weren't. >> fred silverman was running programming at cbs and he said we will get rid of the shows that are the most highly rated, and replace them with shows that they thought would be more appealing to that younger audience. >> it ch...

Air, fred silverman was on the telephone with me saying, there's a showing that women. >> hello? no, this is not mr. findlay, it's misses findlay. mr. findlay has a much higher voice. >> get your coat and come on. >> what makes you think you can order me around like that? >> you're my wife, that's what gives me the right. >> you mean possession. >> you told me hundred times you want to feel possessed. >> walter finley, i never said that standing up and you know it. >> norman lear hates to hear it called the lear factory, all of the series move from this building allowing lear to move from show...

>> 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 that woman." >> hello? ...