Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20190701:03:03:00
And these 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 thought would be more appealing to that younger audience. >> it changed the face of television. >> my name is norman lear. >> until 1971 he was a very successful if largely unheralded producer/writer in hollywood. but then he burst upon the public consciousness when he took on bigotry with his "all in the family." >> norman lear, ...