CNN The Eighties July 7, 2024
and television has been that. >> they don't pay me enough to deal with animals like this. >> people are no longer embarrassed to admit they watch television. >> we have seen the news, and it is us. >> slowly but surely, the 1970s are disappearing. the 1980s will be upon us. what a decade it is coming up. happy new year! >> as you begin the '80s in the television world, the landscape was, on any given evening, 9 out of 10 people were watching only one of three networks. >> more than 30 million people are addicted to it. social critics are mystified by its success. what is it? it's tel...