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Jig is starting to be up for the networks. basically quality migrates to cable. >> "oz" comes on in '97. it's set in this fictional p penitentiary. wow, what a strange show that was. >> in "oz" sometimes the thing you can't up the are more than the thing us can. hatred, loneliness are more real to me than a shank and a soul. >> it was jaw-droppingly violent. it was a men's prison. it probably should be. but you know, it kind of announces the idea that hbo is going to get serious about doing scripted dramas. >> it's finished. it's over. >> but hbo really, in my mind, comes to its own in 1999 wi...

He trained and fought against eric roberts who earned academy award nominations for the film. for danny it was the start of a long and glorious career. he never looked back. >> i'll never forget andre, the director, you fight eric in movie. you be my friend. now if you come out of the p penitentiary, it's kind of a red flag. >> how many films since then? >> 320 or something. >> you move from there to serious bad guys to now action hero franchise. how do you stay nicen a a business that's basically full? >> eddie bunker, the first time when i started getting a little recognition, he told me som...

Although it's a new day, not not much changes at the p penitentiary in new mexico. back in medical, joni brown pays conrad a visit. >> right now you're on suicide watch. i'm only here because i'm protesting. >> but you're using the system. if you're saying you aren't really going to commit suicide -- >> i didn't say that. i said i'm protesting. >> okay. all right. you're protesting by claiming that you're going to commit suicide? >> there's different ways of protesting. there's hunger strikes. my hunger strike didn't work. >> everything that you're doing, you end up paying for. you were almo...