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The trigger, not a black one. it was a white one. >> it set a trend. the idea that the audience can accept its characters being deeply flawed, even though they're wearing this uniform. and i thought that that was important to finally get across. >> don't do it. >> we wanted to make a show that made you participate. made you pay attention. and i think that worked pretty well. >> and the winner is -- >> "hill street blues." >> 21 nominations. and we went on to win eight emmys. and it put us on the map, literally. and that's when people finally checked us out. >> programming chief of one of the n...

>> brandon tartikoff, nbc programming chief, says reports of the sitcom's death were greatly exaggerated. >> time and time again, if you study television history, just when someone is counting a forum out, that's exactly the form of programming that leads to the next big hit. ♪ >> 1984 "the cosby show" comes on. bill cosby is not new to tv but "the cosby show" is different. stands apart from everything else he's done. >> i wanted my eggs scrambled. >> coming up. >> they talked about parenting. before that, the kid were cool and the parents were idiots. "cosby" says the parents are in charge ...

White finger that pulled the trigger, not a black one. >> it set a trend that the audience c accept its characters being deeply flawed. and i thought that was important to finally get across. >> we wanted to make a show that made you participate. made you pay attention. and i think that worked pretty well. >> and the winner is. >> "hill streets blues". >> it got 21 nominations and it won eight emmys. it put us on the map literally and that's when people finally checked us out. >> programming chief used to say to me about shows like hill street and saint elsewhere what the american public wants...

>> listen to me. it was a white finger that pulled the trigger, not a black one. it was a white one. >> it set a trend. the audience can accept its characters being deeply flawed even though they're wearing this uniform. i thought that was important to finally get across. >> no bing! >> we wanted to make a show that made you participate. made you pay attention. and i think that worked pretty well. >> and the winner is -- >> "hill street blues." >> we got 21 nominations and we went on to win eight emmys. and it put us on the map, literally. that's when people finally checked us out. >> programm...

White face and all they want to do is -- >> listen to me. it was a white man that pulled the trigger, not a black one. >> it set a trend. the audience can accept characters being deeply flawed even though they're wearing this it uniform. that was important to finally get across. >> we wanted to make a show that made you participate. made you pay attention. and i think that worked pretty well. >> and the winner is -- >> "hill street blues." >> 21 nominations. and we went on to win eight emmys. it put us on the map, literally. that's when people finally checked us out. >> programming chief of on...