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To get serious about doing scripted dramas. but hbo really, in my mind, comes into its own in 1999 with "the sopranos." ♪ ♪ >> "the sopranos" is just one of those shows that was a benchmark. it changed a lot of things for everybody. >> throw out the handbook. tony sparano, the lead actor in a drama. he killed a man. we watched him. he took his daughter on a college tour. >> pretty, huh? >> it was just a melding of a guy in a world. >> open the [ bleep ] door! >> and the behavior that promoted all of the feelings

>> 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 very serious about doing scripted dramas. >> it's finished. it's over. >> but hbo really in my mind comes into its own in 1999 with "the sopranos." ♪ ♪ woke up this morning ♪ ♪ got yourself a gun ♪ >> "sopranos" just is one of those shows that was a benchmark of change. it changed a lot of things for everybody. >> throw out the handbook. tony soprano, the lead actor in a drama, he killed a man. we watched him. he took his daughter on a ...

>> at the end of the '90s, the jig is starting to be up for the networks. basically, quality migrates to cable. >> "oz" comes on in '97. and it's set in this fictional penitentiary. wow. what a strange show that was. >> in "oz," sometimes the things you can't touch are more real than the things you can. for instance, fear, hatred, loneliness, are more real to me than a shank. >> 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...

Cable. >> "oz" comes on in '97. and it's set in this fictional penitentiary. wow. what a strange show that was. >> in "oz," sometimes the things you can't touch are more real than the things you can. for instance, fear, hatred, loneliness, are more real to me than a shank. >> 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 with "the sopranos." ♪ ♪ woke up this morning ♪ ♪...

Networks. basically, quality migrates to cable. >> oz come on in '97 and it's set in this fictional penitentiary. wow, what a strange show that was. >> in "oz," sometimes, the things you can't touch are more real than the things you can. for instance, fear, hatred, loneliness. >> it was jaw-droppingly violent. and it was a men's prison. it probably should be. but, you know, it -- it kind of announces the idea that hbo's going to get very serious about doing scripted dramas. >> it's finished. it's over. >> but hbo really, in my mind, comes to its own, in 1999, with the "sopranos."