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- advertising is based on one thing: happiness. - [shouting excitedly] - is there any taboo that you wouldn't break? - not if there was a funny idea. - what is wrong with you? - there's so much different storytelling - and so many different stories being told - about so many different people. - i don't think dramatic series television has ever been stronger. - there's no longer this theory of what - popular entertainment must be. - incoming! - who are the heroes? the people who watch this show. [slowly building orchestral music] ♪ ♪ - this is the week when the major broadcast net...

asner: i'll tell you about the golden age of television. this period in time will be looked upon as the platinum age. lear: our obligation is to entertain, and if we've left something to think about, so much the better. kunta. kunta kinte. television should not be just entertainment. charges were leveled at the commercial television network. congress has no right interfere with the media. well, excuse me! we have a responsibility to give the audience what it tuned in to see. the years of the '60s, which end in a few hours, have a bad reputation that is not entirely justified. some th...

Because after the last incident, i had children bussed in. When i think about the history of black television, i think about when black folks watch, we watch to zero in on us. Instead of making us celebrate your holidays, why dont you celebrate some of ours . What about tupacs birthday . And when you have so little, it means everything. All of those shows, they all matter so much. It feels like theres been more of an ebb and flow and an evolution. It is so important for us to have true authenticity. Why we always the only black people here . Thats why representation matters, black stories told...

that you couldn't have on network television. - people are really trying to do something adventurous. [both gasp] all: channel 7, shame on you. - this is more a celebration of culture and opening the doors and allowing america to come on inside. - there's always something on television, and some of it may be better than we deserve. - [laughs] that was cool. [dramatic music] ♪ ♪ - listen to it. oh! [crowd cheering] they know when it hits the bottom, it'll be 1990. good-bye to the '80s in... all: ten, nine... all: eight... eight! eight! eight! - oh, will this horrible year never en...

because after the last incident, i had children bussed in. - when i think about the history of black television, i think about when black folks watch, we watch to zero in on us. - instead of making us celebrate your holidays, why don't you celebrate some of ours? what about tupac's birthday? - and when you have so little, it means everything. all of those shows, they all matter so much. - it feels like there's been more of an ebb and flow and an evolution. - it is so important for us to have true authenticity. - why we always the only black people here? - that's why representation ma...