- 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 networks unveil their fall lineup of shows, and every executive in hollywood knows how well the sopranos is doing on cable, which is a network problem. - i think hbo altered everything for this reason alone, is there were no commercials. - we are dependent on sponsors. there is so much we can do in terms of language, in terms of violence, and in terms of sex. - to a large degree, a lot of executives we
take something that s familiar, and give it some chili pepper. advertising is based on one thing, happiness. 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. this is the week when the major broadcast networks unveil their full lineup of shows. and every executive in hollywood knows how well the sopranos is doing on cable, which is a network problem. i think hbo altered everything for this reason alone, is there were no commercials. we are dependent on sponsors. right. there is so much we can do in terms of language, in terms of violence, and in terms of sex. to a large degree, a lot of exec
there s no longer this theory of what popular entertainment must be. incoming! who are the heroes? the people who watch this show. this is the week when the major broadcast networks unveil their fall lineup of shows. and every executive in hollywood knows how well the sopranos is doing on cable, which is a network problem. i think hbo altered everything for this reason alone, is there were no commercials. we are dependent on sponsors. there s so much we can do in terms of language, in terms of violence, in terms of sex. to a large degree, a lot of executives were just sanding off the edges of what was interesting. i think hbo is looking at the world and going, okay, how can we matter? for quite a long time, movies and boxing were the bread and butter of hbo. people watch a show because you re partly a [ bleep ]. i think what we learned through shows like the larry sanders show or oz is that we could do serious television. there s somethin
By contributions to your pbs station from uh viewers like you. Thank you. For five seasons modern family has been at the top of the ratings list while grabbing emmys, 18 wins so far, 57 nominations. Thats sick. In fact, the sitcom won two best comedy honors for the last two years in a row. A major contributor, bam, threetime emmy nominee ed oneill who is the patriarch of the family. Well start with a scene from the season finale. Hey, how you holding up . I have had better days. You and me, were cool . We have some things we should talk about but maybe a less stressful day. This is not your fault. The fire was an act of god. Not that god sent fire to keep you guys from getting married. There is no way any of this is part of gods plan. Save something for the toast, dad. Still having fun . I am, yeah. I have a lot of fun on the show. You are the man. Married with children 11 seasons. 11. Five on modern family. Finished five. Good lord. Thats an actors dream to get one series. Youre on tw
By contributions to your pbs station from uh viewers like you. Thank you. For five seasons modern family has been at the top of the ratings list while grabbing emmys, 18 wins so far, 57 nominations. Thats sick. In fact, the sitcom won two best comedy honors for the last two years in a row. A major contributor, bam, threetime emmy nominee ed oneill who is the patriarch of the family. Well start with a scene from the season finale. Hey, how you holding up . I have had better days. You and me, were cool . We have some things we should talk about but maybe a less stressful day. This is not your fault. The fire was an act of god. Not that god sent fire to keep you guys from getting married. There is no way any of this is part of gods plan. Save something for the toast, dad. Still having fun . I am, yeah. I have a lot of fun on the show. You are the man. Married with children 11 seasons. 11. Five on modern family. Finished five. Good lord. Thats an actors dream to get one series. Youre on tw