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you could go to cable and have no restrictions. not make as much money but have freedom of expression, which almost everybody who works in these mediums wants. [dance music playing] - some of the content truly was, you can t get this anywhere else. - here at fantasy makers, the only limit on the kinds of fantasies is people s imagination. [upbeat music] - hbo turned to people who had said, i can t do that on television, but you can do it on hbo. - white people don t trust black people. that s why they won t vote for no black president. like, a black brother will [bleep] up the white house. like, the grass won t be cut. dishes piled up, cousins running through the white house, cookouts, basketball goal in the back. - in the late 80s, hbo was just sort of gaining ground for series. [eerie music] - by the 90s, hbo had started to begin its explosion.