turmoil. the 60s are over, dad. michael in the foul line, a shot, good. we intend to cover all the news come all the time. we won t be signing off until we are all dead. isn t that special? any tool for expression will ring outpost both the best and worst of us and television has been there. they don t pay me enough to deal with animals like this. people are no longer embarrassed. we have seen the news, and it is us. clark: slowly but surely, the 1970s are disappearing. the 1980s will be upon us. what a decade it is coming up. slowly but surely, the 1970s are disappearing. the 1980s will be upon us, and what a decade it is coming up. happy new year. as you begin the 80s, in the television world, the landscape on any given evening, nine out of 10 people were watching one of three networks. more than 30 million people are addicted to it. social critics are mystified by its success. what is it? television primetime prairie potboiler, dallas. a move like t
clark: slowly but surely, the 1970s are disappearing. the 1980s will be upon us. what a decade it is coming up. happy new year! [ cheers and applause ] auletta: as you begin the 80s in the television world, the landscape was, on any given evening, 9 out of 10 people were watching ononly one of f three netwtwork. more thahan 30 millilion peope are addicted to o it. social critics are mystified by its success. what is it? it s television s prime-time, prairie pot boiler, dallas. bobby:y: a move lilike thatl deststroy all ofof ewing , and it l ll ruin our familyly name. i assure y you, a thouought le that nevever crosseded my mind. brotheher or no brbrother, whatever i it takes, i llll stop you u from destrg ewewing oil. dalallas realllly did estatah new ground in termsms of the weweekly, one hour s show thatat literallyly captivated amererica for 1313 years. dallas is a television s show whwhich in somome ways is s rd in t the 1970 ss and onone of the c crazy thins that
it s a time of enormous turmoil. shut up in here. the 60s are over, dad. here s michael at the foul line, a shot on ehlo. good! [ laughs ] we intend to cover all the news all the time. we won t be signing off until the world ends. isn t that special? any tool for human expression will bring out both the best and the worst in us, and television has been that. they don t pay me enough to deal with animals like this. people are no longer embarrassed to admit they watch television. we have seen the news, and it is us. slowly but surely, the 1970s are disappearing. the 1980s will be upon us. what a decade it is coming up. happy new year! as you begin the 80s in the television world, the landscape was, on any given evening, nine out of ten people were watching only one of three networks. more than 30 million people are addicted to it. social critics are mystified by its success. what is it? it s television s primetime, prairie pot boiler, dallas. a m
free text l0 to three-to-one, three-to-one today, i hanako montgomery in tokyo and this jensen: it s a time of enormous turmoil. shut up in here. the 60s are over dad. durham: here s michael at the foul line, a shot on ehlo. -good! -yeah! ha-ha! turner: we intend to cover all the news all the time. we won t be signing off until the world ends. isn t that special? any tool for human expression will bring out the best and the worst in us, and television has been that. they don t pay me enough to deal with animals like this. people are no longer embarrassed to admit they watch television. we have seen the news and it is us. clark: slowly but surely, the 1970s are disappearing. the 1980s will be upon us. what a decade it is coming up. happy new year! [ cheers and applause ] auletta: as you begin the 80s in the television world, the landscape was, on any given evening, 9 out of 10 people were watching only one of three networks. more than 30 million people are addicted to it.
Who s gonna watch television at 12:30 at night? who s up? i ll tell you who s up. young people. college people. is it going well? i know this is the first show and i think this guy needs a little support. dave letterman. mandabach: he was antiestablishment at his core. he was thumbing his nose to any existing social structures. lettermen: who are those women out there, by the way? woman: neighbors. i ll get rid of them. hey, excuse me. just keep it moving, come on. he kind of spoofed the whole notion of talk shows. it s the late night guest cam. please say hello to tom hanks. here he is. [ cheers and applause ] hanks: no one can go on the david letterman show and try to steer it towards a point of view or push something in particular. he just wouldn t stand for it. you re on to do one thing and one thing only be as funny as the rest of the show. you know, we could get in a two shot here, dave. we could actually send the crew home, couldn t we? [ laughter ] steinberg: you know, as