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 end? - when the 90s begin, we re starting to see a lot of experimentation. [gunshots] all: [quickly] seven, six, five, four, three, two, one! [cheering] - and the simpsons, i think, in some senses was inspired by not necessarily a hatred of television but a distrust of a lot of the ways in which television was talking to us. - tv respects me. it laughs with me, not at me. - [laughing] you stupid - d oh! -
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 matters, black stories told by black people. - i m trying to tell you something. - [man] we set the pace for sit comedy. - you hear that, elizabeth? i m coming to join ya, honey? - from sanford and son to the other black shows. - what is this? - loved the jeffersons. - monogrammed shirt, brand new silk tie. - is that a tie? i thought your tongue was hanging out. - good times is one of my favori
donald trump. barbara mcquade interpret reuben are going to join me to explore the reasons for this trump addiction and how it is warming our democratic institutions. then buckle up, new indications that the probe into trump s efforts to overturn the georgia election result is expanding. and a smear campaign falls apart in realtime. the republican party s efforts to paint president biden as corrupt are facing new skepticism, guess from who, republicans. i m ayman mohyeldin, let s get started et s donald trump s second indictment has reinforced republican devotion to the twice impeached and now twice indicted ex president. because that s what always happens when trump find himself in trouble. the opposite of what would happen for a normal politician little britain or mull person. just like the access hollywood tape, the first impeachment, the january 6th insurrection. the second impeachment and the earlier indictment trump s second indictment all were bound to bring the gop e
warming our democratic institutions. then buckle up, new indications that the probe into trump s efforts to overturn the georgia election result is expanding. and a smear campaign falls apart in realtime. the republican party s efforts to paint president biden as corrupt are facing new skepticism, guess from who, republicans. i m ayman mohyeldin, let s get started donald trump s second indictment has reinforced republican devotion to the twice impeached and now twice indicted ex president. because that s what always happens when trump find himself in trouble. the opposite of what would happen for a normal politician little britain or mull person. just like the access hollywood tape, the first impeachment, the january 6th insurrection. the second impeachment and the earlier indictment trump s second indictment all were bound to bring the gop even closer to him. as msnbc columnist ruth ben-ghiat laid out for us on the indictment special for republicans, this unending loyalty
anand nirvanaa and kukurt cobain,n, in particular, reflect that angst. - i learned how to write for myself, and it s pretty ironic that most people related to it. - boom, there it is. platinum record. - country music has taken over the airwaves and the record charts. - the honeymoooon s over.. now we re getting down to real commerce. [fans screaming] - aren t these girls just crazy? - yeah, they are. [stirring instrumental music] [poison s unskinny bop ] [rousing rock music] - you may think of it as the channel that rattles your china and occasionally your teeth and hypnotizes your children, but what you may want to know is that mtv is responsible for a complete revolution in the music business in this country. - unskinny bop just blows me away - mtv makes the hits. it s as if there were just one national radio station for new songs. - unskinny bop - ending the 80s, in terms of rock music, you re getetting a a lot of haiair bands. you ve gotot poison, r ra