Television. We have seen the news, and it is us. 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 was, on anygiven 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 . Its televisions primetime prairie pot boiler, dallas. A move like that will destroy all of viewing and it will ruin our family name. I assure you a thought like that never crossed my mind. Brother or no brother, whatever it takes i will stop you from destroying Ewing Oil. In terms of a Weeklyonehour Show that literally captivated america for 13 years. Dallas is a television show, which in some ways is rooted in the 1970s. And one of the crazy things that emerges is this character, Jr Ewing as a pop phenomenon. Tell me, jr, Which Slut are you going to stay with tonight . He was such a delicious villain. Everyone was completely enamored by this character. At this point, so many People were watching television that you could do something so unexpected, that it would become news, overnight. The national obsession, in 1980, around who shot jr. ItS Hard to imagine how obsessed we all were with that question. But we were. Who shot jr is about as ideal a cliffhanger as you possibly could get. Who did shoot jr . We may never get the answer to that question. I mean, the People who produced that program are going to keep us in suspense for as long as they possibly can. We shot jr. And then, we broke for the summer. Then, coincidentally, the actors went on strike and it delayed the resolution. And it just started to percolate through The World. I remember going on vacation to england, that summer, and thats all that People were talking about there. Well, we know you dont die. I mean, you couldnt die. Dont know that. Well, how could you die . You couldnt come back next season. Thats what i mean. I couldnt come back, but the show could still go. Oh, but yall wouldnt. What is that show without jr . Well, thats what i figure. Well, i guess, if you dont know, by now, who shot jr, you probably do not care. But last night, some82 million americans did, and they watched the muchtouted dallas episode. It could become the mostwatched television show, ever. Who shot jr is a reflection of oldfashioned television. Its a moment that gathers everybody around the electronic fireplace, which is now the television set. One special american Television Program, critics said, it transcends in popularity every other american statement about war. And Something Special happened today to Mobile Army Surgical Hospital 4077. That will touch millions of americans. It was the kind of event that would draw The Worlds press. 20th Century Fox studios, The End of the korean war. The television version, mash. Its been an honor and a privilege to have worked with you. And im very, very proud to have known you. There were those landmark times when shows that had been watched through the 70s and into The 80s. Like mash, had its final episode. And we are all sad to see them go. Ill miss you, a lot. All over the country, armies of fans crowded around Television Sets to watch the final episode, and to bid mash farewell. The finale of mash, was unprecedented. 123 Million People watched oneTelevision Program, at the same time. You know, i really should be allowed to go home. I Theres Nothing wrong with me. When we ended the show, we got telegrams of congratulations from Henry Kissinger and ronald reagan. The size of the response, and the emotional nature of the response that we were getting, was difficult for us to understand. Who shot jr, in the last episode of mash, are the Last Call for the precable world of television. Its like they are the last time that that huge audience will, all, turn up for one event. All right. Thats it. Lets roll. Hey. Lets be careful out there. Dispatch. When quality does emerge on television, the phrase too good for tv is often heard. One recent Network Offering that seems to deserve that phrase is Hill Street blues. Hill street is one of the changing points of the entire industry and the history of tv. We had all watched a documentary about cops. And had this real handheld, inthemoment quality that we were very enamored of. The minute you looked at it, it looked different. It had a mood to it. You could almost you could almost smell the stale coffee. We didnt want to do a standardCop Show, where, you know, you got a crime. And you got your two cops. And you go out and you catch the bad guy. And you sweat him and he confesses. And thats it. CopS Had personal lives that impact their behavior, in profound ways. Well, what about it . IS He here . Dont get excited. Were working on it. How is this for logic . If hes not here, and if hes not elsewhere, hes lost. We didnt say that, counselor. Not lost. Never, in my entire life, have i listened to so much incompetence covered up by so much unmitigated crap. Find my client, or i swear, ill have you up on charges. Thered be these ongoing arcs for these characters that would play out over fivesix episodes. Sometimes, an entire season. And in a way, for certain stories over the entire series. And No One had really done that in an hourlong dramatic show. These pastfour months, ive missed you. I had to find that out. Come home. I think, in the past, People had watched television passively. And the one thing, i think, we did set out to be were provocateurs. Fill it out. What the hell is the matter with you, man . I tell you something. They dont pay me enough to deal with animals like this. The first thing they see is a white face. Not a black one, it was whe. It set a trend. The idea the audience can accept its characters being deeply flawed even though they were in this uniform. And i thought that was important to to finally get across. No biting. We wanted to make a show that made you participate. Made you pay attention. And i think that worked pretty well. And the winner is Hill Street blues. We got 21 nominations, and we went on to win eight emmys. And it put us on the map, literally. And thats when People, finally, checked us out. Programming chief of one of the networks used to say to me, about shows like Hill Street and st. Elsewhere, what the american public wants is a cheeseburger, and what you are trying to give them is a french delicacy. And he said your job is to keep shoving it down their throat, until after a while, theyll say, that doesnt taste bad. And maybe, theyll even order it, themselves, when they go to the restaurant. Nice of you to join us, dr. Morrison. The success of Hill Street blues is a critical phenomenon. Influenced everything that came after. And then, of course, you saw shows like st. Elsewhere. Do you know what People call this place . Not st. Allegiance. St. Elsewhere. A place you wouldnt want to send your motherinlaw. When it first came on, it was actually promoted as Hill Street in the hospital. You gave your patients the wrong antibiotics. You write the worst progress notes. You are pathetic. Pathetic phil. What . Dr. Moore needs you right away. Im sorry. St. Elsewhere broke every rule there was, and then built some new rules. The Blood Bank called a little while ago. They ran a Routine Panel on that pint of blood. T Cell Count was off. They would have tragic thingS Happen to these characters. There was real heartache in these Peoples lives and you really felt for them. Ive got aids. Television, at its best, is a mirror of society in the moment. St. Elsewhere challenged People. It challenged you, as an actor. Much less, the audience, to think. The stuff they gave you was extreme. And zshwhat they did, Whether T were dealing with aids, or having one of their maindoctor characters raped in a prison. They tackled lots of difficult subjects. St. Elsewhere was run by People who were trying to stretch the medium. And in The 80s, Television Producers were encouraged to stretch the medium. Okay, clear. Definitely moisturizer antibacterial can i have both . New Dove Care protect Body Wash eliminates 99 of bacteria and moisturizes for hours two for one can i keep it . New Dove Care protect, zero compromise to prove our Aa Battery is The Worlds longestlasting, we tested it against our competitors best battery. meowing clicking and energizer ultimate lithium wins again energizer, backed by science. Matched by No One. heres to the very first influencer in your life. Mom this iS How mom shines. With 30 off everything. At zales. The diamond store. Needles. 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There just hadnt been enough. You know . Espn sports center. What happens in the 1980s is sports becomes a tv show. And what are Tv Shows built around . They are built around characters. You cant be serious, man. You cannot be serious you got the absolute pits of The World, you know that . Maccenroe, never giving any emotion away. What tennis really wants is to get its twobest players playing Over And over, again, in the final. Whether theyre john mcenroe. Thats what we want to tune into, Over And Over And over again. Threematch points. This man has a smile that lights up a Television Screen from here to banger, maine. There is magic johnson, this urban kid from michigan. And larry bird, this guy who worked carrying trash. One plays for the Los Angeles lakers. The other plays for the boston celtics. Its a great story. LakerS Have several pass. But here is larry bird. Magic johnson leads the attack. Look at that pass. What a show. When those championship games are in primetime, and People are paying attention to that. Television feeds into those rivalries, and makes them bigger than theyve ever been before. Somewhat primitive skill. Every Mike Tyson Fight was an event because every fight was like a murder. When he fought michael spinx, the electricity, you could just feel it watching tv. Tyson was made for tv because there was drama. Its all over Mike Tyson has won it. Not a lot of Junior High School kids can dunk, especially at 5. But evybody tries no every tries. I thinkhahe is starting to tracend just his ort. A puic figure. Minsomething of model at every Oer Athlete H nts to shoot for. They want to be a brand, and thats what television does for these athletes. Turns them into worldwideiconic brands. The Inbounds Pass comes into jordan here is michael inheoul line. A shot. Athletes in The 80s became part of an ongoing group of People that we cared about. We just had an enormous Pentup Dpand for sports and The 80s began to provide, thank goodness. Cable television is continuing to grow. Its estimated that it will go into 1 Million more u. S. Households this year. With cable television, suddenly, offering an away of different channel choices, the audience bifurcated. Thats an earthquake. I want my mtv. I want my mtv. A new concept is born. The best of tv, combined with the best of radio. This is it. Welcome to mtv, music television. The worlds first 24hour stereovideo music channel. Music television. What a concept . Mtv was, pow, in your face. You were not gonna turn us off. Mtv did nothing but play currentmusic videos, allday long. So let me get this straight. You turn on the tv, and its like the radio . Im martha quinn. The music will continue nonstop on mtv music television, the newest component of your stereo system. When mtv launched, a generation was launched. 18 to 24yearolds were saying, i want my mtv. I want my mtv videos. I want my mtv fashion. Mtv was the first network, really, focused on the youth market. And becomeS Hugely influential, because they understand Each Other. The audience and the network. Mtv had a giant impact, visually and musically, on every part of the Tv Culture that came next. Freeze Miami Vice. Friday nights on nbc are different, this season, thanks to Miami Vice. Its a show with an old theme but a lot of new twists. Described by one critic as containing flashes of brilliance, nonetheless. Shot entirely on location in south miami, the story centers around two undercovervice cops. I dont know how this is going to work, tubs. I mean, youre not exactly up my alley, Style And Persona wise. Heaven knows im no box of candy. Television very much was the small screen. What was interesting about the Pilot Screenplay for Miami Vice is that it was exactly not that. Very much, the approach was, okay, they called this a Television Series but we are going to make onehour movies everysingle week. Here we go. Stand by. Action. You were just describing the show as sort of a newwave Cop Show. Yeah. It is a Cop Show for The 80s. We use a lot of mtv images and Rock Music to help describe the Mood And Feeling of our show. In a lot of ways, you dont get Miami Vice, without mtv. Because a lot of ways, Miami Vice was a long video. Music was such a big part of that show. There was an allure to using great music that everybody was listening to. As opposed to the routine, kind of, Tv Scoring of that period. It not only wasnt not afraid to let long scenes play out. It would drag. A car going from point a to point b could be a Fourminute Phil collins song. You know, and it was. Being able to take a tele Television Series like Miami Vice and lets really kind of Rock And Roll with this, until somebody says stop. Are you guys crazy . You cant do that. 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Okay, thats just showing off. You get all of this on x1. So Go On, get really into your shows. You need a breath mint. Xfinity. Its a way better way to watch. Thomas. Maria hammond . The private investigator . Oh, you are probably wondering about the goat. Just let me drop off my friend, and then well talk. When we bentered The 80s a lot of onehour dramas that were lighthearted like Magnum Pi were very popular. After m a S H went off the air, the next season, there wasnt a single sitcom in the top ten. First time that had ever happened in tv history. The prevailing feeling was that the sitcom was dead. Brandon, Nbc Programming chief, says reports of the sitcoms deaths were greatly exaggerated. Time and time, again, if you study television history, just when someone is counting a form out, that is exactly the form of programming that leads to the next, Big Hit. So, 1984. The Cosby Show comes on. Now, Bill Cosby is not new to tv. HeS Had other Tv Shows. But the Cosby Show is very different. It stands apart from everything else hes done. Coming right up. They talked about parenting. Previous to that, on television, the kids were cool and the parents were idiots. And then, cosby says the parents are in charge. And that was something new. Instead of acting disappointed because im not like you, maybe you can just accept who i am and love me, anyway. Because im your son. Thats the Dumb Educest thin have ever heard in my life. And the kids were just great. If you were the last person on this earth, i still wouldnt tell you. You dont have to Tell Me what you did. Just Tell Me what theyre going to do to you. Unlike Everyother Show on tv, its showing an uppermiddle class, black family. This wasnt all in the family. They werent tackling, you know, deep issues, but that was okay. The mere fact that they existed was a deep issue. The decade was waiting for something real. In other words, unless its real, it doesnt seem like it moves anybody. If someones feeling something, you get to the heart. You get to the mind. And if you can hit the hearts and minds, you got yourself a hit. How was school . I brought home two children that may or may not be ours. Cosby show brought this tremendous audience to nbc. And that was a bridge to us. Our ratings went way up. Even the Theme Song to cheers puts you in a good mood. Evening, everybody. WhatS Happening, norm . By The End of the cheers pilot, not only did you know who everybody was, but you wanted to come back. And see what was going to happen. Its like all you have to do is watch it once. Youre going to love these People. These are universal characters, and the humor worked on so many levels. Last night, i was up till 2 00 in the morning. I hope he thanked you for it. You have to create a community, that People are identifying with. And cheers gives you that community. Boy. Ive always wanted to skydive. I have a just never had the guts. Whatd it feel like . Well, imagine what sex is like. I had plenty of Sex And Plenty of this, too. Why dont you just get off my back, okay . In the first episode, there was a ratherpassionat annoyance. I was saying, ah, somethings going on here. A really intelligent woman would see your line of bs, a mile away. Ive never met an intelligent woman that id want to date. On behalf of the intelligent women around The World, may i just say, phew. When we saw what ted and shelly had together. We said, oh, no, you got to do this relationship. Ted and i understood what they were writing, right away. If youll admit that you are carrying a little torch for me, ill admit that im carrying a little one for you. Oh, i am carrying a little torch for you. Well, im not carrying one for you. Diane knew how to tease sam. Sam knew how to tease diane. And i guess, we knew how to tease the audience. This incredible kchemistry between the two of them ignited the show and thats what drove the show for the firstfive years. Im devastated. I need something expeditious and brutal to numb my sensibilities and blast me into sweet oblivion. Make it a mimosa. We had the luck to be able to rotate cast. And every time we put somebody in, there were explosions. There was something very special about that setting. Those characters. That i never got tired of writing that show. Sophisticated surveys, tell phonic samplings, test audiences. All of those thingS Help to separate winners from losers and make midcourse corrections. All you can hope is that every night turns out like thursday. Next. How rude . Hes quick. Ill give him that. All of television said, oh, well, maybe the sitcoms are alive, again. And thats all that it took. It took one success. A few years from now, something new may tempt the People. But its a very safe guess that whatever getS Hot for a season or two, the men and women who create Goodtelevision Comedy will be laughing all the way to the bank. Lisa here, haS Had many jobs. 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For almosttwo decades, after all, we have been meeting like this in the evenings, and i will miss that. And thats the way it is. Friday, march 6th, 1981. Ill be away on assignment. And Dan Rather will be sitting in here for the nextfew years. Good night. Uncle walter had dominated, certainly, cbs. But in a way, the country. People used to say that he was the mosttrusted man in the country. Once Walter Cronkite retires, Allthree Network News anchors, within the period of a couple of years, switch over to a new generation. The 80s may have been the last gasp, where People watching the media liked and trusted the media. Nuclear arms and how to prevent global destruction are expected to be the major topic of president Reagans News Conference tonight. That conference will be nationally televised, within the hour. Leslie stall is at the White House. Reporter the White House iS Hoping in The 80s, women came into the newsroom. When i first joined, it was 72 and there were very few. By The 80s, there were more and more. The decade of The 80s was still a time of sink or swim. You had to be resilient, in your own way, to survive in a period when you were going up against a lot of People who still didnt think women had what it took. These are some of the most famous faces in broadcasting. All of whom, happen to be women. Now, the best producers, i am going to get fired the best producers at Cbs News are women. And they are at the level of taking hold, and making decisions about individual pieces. They are not yet Executive Producers of all the new shows but they will be. The past24 hours, Christine Craft has taken her cause to many of the Nations News and talk programs. I didnt set out to be joan of arc. But i think that, what happened to me, deserves some attention. Christine craft had a very successful career. But there she was, in her late 30s, and the Tv Station said to her, we are taking you off the air because youve gotten older. And youre not as attractive as you once were. Which was outrageous. And she decided to make an issue of it. She filed a lawsuit. And it became a hugenational topic of discussion. A jury said she got a raw deal because she is a woman. And so, women in Television News, everywhere, were asked, what do you think about Christine Craft . I think, unfortunately, in recent years, the emphasiS Has been increasingly on physical appearance, and to the extent this decision helped swing the emphasis, back, to substance and to good journalism. I think, weve got something to be happy about. It was important to make the point that what mattered was what kind of reporter are you . But it took the christinecraft incident, i think, to to bring that conversation out into the open. Thiscoming sunday, a Newtelevision Network opens for business. Cnn. Cable news network. You are throwing all the dice on this one. Why not . Well, on that point, mr. Turner, thank you very much, indeed. I wanted to see what was going on in The World. And it was no way that you could do it watching the regulartelevision stations. Only comes on at 6 00 and 10 00 but if there is news on 24 hours, People could watch it anytime. Barring Satellite Problems in the future, we wont be Signing Off until The World ends. There was a widespread belief this was a fools errand. How can this possibly find an audience . Well, he did. Camera three. Good evening, im david walker. And im loiS Hart. Now, here is the news. Television news, before this, was stuff that had already happened. For the first time, cnn brought The World to People, in realtime. Cnn, The Worlds most important network. I didnt do Cablenews Network because somebody told me it couldnt be done. I figured it was a very viable concept. And i went ahead and did it. It was after we announced that we were going to do it that the detractors showed up. Is Cable News network just going to be a new means of delivering the same kind of fare . No, it already does provide different fare and Cable News network is a perfect and maybe the best example of that. People love news. And we had lots of it. And the other guyS Had not very much. So, Choice And Quantity won out. New york city. Hello. A major catastrophe in americas space program. Jessica mcclure, trapped for almostthree days now in a dry artesian well. The Iron Curtain between east Germany And West berlin has come tumbling down. Good evening, im pat buchanan, the conservative in crossfire. The american People appreciated the new television. They certainly came to came to cnn, in droves. We agree on the idea of free and more extensive personal contact between the Peoples of the Soviet Union and the United States. We began to realize that the best way to get a message to a foreign leader was to have the president go in the rose garden, and make a statement. Because everybody was watching cnn. Cnn was a breakthrough. It changed the whole world. It changed, quickly, the networknews business. That business that we werent the only ones. It waS Hard. You know, itS Hard to be on the top, little perch and have to come down off it. Our special segment tonight. The network news. The first in a Twopart Series on the profound changes taking place in Television News. Changes being brought about by business, competition, and technology. Asons why People who worked at the broadcast networks were freaked out in the 1980s. One of them was cnn and the rise of cable. Another was being taken over by foreign entities, in corporate america. New owners spent billions buying the networks recently. And all of them want their moneys worth. People began to find out that news could be a profit center. D that focused a lot of attention ons. A lot from People in wl street, for instance. If you think about the News Divisions of cbs, nbc, and abc, they were part of a really proud tradition. A journalistic tradition that really matters. 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That was emblematic or maybe out in front, a little of what was actually happening in the country. This is true. There had been, by that point, hundreds of buddyCop Shows but these buddies were women. That had never been done before. I didnt go after this job because i couldnt find Anything Else. All right. I did not come here because i needed some kind of work to help pay the orthodontist. This means something to me. What the hell are we talking about here . We didnt even realize that this was going to be such a big deal. And strangely, all these guys would say, to us, well, yeah. I mean, its a good script. But who is going to save them in The End . All right, come on. Were taking you out of here. Come on. Where are you taking my wife . You dont take one more step. You understand me . Sergeant nelson, you have until 8 00 Tomorrow Morning to turn yourself in to iad. If you dont, i will. It was the time where you really saw an emergence of women on television, who were not necessarily just 20 and blonde. And had a small role. But women, who had substantial roles. It was unpredictable, that an audience, a young audience, a notsoyoung audience, and lots in between, could relate to those older ladies. Ma, if you couldnt see, why didnt you call me to come get you . I tried to but every time i put in a dime and dialed, a condom popped out. I got five in my pocket. Here, dorothy. A lifetime supply. She was recently named along with Norman Leer and Jim Brooks as one of televisions most gifted creator writers. And when you look back at the past Women Role models on television, its easy to see susan harriss impact. Susan harris was the greatest writer, in my opinion, of her generation, of that time. Singularly. So, you know, all credit to her for coming up with so many iterations of something so amazing. Do you think there is a womans voice as a writer . Generally, they speak higher, softer. Yes, of course, theres a womans voice. Women have a different perspective. Women laugh at different things. So, yes, there very definitely is a womans voice. Oh, do you know how many problems we have solved over a cheesecake at this Kitchen Table . No, dorothy, exactly how many . 147. Hi, brian. Its cutthroat prime this fall as some 23 new shows compete in one of the hottest ratings races in years. Here is one just about Everybodior Everybody predicts will be a Big Hit. Designing women on cbs. Four friends form an Interior Decorating business and give Each Other The Business. Suzanne, if sex were fast food, there would be an arch over your bed. Created one of the funniest, most unusual shows in designing women. They were a different group of women than you really saw on television. They were feisty, they were sexy. And Lindas Voice came through shining. A man can get away with anything. I mean, look at reagans neck. It sags down to here. And everybody raves about how great he looks. Can you imagine if nancy had that neck . Theyd be putting her in a Nursing Home for turkeys. They had given me this 23 minutes to address whatever topic i want, and its such a privilege, its more than the president of the United States gets, and its kind of thrilling to have that every week. I would be lying if i said i didnt put my opinions in the show. Excuse me, but you lovely ladies look like you are in need of a little male companionship here. Tst me when i tell you at you have Cpletely Misassessed moving to scene d. Ble. I am a woman and i am a writer, but i dont really enjoy being called a womans writer. I think labels a harmful to us. With murphy brown, just about everything about that program felt new. The civil Rights Movement and the Womens Movement had just begun to sort of be reflected in the programming that you saw on television in The 80s. Murphy, you know the Dunfrees Club is for men only. And they have great dinners with great guests, and i dont get to go for one reason and one reason only, and it has to do with something youve got and i dont. A tiny, pathetic, little y chromosome. Murphy brown was Sea Change because she was so popular and such a strong, independent, tough woman. No matter what you think of a guest or their views, you are obligated to ask the questions in a dignified manner. James, she was unprofessional. Am i right . Well, i, uh do you believe this, jim . He thinks its neat that his Office Chair swivels and hes calling me unprofessional. Ok everyone, our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition for strength and energy. Great tasting ensure with 9 grams of protein, 27 vitamins and minerals, and nutrients to support immune health. Experience clean in a whole new way. Now Roomba Vacuums exactly where you need it, and offers personalized Cleaning Suggestions for a clean unique to you and your home. Roomba and the irobot home app. Only from irobot. All of this started roomba when we discoverede app. The benefits of local, raw honey for our family. And then we said hey, you know what . This is a business right here. We went out and started to sell it. To help us get going, we got the Chase Business complete banking ℠ account. Its more than a bank account. It comes with quickaccept, which lets us take card payments anytime, anywhere, and get sameday deposits at no extra cost. Its more than honey. Its about building something for our family that will endure. You are in a good mood tonight, and i tell you, we have put a great show together. It will be on a week from thursday. [ laughter ] Johnny Carson in The 80s is making the transition from being the king of late night to being a national treasure. He was a throwback to that old show biz stuff. Ive been on with you for some time. Its been a long time. Yeah, well, youve been busy with other things. The tide is starting to turn in terms of where Latenight Television is going to go, but johnny is kind of holding out. He was not necessarily of his time in The 80s, but he did sustain a certain timelessness. Hes the king. [ laughter ] hes all right, hes just playing. Playing . [ bleep ]. My next guest not only has a college degree, but he also has a high school degree. Thats right, i do. As well. HeS Hosted the Tonight Show practically as often as Johnny Carson and now he haS His very own show, Weekday Mornings at 10 00 on nbc. What youre witnessing here is a good idea gone awry. A funfilled Surprise Turning into an incredible screwup. David letterman originally had a onehour daytime show, and nbc after like 13 weeks decided to cancel it. Today is our last show on the air. Monday, Las Vegas [ booing ] have these People been frisked . It was a dismal failure in terms of the ratings, but not in terms of introducing us to letterman. David, thank you for being with us tonight. Thank you very much for having me, i appreciate it. In spite of all this nonsense that goes around in the background, stay with it, dont give up. And stay with uS Here in new york. We like having you. I like being here. Thank you very much. Dave is back in new york. Youre going to host a latenight Television Program that premieres monday night. What are critics likely to say Tuesday Morning . I dont much care because i found a way to deal with that, pills and whiskey. David, youre on. Oh, im on . Im sorry. Proceed. Im enjoying listening to you snort. They gave him the late Night Show after the Tonight Show. And at the time, People thought whos going to watch television at 12 30 at night . Whos up . Ill tell you whos 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. He was antiestablishment at his core. He was thumbing his nose to any existing social structures. Who are those women out there by the way . Neighbors. Ill get rid of them. Hey, excuse me. Keep it moving. Come on, get out. He kind of spoofed the whole notion of Talk Shows. Its the latenight guest cam. Please say hello to tom hanks. There he is. No one could Go On the David Letterman show and try to steer it towards a Point Of View or push something in particular. He just wouldnt stand for it. Youre 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 twoshot here, dave. We could actually send the crew home, couldnt we . You know, as a comedian, you want the biggest audience that you could get. For dave, he knew a lot of things that he would do were going to alienate People, and he didnt care. He wanted his thumbprint out there, and thats the most important thing. Its time for smalltown news. Paul excuse me, paul . Do you have any accompanying music here for smalltown news . Paul shaffer, ladies and gentlemen. The show making fun of itself and turning itself insideout that way was something kind of new. I mean, dont we look like guys youd see hanging around together . Absolutely. Would you like to hang around with me . Nope. Ill say it again, this is the stupidest show i thought that i would never want to do this show with you. Now why . Because you thought i was a [ bleep ] . There is one rule i keep trying to abide by, and unfortunately, i only get to it about 12 of the time. And that is, its only television. Were not doing cancer research. If the 40yearodd History of Commercial Broadcasting has taught us one thing, Theres Nothing sacred about television. All right, steven is upstairs. Hey, dave, i was just curious. Is there any way i get mtv on this . Actually, steve, thats a thats just a monitor and all you can get on that is our show. Oh. Thats okay. There was a degree of cynicism that was needed in the Art Form at that time, and its a cynicism that just became common sense after a while, because it never got old. Ive watched Johnny Carson. And you are no Johnny Carson. Goo Goo Goo Goo Goo Goo Goo Goo Welcome to the great white north. Welcome to canadian corner. Im bob mckenzie, this is my brother doug. Today we got a real Big Show there was a Second City Chicago company, there was a Second City Toronto company. The toronto one is the one that fueled the Sctv Series which originally was syndicated and got to the states that way. Hail, caesar hail, hail. Thank you very much for that marvelous reception. I particularly want to thank my supporters over there in the cesarean section. ItS Healthy to be an outsider. You know, as a comedian. And canadians are always outsiders, but theyre looking at the other culture which is right next door to them. I love you, i want to bear your children ha ha ha it was the type of comedy that had only been accessible if you could have gotten into the Improv Clubs in chicago and toronto. I had never seen anything like second city tv. James bridgeman, parkdale. Sorry, no, never mind, im sorry. It was far more conceptual in itS Humor because it didnt have to be performed in front of an audience. And there was also just the idea that it was this sort of lowrent thing. It was this sort of by the seat of their pants kind of operation that gave it an authenticity. Now that our Programming Day has been extended im going to be spending where do you want me to put the kielbasa, mrs. Brickley . Put it in the fridge, butch. You were rooting for the show and the characters they created. There was something you got behind. Whereas Snl Right from the gate and through The 80s was this big enterprise. After five golden years, lorne decided to leave and so did those close to him, including me, al franken. So nbc had to pick a new producer. Now, most knowledgeable People, as you might imagine, hoped it would be me, al franken. Well, there was a real question of whether Saturday Night live would continue at all, whether it would just die. The presS Hasnt been very overly kind. Yeah, i read that stuff. Is Saturday Night live Saturday Night dead . Oh, man, come on. From yuks to yuck. My favorite is vile from new york. Please, come on. Thats funny, thats funny. They were having a hard time. And then came the man that saved the show, eddie murphy. Wooking Fa Nuv there was buzz about him, so you tuned in. And there was this kind of explosion of talent in front of your eyes. It really kind of rejuvenated the show. I am gumby, dammit you dont talk to me that way after a while, the show regained its status and its clout and became even more of an institution than it had been. Hey, bob. Hey, peters. Looks great today. Listen, if youre unhappy with my work, Tell Me now youre through, you hear me, through youll never work in this town again dont leave me hanging by a thread. Let me know where i stand we were a little worried at first because we had a new cast. But everyone loves us. You guyS Have been so nice to us during our stay. Isnt that special. I am hans. And i am franz. And we just want to pump you up. A lot of things they could do on Saturday Night live they couldnt do on a sitcom. The humor was more daring and more satirical, and it was political. You still have 50 seconds left, mr. President. Let me just sum up. On track, stay the course, A Thousand points of light, stay the course. Governor dukakis, rebuttal . I cant believe im losing to this guy. [ Phone Rings ] ill get it. Its garry shandlings show. People were taking the old principles of comedy and trying to turn them into something new. We spent years and years watching sitcoms and dramas and Talk Shows by then, we knew them by heart, that if somebody played on that and parodied it, we got it instantly. I appreciate you coming in under these conditions, lewis, i really do. You want to hold the credits . Okay. Now see, we were going to show the credits and you screwed that up, okay . Because youre late. the garry shandling show was aware of the fact that it was a situation comedy. It highlighted the cliches in funny ways. Are you looking into the camera . No. No, i didnt dont look into the camera. I didnt. Dont. You dont come in here and look into the camera. I didnt. Ill bop you. I will. If i see a tape of this show and youre looking into the camera well, its about that time. Peewees Playhouse on cbs, a socalled Saturday Morning kids show that adults could watch and wink at Each Other as they were watching it, is very clever. Good morning. Whats todays secret word . The secret word is good it was a show certainly for kids, and it was for stoned Baby Boomers who were totally wasted on Saturday Morning and watched Peewees Playhouse and saw god. I sure had a lot of fun. See you all real soon. Until then, everybody be good. [announcer] meet the Ninja Foodi Air fry oven. Make familysized meals fast. And because its a ninja foodi, it can do things no other oven can, like flip away. The Ninja Foodi Air fry oven, the oven that crisps and flips away. My garden brings us together. My garden is my therapy. Find more ways to grow at miraclegro. Com. What if younger looking skin could start at midnight . New age perfect Midnight Serum from loreal. With our exclusive antioxidant complex. Reveals millions of new Skin Surface cells. Gives my skin a new beginning every night. See fewer wrinkles, firmer, radiant, youngerlooking skin. And its preferred to the 1 luxury night serum. New age perfect Midnight Serum from loreal paris. Because you are worth it. 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Kevin arnold is just like a regular kid except in the 1960s, and hes not really aware of many of the events. Like in one of the episodes the whole family is watching the Apollo 8 take off, but im just sitting there trying to call a girl. The first episode of The Wonder Years, anybody who saw it remembers The Ending where you know, the first kiss with Winnie And Kevin arnold. The song they play is when a man loves a woman. That moment seemed so pure and so real. When a man loves a Woman Cant keep his mind on nothing else the tone of the Baby Boomers in the 1960s is about rebellion, about being students. By the 1980s, its time to grow up. And so they shave their beards, give up their dashikis, and put on power suits, a whole new notion. Ah, the yuppies. Last year the politicians were all talking about winning their votes. Now those young urban professionals and the rest of their Baby Boom Generation are being wooed by advertisers and their agencies. By The 80s, it was pretty clear that the generation after the generation of the 60s may be embodied by Alex Keaton on Family Ties, seeming to be a lot more interested in the Corner Office than the new jerusalem. Youre a young man, you shouldnt be worried about success. You should be thinking about hopping on a Tramp Steamer and going around The World. The 60s are over, dad. Thanks for the tip. You werent laughing at michael j. Foxs character for being too conservative. You were actually laughing at the parents for being too hopelessly liberal. What is this . I found it in the shower. Thats generic brand shampoo. No this iS Him. This is the guy ive been telling you about. This is everything you want in a president. The genius of Family Ties is it allows a kind of youthful reaganite to emerge thats focused on the future, thats focused more on a critique of the 60s. Michael j. Fox as Alex Keaton really became the center of the show. And the writers were smart enough to see that they had Something Special, and they wrote to that. Its not fair, alex. Yeah. Theres nothing you can do about it, jen. My advice to you is that you just enjoy being a child for as long as you can. I know i did. It was the best two weeks of my life. Alex is a little bill buckley. The Wall Street Journal iS His bible. He has a tie to go with his pajamas. Hes a very conservative and very intense 17yearold. The first thing your teacher is going to ask is what did you did over the summer. Now, a lot of kids are going to say i went to the zoo or i went to the beach or i went to a baseball game. What are you going to say . I watched the irancontra hearings. If Mom And Dad thought this generation was going to the dogs, think again. This is the generation that has discovered hard work and success. American culture is changing in The 80s. And in terms of television, theres a whole notion of demographic segmentation. Networks were beginning to not be afraid to appeal to a very specific demographic. Hey, handsome. Look at that shirt. Is that a Power Shirt or what . Nice suit, alan. Good shoulder pads. You looking to get drafted by the eagles . Thirtysomething said were not going to have cops, lawyers, or doctors. Were just going to be about People. What are we doing here, why did we start this business . To do our thing. But right now we got two wives, three kids, four cars, two mortgages, a payroll. And thats life, pal. You be the breadwinner now. Is that what i am . Thirtysomething is a very important show as you are going into this era of television being more introspective and more emotional. And some People werent buying it. But for other People when they were talking about things like having kids and who was going to go back to work and some of these issues that hadnt been talked about a whole lot, it was important to People. I was so looking forward i was so looking forward to doing this. To being a grownup for just an hour. In the beginning there was talk of this being the yuppie show. And you mentioned it tonight. You said if there were a category for the most annoying show this might win as well. Now, what some People perceive as annoying has nothing to do with yuppie. I think yuppie is a word made up by demographers and advertisers to sell soap. I dont think it has anything to do with what the show is. Thirtysomething was not a giant hit, but it was a niche hit. It attracted an enormously upscale group of advertisers. The network cared who was watching, not how many were watching. And that was more and more catching on in The 80s. The prosecution will ask you that you look to the law, and this you must do. But i ask of you that you look to your hearts as well. Thank you. L. A. Law was partly a classic lawyer show. But it was intertwined with their personal lives and different lawyers who were sleeping together and trying to get ahead. The Reality Level on that show was like a foot or two off the ground. And youre willing to go with that because it was a whole new spin on a law show. Uhuh, tell the truth. If you had to do it all over again and she walked into your office and she said take my case, would you . Well of course you would, because it is juicy, newsy, exciting stuff. It was really fun to take the Hill Street Blues Format and use it to frame an entirely different social and cultural strata with vastly different results. I wonder if i might engage with my client privately. Certainly. What are you doing for Dinner Tonight . I was planning on having you. In that case, skip lunch. The formula had gotten established of how you can do a dramatic show, and yet still have an awful lot of fun. We didnt used to be able to accept that very easily in a tv hour. And even before The 80s were out, its like, okay, i get it. So its like, all right, what are the rules now . What are you doing . Im doing what i should have done all along. What i wanted to do originally. What i should have done last night. Stop that, david. Im calling the police, david. Hello, police . The networks realized there was an audience looking for something less predictable than traditional primetime fare. Moonlighting was another of those shows that said, okay, ive seen the formulas that weve had up to here, lets do different things. Hello. Hello. Were looking a little pale today, arent we . Who have we here . I dont know. Moonlighting was a really experimental show. They had a shakespeare episode. They had a Black And White episode. They did a musical episode. They tried a lot of different stuff. I dont give a Flying Fig about the lines in my face, the crows feet by my eyes, or the altitude of my caboose. Well, im at a loss. I dont know what a Flying Fig is. Thats okay. They do. Theres no trouble on the set. There is no trouble on the set. Well, we have a very volatile relationship. There is a Hate Love Element to it. The flirtations were great and Bruce And Cybill were great. Glenn caron kept them apart for a long time, and bravo to him. What they did is they took the Sam And Diane dynamic from cheers and escalated it. Cheers was will they or wont they . Moonlighting was, do they even want to . Stay away from me. Here i come. But i dont want you. I never wanted you. Yeah, right. Does entertaining mean at some point stopping the tease of Dave And Mattie . Do they get together at some point . Well, thats going to be resolved this year. We like to think of it as two and a half years of foreplay. People who had been watching moonlighting for years were waiting for this moment. And your emotions are already there built on to the emotions that youre seeing on the screen. So when Be My Baby by The Ronettes starts playing, its like a perfect storm of romance. 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In recent years it seems that television has become a kind of electronic confessional. Where guests are willing to expose painful and sometimes embarrassing aspects of their lives quite readily to millions of viewers. At the beginning of the decade, we get the dominance of Phil Donahue, and thats sort of a maturation of womens issues, he seemed to talk to them in the audience, he seemed to talk to them through the tv screen. Im glad you called. Kiss the kids. Well be back in just a moment. If you look at the body of Work Weve had, youre going to see The 80s there. Im not here to say youre wrong, but lets understand this. When you bring a moral judgment without knowing them, against them for the way that they look, they feel that confirms the reason for their rebellion, if thats what you want to call it. He really believed that Daytime Television needed to talk about the ideas we were thinking about, the issues we were concerned about. I dont want to characterize his question, but why dont you get this fixed instead of doing this screwy stuff . Theres not a single recorded case in history of any transsexual that ever, through psychological treatment, changed. It has never happened yet. And we were putting very important People on the program. All kinds of People. Gay People. People going to jail. People running for office. Sometimes the same People. It was a magic carpet ride. You really do paint a very, very grim picture of the sitting president of the United States. Let me just say this. I think hes probably the laziest president ive ever seen. The audience for Phil Donahue built and built and built and built, and led the way to oprah. Hello, everybody. Oprah has a particularly magical combination of her own background, her own experience, her own incisive mind, and empathetic spirit. Thank you. Im Oprah Winfrey, and welcome to the very first national Oprah Winfrey show. I was surprised at the Rocket Pace that oprah took off. Because it took us a lot longer. The Donahue Show rearranged the furniture, but oprah remodeled the whole house. There are a lot of other People out there watching who really dont understand what you mean when you say, you know, were in love. Because i remember questioning my gay friends, you mean you feel about him the way i feel about its kind of a strange concept, you know, for a lot of People to accept. Oprah was connecting with People in a way that No One had on tv before. And it was really special to see. Well, did you know that for the longest time i wanted to be a fourth Grade Teacher because of you . My, i was not aware of inspiring anyone. I think you did exactly what teachers are supposed to do, they create a spark for learning. Its the reason i have a Talk Show today. Oprah winfrey now dominates the Talk Show circuit, both in the ratings and popularity. I want to use my life as a source of lifting People up. Thats what i want to do. Thats what i do every day on my show. You know, we get accused of being Tabloid Television and sensational and so forth. But what i really think we do more than Anything Else is we serve as a voice to a lot of People who felt up until perhaps my show or some of the others that they were alone. This is what 67 pounds of fat looks like. I Cant Lift it. It is amazing to me that i Cant Lift it but i used to carry it around every day. Theres nothing more endearing to an audience than to have that kind of Honesty And Humility and courage on the part of a host. And that, i think, has a lot to do with her power. Feels like i can do some good here, and i really do think that the show does a lot of good. American television is drowning in Talk Shows. But its never seen anything like Morton Downey Jr. I want to tell you Sit Down and shut up other competitors come and take the Television Talk Show into two different directions. So you start seeing the phenomenon of Daytime Television shows becoming less tame and more wild. The 80s brought a lot of belligerence to television. Whether it was Morton Downey Jr. Being the offensive caricaturish person that he was, or geraldo. He did his own outlandish things. Stay with us, ladies and gentlemen. Were going to get into the mind of another allamerican boy who came under the influence of satanism and took part in a crime without Passion Or Motive Geraldo Rivera takes the power of the Talk Show to a whole other level, trying to put People on stage who hate Each Other, who are going to fight in the case of the Temple Of Set and the church of satan, we have not had any problems with criminal behavior. But yet when you hear story after story after story of People committing these wretched crimes, these violent crimes in the devils name the more tension there is, the more conflict there is, the more violence there is, the more the ratings go up. And the american People love to complain about it, but they also love to watch. Geraldo rivera is back in a controversy tonight. Rivera drew sharp criticism with his recent Television Special on devil worship. But today he found himself in a real freeforall. I get sick and tired of seeing Uncle Tom here, sucking up, trying to be a white man go ahead. Go ahead. No. Sit down. Hey, hold it. Hold it. Sit Dow Rivera suffered a broken nose, but he said the show will be broadcast later this month in its entirety. Well, thats not something i would have done. But there was a lot of hypocrisy. One of the major magazines put the picture of geraldo getting hit with a chair on the cover, and the article said, isnt this awful, look whatS Happened to television. Yet they couldnt wait to use it to sell their own magazine. Lets go to the audience, all right . I want to speak to you guys. Over the years, broadcasting has deteriorated. And now in this era of deregulation, its deteriorating further. 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Now up until this time, nobody had done television like this. Nobody. Burt reynolds, the hottest actor in hollywood. Im surprised to see you here. Well, im glad to see you. Oh, thank you. We can meet here every night if you like. Thank you. A lot of what makes successful Television Programming is being in the right place at the right time. And it was the right time. Entertainment journalism evolved as viewers got more curious and had more access. Until that point, the entertainment businesS Had been something we didnt know all that much about. We could go behind the scenes in our effort to really give an insiders look. The crafty old j. R. Of Dallas Fame was with his Mother Actress Mary martin aS He was presented with a star on the Hollywood Walk of fame. It was very honorific of the industry. They would do serious coverage of it. It wasnt salacious. And you would see actors speaking as actors instead of on a Johnny Carson show. What are you like on camera . Im like this. Oh, this is on camera. This is on camera. It was the beginning of a lot of money being made talking about entertainment and celebrities. Robert redford plays the good guy in the movies, but dont tell that to his neighbors in utah, they are still bitter and redford is the target of their ire. The audience grew and grew. And that was showing us the appetite for Celebrity News was big. It was big. Get ready for lifestyles of the rich and famous. Televisions most dazzling hour of excitement. Hi, im Robin Leach in monaco. The glittering gem of the riviera. And youve got a Vip Ticket to prince raniers private party. Your Sunday Newspaper is still delivered with the comics around the news. And that was what i always thought lifestyles was. We were the comic around the news. Except we did it as seriously as they did news. Finally in the Driving Seat of his own career, he burned rubber in a new direction. David hasselhoff, rock idol. It was a time where pushing the limits with Wealth And Ostentatiousness in a lot of cases was very comfortable. One of the earliest stories that we presented to you on lifestyles was about the amazing real Estate Wizard Donald trump. If he didnt Shock And Surprise you back then, heS Had plenty of time since. With all of this costing billions, not millions, do the figures ever frighten you . The answer is no, its my business, its my life. Its my lifestyle. I love it. The good, the bad. Does this bring with it political aspiration . No political aspiration. Your show has gotten a lot of ridicule. There are People who say its nothing more than trash. That doesnt upset me, because i think its the best trash there is on television. I am not in The Business of brain surgery. I am in The Business of fluff. Thats the fantasy element. At a time when the access is possible. Its escapism, and its aspirational. You want to stand in a hot tub with a glass of champagne, rock on. Weve never seen that kind of wealth ever before. We didnt mock it. We didnt say it was right, and we didnt say it was wrong. We were just through the keyhole. Sometimes it absolutely amazes me. I walk away from a shoot and i think, well, we did it again. There was more of everything in tv by The 80s. Your opportunity for watching stuff is increasingly vast. Nbc presents real People. My Names Michael Lee wilson. The thought dawned on me that the application of a small motor on a pair of Roller Skates might really be a great thing. Somebody once said that each One Of Us will be a star for 15 minutes, and i think that thats probably going to happen. American culture used to be a culture that celebrated privacy. In the 1980s as were watching celebrities sort of play out on stage, hey, i want to join too. All The World becomes a stage. You start seeing shows like real People or the Peoples court. The Peoples court. Where Reality Television is taken one step further. To see more tv, producerS Had to come up with new and different ways to give them television. Dont be stupid get over here i told you not to be stupid. What cops did was it took away the script and just brought the camera People and the crews on location to try and catch actual thingS Happening. Cocaine. Possession of a stolen firearm, no less. What else are you going to do . Sa e that scufffree life. Honey, im Home Honey Scuff defense. I love our scufffree life. Behr ultra scuff defense. Exclusively at the home depot. When im on my hands and knees and im digging through the dirt. I feel something in me, like a fire, thats just growing. I feel kinder, when nature is so kind to me. Find more ways to grow at miraclegro. Com. Mornings were made for better things than Rheumatoid Arthritis. When considering another treatment ask about xeljanz, a pill for adults with moderate to severe Rheumatoid Arthritis when methotrexate has not helped enough. 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The biggest Television Event of the 1980s is the marriage of charles and diana. Its like The World stops when that happened. I mean, that was like just massive. This was the final act of a spectacle that may never again be seen again in this century, if ever. The archbishop of canterbury called the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer today the stuff of fairy tales. Good evening. The royal couple at thiS Hour is off on the honeymoon, while a lot of People here in London Tonight are still talking about the events of the day. When you have great moments like the royal wedding, they are part of history. And its done beautifully and everybody has a chance to watch it all on television, and everybody just wants to drink a toast to chuck and di. A princess who must now be aware, as it was on this day, that every single move she makes in public will be recorded and observed. A very difficult life indeed. Well be back in just a moment with some closing observations and one final look at what has justifiably been called the wedding of the century. By the authority of the state of new york, i pronounce that they are husband and wife. You may kiss the bride. Your wedding was seen by an astonishing number of People. 16 and 19 Million viewers. How do you account for that kind of popularity . Oh, i cant. I cant. The way its grown is just amazing to me. It did appear in The 80s that it was a good time for daytime Soap Operas, especially for a show like General Hospital which had that huge success with Luke And Lauras wedding. I remember when luke and laura got married because it was nighttime newsworthy. The Soap Opera discovers the blockbuster mentality, the sweeps month mentality. Like, what can we do to get even more People watching . You have a wedding. You have a kidnapping. You have an evil twin. And primetime stole from daytime. After dallas proved that Ewing Oil was better than real oil for cbs, the networks rushed to give the public more. The great primetime Soap Operas of the 1980s, dallas, dynasty, theyre all about excess. This is about being over the top, stabbing Each Other in the back, going for the gusto, and having fun. I know whats wrong with you. The emptyarmed madonna. Mourning the baby that she couldnt have and the baby that she almost got to adopt. That is it, isnt it . You miserable bitch there was a bigness to the stories. And they could afford to do it on a network if youre doing one episode a week. You cant do that if youre doing five episodes a week for a daytime show. So just the Production Value gave it that pizzazz. If you cant have it, watch other People with it, or so say the three networks who are programming nearly 40 of their primetime fare with series about the very rich, and the public is devouring it at such a rate that Makebelieve Money has become ratings gold. The characters were larger than life, they were more evil and more cunning and manipulative. And more gorgeous. I mean, really, look at the way they were dressed. Look at the way they lived. Everything, it was fascinating. Alexis. Yes . I didnt thank you for your present. ItS He you should slap, dear, not i. We all wanted to live like everyone on dynasty, like the carringtons. And it all just ended up being a wonderful picture of fun and debauchery. Greed was encouraged in The 80s. There was a sense of conspicuous consumption as being okay. And those shows kind of exploited that. Primetime families like the carringtons who live here in luxury on the Dynasty Sound Stage are not the only rich folk on tv. In the last five years, more than half of all new showS Have featured the wealthy. Ten years ago, that figure was zero. It was an accident. Your fathers dead. Falcon crest was a wine family. Theres lorenzo lamas, and theres ronald reagans first wife. Jane wyman is on that show. Emma is pregnant. I know a doctor who can take care of it right away. That will never happen. All of the shows where, oh, my god, whats next . Whats going to happen with that . He cant get away with that. And then you tune in, it was appointment television. What will become of the missing twins on Knots Landing . What . They all had spinoffs. The Dallas Spinoff Knots Landing. The colbys was a spinoff for dynasty. They were seeing how much they could max this stuff out. Because it was really successful. Wheres your son miles . Isnt he going to be part of this venture or iS He just playing polo as usual . The colbys can always find room for another trophy. You had these People fighting over oil and mansions and it was fantasy, but in a kind of so over the top way that it was fun. Theres nothing devious about using your femininity. These shows took themselves so unseriously that they were camp, but that was okay with the central audience that was loving them. It was entertainment. We werent trying to do high drama. We were there to entertain. We were glossy. There was no getting around it, we knew what we were there for, and we did it as best we could. Y is The Worlds longestlasting, we tested it against our competitors best battery. meowing clicking and energizer ultimate lithium wins again energizer, backed by science. Matched by No One. The new Samsung Galaxy S21 this looks different. It is. Show me. Just hit record see that . Youre filming in 8k. Thats cinema quality. So. You can pull photos straight from video. Impressive. But will it last a whole trip . Youll have battery all day. And then more. This is different. Told you. heres to the very first influencer in your life. Mom this iS How mom shines. With 30 off everything. At zales. The diamond store. Out here, youre a landowner, with 30 off everything. A gardener, a landscaper and a hunter. Thats why you need versatile, durable kubota equipment. Australias most important export may be neither its animals, nor its beers nor its films. Could be 55yearold rupert murdoch. He is in the process of building what forbes magazine says is the most extensive Media Empire in history. Huge developer in television. The hegemony of the three broadcast networks was presumed to be complete and rupert murdoch, having disrupted the Newspaper Business in australia, the Television Business in britain, he arrived in america and says basically i dont see why there should only be three broadcast networks, im going to make another one. This was a big bold bet. Meantime, he will have to become an american citizen if he is to own Tv StationS Here. Something murdoch sayS He is willing to do. There are some People who are saying it will take you 20 years to get your Fox Network on a par with the big three. Are you prepared to wait that long . Sure. I certainly intend to live that long. But i dont believe in the 20 years. The reaction to Murdochs Idea for a fourth network was similar to the reaction to ted turner starting cnn. Its ridiculous. What doeS He know about television . We dont think of ourselves as cbs, abc or nbc. We dont have to reach everyone. Theres no question we have an inferior lineup of stations to our counterparts. It means we have to work harder to get our message across and get shows sampled. They had an idea that in order to succeed we have to differentiate ourselves from the networks. We have to do things they would not do. Fox started throwing anything against the wall, not knowing what was going to go. First shows were things like 21 jump street. What exactly are we looking for here . Joan rivers in terms of late night. We have been banned in boston, which i think is wonderful. Wxne. Pick a finger. Wxne. And the Tracey Ullman show oh, please it was a sketch show. And they needed something to go between the sketches. Again they were looking for something different. I got to have those candy bars. You better not be thinking of stealing those candy bars. Thats it the simpsons would never have come along had it not been for the Tracey Ullman show. ultimately crime hurts the criminal. Thats not true, mom. I got a free ride home, didnt i . Bart fox was thrilled that it was different. They said, sure, be experimental, do whatever you want. Were just happy to have a show on the air. Im home. Married with children was their first big, Big Hit in that way that said if all the rest of television is going this way, were going that way. Bud, kelly, you want to come down and help me in the kitchen . [ Doors Slam ] there, that should buy us about 10 minutes. Seven more than well need. The title of married with children on the script was not the Cosby Show. How great. You have to love that. They were taking the piss out of american families. Fun. Great fun. Never wanted to get married, im married. Never wanted kids, i got two of them. How the hell did thiS Happen . The bundys were almost like a purposeful reaction to the perfection of the huxtables. And it was funny because you had this wonderful perfect black family and these horrible miserable white People. And each show works on its own terms because you could find things to relate to in both. Howdy, neighbor yeah, yeah, yeah. I hate these Sit Down. There was a lot of fun to be had in al and peg bundy. After fox introduces married with children, it does very well, then back on abc they came up with another major hit, roseanne. You think this is a magic kingdom where you just sit up here on your throne. Oh, yeah . Yeah. And you think everything gets done by some wonderful wizard. Poof, the laundrys folded. Poof, dinners on the table. You want me to Fix Dinner . Ill Fix Dinner. Im fixing dinner oh, but honey, you just fixed dinner three years ago. Typical american families werent on television for the longest time. The donna reed days, the father knows best. Hardly anybody really lived like that. That was the way advertisers wanted you to live. I know what just might make you feel better. Me too but i bet its a different list than what youve got. The ideal situation is if you can subvert whatever common stuff is said about families and about parenting. Whats in this . Lead . Oh, i got you kids new leg irons. Her loudness and her unfilteredness were key to why we liked her. She was saying stuff about working class People, stuff about men and women. So it was about marriage and about raising kids and about how hard it is. Great. Im just going to look like a freak. Thats all. What else is new . Shut up. This is why some animals eat their young. Tv in The 80s was a big decade for the evolution of comedy, for the evolution of drama. It just pushed everything forward. You think perhaps this generation are paying more attention to the dialogue to the relationships they see on television than years previous . Clearly the People watching our shows are. And thirtysomething and cheers and st. Elsewhere. These are shows that are smartly written. Its their words that define them, and i think thats what People like. What were supposed to be here is the one thing People can trust. If you go out there like a bunch of night riders, what the hell are you but just another vicious Street Gang . That decade spawned an extraordinary number of shows that really carved out a unique niche for themselves. We began to turn television into an Art Form. And for the first time, People were proud to say, i write for television. Up until that point, television was second class. In The 80s, it was something else entirely. And it was new, and it was kind of interesting. Its like everyone in The 80s starts to want to tell their stories. Thats what really changes things. The unexpected was more welcome in The 80s. Predictability lost its cachet. Television has an impact on every era, every decade. Television still shapes the thinking of america like no other element in our country. Sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse. It gave rise to People pursuing artistic content in a way that i think has raised the bar in Television Production exponentially. I love you guys. Theres a shift in The 80s from just wanting to placate the audience to wanting to please and challenge the audience, and thats the decade when it happened. We had one hell of a run, didnt we partner . Yeah, we sure did, sonny. Im going to miss you, man. Im going to miss you, too. Give you a ride to the airport . Why not . Rubber bullets and stun grenades. Dozens of People are injured after a second night of violent clashes between israeli police and palestinians. Plus, after days of nervous anticipation a Crash Landing and a sigh of relief. China says their rocket debriS Has landed in the indian ocean. Also, with a total count for coronavirus cases passing 22 million, states across india are now preparing for a lockdown. Hello and welcome to our viewerS Here in the United States and all around The World. This is cnn newsroom. Im robyn curnow