Took. This is the week when the Major Broadcast Networks unveil their fall lineup of shows. And every executive in hollywood shows how well the sopranos is doing on cable, which is a network problem. I think hbo altered it alone because there were no commercials. We are so dependent on sponsors. Theres so much we can do in terms of violence and sex. Were just sanding offer t t edges of what what is 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 youre partly a [ bleep ]. What weve learned through the Larry Sanders show or oz is that we could do series television. Theres something in the air. And it aint love. Oz was cutting edge in what it was willing to share with the audience. Hit me, hit me hit me in the face. Complicated characters, complicated issues, and the way it was presented was so unique. Sentence, nine years. Up for parole, six. What they were doing at hbo was exactly what the network wasnt doing. They were breaking barriers. You get to the somethisopran of a sudden, the villain is the hero. Theres some eggplant. I told you, im not ugly. The sopranos was david chases invention about this mob family, something people hadnt seen before, the idea that a mobster is seeing a therapist. Whatever happened to gary cooper . The strong, silent type. That was an american. He wasnt in touch with his feelings. He just did what he had to do. Once they got gary cooper in touch with his feelings. You have strong feelings about this. Every decade, you get somebody like peter faulk as columbo, somebody you cant imagine afterwards. I think its supposed to be a mafia story. Its about every day life. Did you know an italian invented the telephone . Alexander graham bell inwas italian . Who invented the mafia. What . The sopranos took the mystery out of being a mobster. Im a fool to be doing your dirty work oh, yeah and it was somehow more mundane than we guessed it would be and yet every bit as riveting as the godfather. The debate raged at hbo about whether you could have a guy like this as your lead. And david chase was adamant that you have to, this is who he is, and he was right. Can you assure me that tony soprano isnt going to become a sensitive, nurturing, mellowing man . Yes. Oh, good. Oh, my god. Its all right, be home in a couple hours, dont worry. Im graduating tomorrow carmelo was a wife and mother. I think first and foremost, as long as she was going to church, she felt like, all right, ive taken care of my soul. She goes home to her husband whos got blood on him. There was no way to reconcile the two things. Towards the end where their marriage is falling apart. I used to [ bleep ] your husband. You have made a fool of me for years with these whores. Her performance in that fight is stunningly good. Because shes jealous it mattered to people what this couple was going through, and i remember feeling a real sense of responsibility about that, and giving the weight to the scene that it deserves. What . You know what i dont understand, tony . What does she have that i dont have . Suddenly, heres this tv show that everyones talking about, but you have to pay to watch it. You know, thats how good the sopranos was. People were paying just to see that show. The sopranos came along and completely reestablished what the bar was. I honestly couldnt quite believe that television was communicating something that you might only see in the darkest moments, inaccurate moments in cinema. You look at the year that american beauty won the oscar which is the year that sopranos debuted and immediately after that, the two mediums die verged. I know what im supposed to do, but im afraid to do it. Movies became focussed on big tent pole things that can bring in as much of an audience as you possibly can, meanwhile, tv started going smaller and more interior and saying all right, we want to tell stories for grownups that dont get the best audience but get a passionate one. Ill be home for christmas i had an idea of doing a show about death. Are you smoking . Nope. Yes, you are. I heard you. Im not, no, im not. Look, forget youll give yourself cancer and die a slow and horrible death, you should not be stinking up that new hearse. She said id like to do a show about a family that ran a funeral home. And something in my head just went click, what a brilliant idea. Im quitting right now. I promise. Okay . Ill see you tonight. Ill be home for Christmas Alan ball comes up with a show with a perfect structure. Each episode starts with the death of a character, and then that characters death is dealt with in a local family funeral home mortuary. Excuse me. This was one of my first, and maybe it was my first binge show, which was long enough ago that it was all on somebody had recorded it on a vcr. Have you been watching mrs. Romano . Yeah. Im watching her all night. Are you thinking what im thinking . Casket climber. I want to go with you i want to go with you a whole new level of something going on, on television. It was grittier than most shows youve ever seen before, and yet something magical about it. I think what our strategy at hbo was in terms of audiences, not everybody has to watch a show. But, if we have different shows for different people, there is something that makes you want to come back and sign up, month after month. Maybe you dont watch section in t sex in the city, but maybe you watch entourage. Theres something for you to make it worth signing up again and again. Let them move the way they were born to in new pampers cruisers 360 fit with its ultra stretchy waistband. 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All around the country, people were on the edge of their seats, waiting for the first swiev survivor to be announced. Survivor sort of legitimized the genre. Simon fuller came into my office, and his vision was one long audition. Like a virgin touched for the very first time ive never, ever heard neg like that in my life. She bangs, she bangs thank you. What was that . That is what you think were looking for . The network was saying we dont think we can put simon on the promos. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Hell scare little girls, and we think, thats our audience. One of the worst auditions ive ever heard in my life. Without him. It was a big fight. Of course we got him on, and that sparked the show. Well, here they are. The judges have made their choices. Now, america, its all up to you. American idol reunited the family odd in front of the tv. 9yearolds to 90yearolds, its not like it hasnt been done before, but the way they could manipulate drama, the way they could find stories, that was the core of making the show successful. This is the weakest romance ive ever seen. This romance is pathetic. Was there a romance . I think we just decided we were meant to be very close friends. Very close friends. Ive had some very close friends, too. Me too. Cost me a lot of money. Ill tell you. Apprentice has its lasting affects even today. Donald trump becomes a star. Youre fired. All of it sort of reality show fake. People who worked on it came forward and said you know we kind of made the whole thing up, and then it sells. And then theres just this explosion. You interested in tattoos . Weight loss . Plastic surgery . Breast augmentation, tummy tuck, facial surgery. I dont look like me Substance Abuse . Flipping your house . Thats a big one. Theres literally a reality show for everyone now. And if you have to fill 40 hours of television with scripted shows, it costs you an arm and a leg, youll be out of business. Because those scripted shows most likely will do no better and probably worse than the reality show did. Aimed at gay viewers and women. And so you know, you have queer eye for the straight guy. And project runway. Their isis is a search for tt big fashion designer. It was not an instantaneous hit. We had this crisis, is anyone going to want to sit around watching people sew . Bravo played three or four episodes over the christmas holidays, and all of a sudden it just caught on like wildfire. Make it work. People have come into runway. And top chef. And they know this can change their lives. One of you is about to win the title of top chef. Rock n roll and the osbournes. It was fun. You know the whole idea of the guy who bit the head off of bats being domestic and his wife and teenaged kids, thats what sparks this movement of we can put celebrities on tv and let them do what they do. Ive always heard that people hang out at walmart. Why . What is walmart . Of course that reaches its peak or maybe depending on your opinion, with the kardashians. I hate you all. Welcome to my family. Theres something about watching someone whos maybe slightly like yourself but more obnoxious. You are so evil. Theres a lot of baggage that comes with us, but its like Louis Vuitton baggage, you always want it. Or theyre more of a disaster. Prostitution, whore, [ bleep ]. You stupid [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. Theres something about watching that and going, yeah, god, at least im not that. I look over, and i see like hair being pulled and all this [ bleep ], and like oh, my god, how do i get in. People ask, why are people asking that reality show. Why are they watching the show . 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We write it, direct it, perform it and rehearse it like a play in front of a studio audience. When someone gets a laugh on that stage they actually hold, as you do not in real life, as you do not in single camera. You are holding for that laugh. Its an abstract. Not abstract enough. Youve done an amazing job. It looks like something, though, what does it look like . If you get close, you can even touch it. Im fine. We started studying what Phil Rosenthal was doing with raymond, and he was embracing the very best of what the genre could do, which was interesting characters. He provided me with a very, very loud reminder that i didnt need to fix anything. Didnt need to knock any boundaries or walls over, i just need the to embrace what was there. Men, men, men i had been in so many shows that had failed spectacularly that i became known as the show killer. Men, men, men thats not a great thing to be known as, in show business. On the sly, i had him come in and read for me. 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To hear her speak those words. It was incredible. It was unbelievable. With audible originals, theres something for almost every taste in there. Everything you ever wanted to hear. I signed up for getting a credit every month, and i started exploring books that i normally wouldnt read. Our ability to empathize through these stories, with these stories, can be transformational. Its my own thing that i can do for me. See what listening to audible can do for you. Just text listen9 to 500500. Welcome to [ bleep ] deadwood. David milch said i have a great idea about ancient rome. Cops in ancient rome in the time of nero. Because were already doing this show about rome. Thieves will be strangled. Deserters will be crucified. David basically took the underlying theme of his rome show and put it in deadwood. No law at all in deadwood. Is that true . At the time of nero, there was a lot of order and no law. And deadwood was a similar environment. Maybe you dont value keeping your [ bleep ] cuts inside your belly enough. Those are the days behind us. No, those are the days to my [ bleep ] left. Ian mcshanes character steals the show, lock, stock, and barrel, away from anyone else. You want to go into that saloon and engage h