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Transcripts for CNN The Nineties 20240604 03:36:00

r. in 1990, 91, there was not a whole lot of original programing for cable, but they were airing movies. so we needed to compete and i felt that if we didn t, we were going to kind of get swept out. so i came up with a notion of doing a cop show that was r-rated. when abc s broadcast standards read our script, they went berserk. i was sitting with a pad and a pencil drawing pictures of breasts to try to show them what we would show and what we wouldn t show. grown-ups sitting in a room doodling. then we started on the language. we heard it with the brains of a flea and the balls of a moth. the program premiered with an advertising boycott. channel 7, shame on you! ....

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Transcripts for CNN The Nineties 20240604 04:37:00

Of a flea and the balls of a moth. the program premiered with an advertising boycott. channel 7, shame on you! but it was such an immediate hit, that boycott lasted, oh, four weeks. they could use the nudity and the curse words to go deeper into the actual emotional burden of being a cop. i m an asshole. and it had this character, andy sipowicz. he is a raging alcoholic, racist, sexist, violent. he created the tv anti-hero. you know, i know that great, the african american george washington carver discovered the peanut. but can you provide names and addresses of these friends? you know, you re a racist scumbag. despite his flaws, despite his prejudices, i think people identified with his pain. i wish there was a way to say this that wouldn t hurt you. there is a famous-early episode where they are investigating the rape and ....

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Transcripts for CNN The Nineties 20211227 02:37:00

A pencil drawing pictures of breasts to try to show them what we would show and what we wouldn t show. grown-ups sitting in a room doodling. then we started on the language. we heard it with the brains of a flea and the balls of a moth. the program premiered with an advertising boycott. channel 7, shame on you! but it was such an immediate hit, that boycott lasted, oh, four weeks. they could use the nudity and the curse words to go deeper into the actual emotional burden of being a cop. i m an asshole. and it had this character, andy sipowicz. ....

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Transcripts for CNN The Nineties 20220117 04:13:00

So we needed to compete and i felt if we didn t we were going to kind of get swept out. son of a and so i came up with a notion of doing a cop show that was r-rated. when abc s broadcast standards read our script they went berserk. i was sitting with a pad and a pencil drawing pictures of breasts to show them what we would and wouldn t show. grown-ups sitting in a room good ling. then we started in on the language. some reporter called the brains of a flea. the show premiered with an advertising boycott. tft an immediate hit it lasted four weeks. light them up. ....

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Transcripts for CNN The Nineties 20220213 05:37:00

i was sitting with a pad and a pencil drawing pictures of breasts to try to show them what we would show and what we wouldn t show. grown-ups sitting in a room doodling. then we started on the language. we heard some low life pimple with the brains of a any and the balls of a moth. the program premiered with an advertising boycott. channel 7, shame on you! but it was such an immediate hit, that boycott lasted, oh, four weeks. they could use the nudity and the curse words to go deeper into the actual emotional burden of being a cop. i m an asshole. and it had this character, andy sipowicz. he is a raging alcoholic, racist, sexist, violent. he created the tv anti-hero. you know, i know the graet ....

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