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? it s television s 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 wit
Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are broadcaster david davies and lucy fisher, deputy political editor at the telegraph. Tomorrow s front pages, starting with. The photo released by prince william of his son george and the duke of edinburgh is on the front of the telegraph. The paper covers william and harry s tributes to their grandfather. It s the same story on the front of the mirror, which has a picture of the three men in military uniform. The metro points out the contrasting language used by the late duke s grandsons in their statements. The mail says senior royals will be at the queen s side for public events. The government is considering a mix and match approach to covid boosterjabs, according to the front page of the i. The paper reports that all over 50s in the uk have now been offered a first dose of a coronavirus vaccine. The investigation launched by the government into lobbying following the actions of for
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in real time on camera. look. yes, he should. that s up to cpac, i have been clear in my views about president trump and the extent to which following january 6th i don t believe that he should be playing a role in the future of the party. on that high note, thank you all very much. while cheney, number three, is saying what should be obvious, that they don t want the party to be linked to the ugliness of january 6th and the man who started it, mccarthy s oh, well on that high note. what do you expect, mr. mccarthy? remember, you re the one who called trump and asked him to call off the attack on january 6th, and he mocked you. and left you to whatever your fate would be. then you still went to see him because you are betting on trump. fine. the house gop cues number three, liz cheney, actually feels that she needs to keep reminding mccarthy and her fellow whatevers, republican, i don t know what their are. we don t know yet. but she has to remind them it s not a good
away from ahmaud arbery. we also watched ahmaud arbery die on camera. yes. and i think he was the beginning of all of this, and the attention should continue to go to him, to all of the victims and the survivors of the victims, the family. but we have to remember, you re right, ahmaud arbery started all of this. we watched all of this, we watched as though men shot him in the middle of the street because they thought he was chased him down. chased him down, yes. and shot him. yes. you know why the timing matters? why? here is why, and i just realized this which is kind of my impetus for tonight. i like bruce springsteen, but i mean he was going to be okay either way. i don t like the hyperattention and then you are wrong and we don t say anything. we forget in this country, it is innocent until proven guilty, not the other way around. but in the court of public opinion you are a dead man if you can t find an excuse, an immediate one. that s a whole oth