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9:00 the mary tyler moore show. you had the the bob newhart show. and it ended with the carol burnett variety show at 10:00. they used to call it murderers row. ken: people had no dvrs, they had no vhs, they had nothing with initials, so people would stay home on saturday nights. they wouldn t go to the movies. they wouldn t go to restaurants. that may be the best night of television in all of television history. connelly: mary tyler moore was a single woman working as an associate producer on a nightly tv show. you know what? you got spunk. well, yes. i hate spunk! there were a lot of young women entering the workplace then, and for some of them, mary tyler moore was like a port of entry. i m doing as good a job as he did. better. better. and i m being paid less than he was because. you re a woman. the television female could be a hero. she could be the main event. ....
And then they say, now, let s get three undress scenes and three jiggles, and write a script around it. wallace: there are some who will tell you that t and a has peaked and is on its way out. but abc has shows like the love boat and three s company. connelly: jiggle tv referred to the fact that these were women who were you know, who who were, you know. [ laughs ] charlie: good morning, angels. angels: good morning, charlie. ken: charlie s angels became a very enduring trademark out of the 70s. charlie: i ve already made arrangements for you three to go to prison. open your towel. i ll be standing as erect as ever. good luck, angels. farrell: oh, god, i did battle of the network stars a couple of times, and i hated it. i think i made up some pretty good time on billy crystal. connelly: networks would loan out their tv stars to compete in a series of quasi-olympic type events. cosell:: she s leaning so far over in the boat, she seems to be wobbling a great deal. ....
That s what i m talking about. order in the subway app today. [ indistinct conversations ] man: a lot of people used to say, i was there. now people say they watch it on television. connelly: there s just a lot of excitement connected to sports in the 80s. you used to have to depend on the five minutes a lot of people used to say, i was there. now people say they watch it on television. ....
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I pronounce that they are husband and wife. you may kiss the bride. [ cheers and applause ] 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 can t. i can t. the way it s grown, it s just it s amazing to me. connelly: 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 laura s wedding. duffy: 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 prime time stole from daytime. reporter: after dallas proved that ewing oil was better than real oil for cbs, the networks rushed to give the public more. ....