turmoil. the 60s are over, dad. michael in the foul line, a shot, good. we intend to cover all the news come all the time. we won t be signing off until we are all dead. isn t that special? any tool for expression will ring outpost both the best and worst of us and television has been there. they don t pay me enough to deal with animals like this. people are no longer embarrassed. we have seen the news, and it is us. clark: slowly but surely, the 1970s are disappearing. the 1980s will be upon us. what a decade it is coming up. 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 on any given evening, nine out of 10 people were watching one of three networks. more than 30 million people are addicted to it. social critics are mystified by its success. what is it? television primetime prairie potboiler, dallas. a move like t
well i m surprised there aren t more shows about women symptoms, ambition and a woman is considered a dirty word. female voices are reverberating in the halls of power in this business. directing seems to be an area that is almost impossible to break through. i think, the 80s were the era when women were being looked at with a little skepticism, but definitely with more acceptability. you could see the door opening, but it wasn t a wide open. cagney and lacey was huge. that there would be two women and they had a serious job and they solved crimes and they were out on the street. that was emblematic of maybe out in front of what was happening in the country. we are a terrific team. this is true. there had been by that point hundreds of buddy cop shows but