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slowly but surely the 1970s are disappearing. the 1980s will be upon us. what a decade it is coming up. happy new year. as you begin the 80s in the television world the landscape was in the evening 9 out of 10 people were watching only one of three networks. social critics are mystified by its success. what is it? it s television prime time potboiler, dallas. it ll ruin our family name. i assure you a thought like that never crossed my mind. brother or no brother, whatever it takes i ll stop you from destroying in oil. dallas 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 fe phenomenon. he was such a delicious villain, everyone was completely enamored by this character. at this point so many people were watching television that you could do something so unexpected that it would become news overnight. who ....
they know when it hits the bottom, it ll be 1990. good-bye to the 80s in ten, nine, eight, eight, eight, eight! oh, will this horrible year never end? when the 90s began, we are starting to see a lot of experimentation. seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. and the simpsons i think in some senses was inspired by not necessarily hatred of television, but a distrust of a lot of the ways in which television was talking to us. tv respects me. it laughs with me. not at me. you re stupid. doh! i think the sitcoms of the 80s were such a warm, safe, humor. i love you guys. the kids, they listen to the rap music which gives them the brain damage. and i think there was a real yearning for another type of humor. we were able to spoof fatherhood what a bad father. which at the time, and i stress at the time, was bill cosby as the shining example. did you ever know that you re my hero the stuff they got away with because it s a ....
more time on the senate staff in 1988 when i was on the senator s reelection campaign staff. the staff had nothing to do with me and campaign and operating at a level far above my head. kathy hochul left the staff that year and you re going to hear in a moment the magic words that the senator said to her that helped ease her out of the senate staff and it s quite a story and maybe if you hadn t said that, i would know kathy hochul much better than i do. we would have ended up working together but, you know, such is life. this is a tv show that i m really excited to watch. this is a plot i m excited to get to the end of. yeah, and pat has the best part in this tonight. excellent. i can t wait. thank you, rachel. thanks, lawrence. in 1988 a young lawyer told new york senior senator daniel patrick she was feeling conflicted about the long hours she was putting in as a member of his staff after giving birth to her first child. senator said you won t remember the h ....
-ot away and try and deal with it. he s got good away and try and deal with it. he s got good relationships with party base as got good relationships with party base as well as his experience of having base as well as his experience of having worked in many different government departments. i think on the face government departments. i think on the face of government departments. i think on the face of it, you re right, it does the face of it, you re right, it does sound like a demotion. that s why i does sound like a demotion. that s why i thihk does sound like a demotion. that s why i think it was dressed up slightly with giving him the leveling up. that gives him space to perhaps leveling up. that gives him space to perhaps interfere with other departments. another big challenge that the departments. another big challenge that the government is facing, particularly with the snp green coatition particularly with the snp green coalition and narratives ....
at it properly and whilst we should keep it in reserve as a potential option, i m pleased to say we will not be going ahead with plans for vaccine passports. the trade union congress warns that up to 660,000 jobs could be at risk if the uk fails to reach net zero carbon emissions as quickly as other countries. the anti immigration hungarian prime minister, victor 0rban, meets pope francis in budapest. good evening and welcome to bbc news. 18 year old, emma raducanu has won the us open in one of the most dramatic victories in modern tennis. she beat 19 year old leylah fernandez of canada, in two sets: 6 4, 6 3. raducanu only made it into the tournament as a qualifier, but she won the title without dropping a single set. she s the first british woman to win a grand slam singles title in 44 years. here s our sports correspondent, joe wilson. the borough of queens on a sunny day, and the extraordinary progress of one young woman. she s been absolutely amazing this whole t ....