- advertising is based on one thing: happiness. - [shouting excitedly] - is there any taboo that you wouldn t break? - not if there was a funny idea. - what is wrong with you? - there s so much different storytelling - and so many different stories being told - about so many different people. - i don t think dramatic series television has ever been stronger. - there s no longer this theory of what - popular entertainment must be. - incoming! - who are the heroes? the people who watch this show. [slowly building orchestral music] - this is the week when the major broadcast networks unveil their fall lineup of shows, and every executive in hollywood knows how well the sopranos is doing on cable, which is a network problem. - i think hbo altered everything for this reason alone, is there were no commercials. - we are dependent on sponsors. there is so much we can do in terms of language, in terms of violence, and in terms of sex. - to a large degree, a lot of executives we
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Team beans. he and his wife have raised more than $3 million for research to cure childhood cancer. their daughter nicknamedea died in 2020 from brain cancer at just years old. if you d like to make a donation to francesca s cause and in her honor you can donate. it s a great cause and we love andrew over here at cnn. very proud of everything he s done on behalf of that cause. thanks very much for joining me this evening. i m jim acosta. i ll see you tomorrow at 5:00 eastern. the cnn original series the 2000s, the platform age of television is up next. and as we do sometimes on the program, a final look at the u.s. capitol on this saturday night. stay safe, everybody. see you tomorrow. have a good night. - hbo did a lot of its best w work - when it was bending a genre. - take something that s familiar - and give it some chili pepper.