television has grown faster than a teenager, and now it is time to grow up. the tv was the center of the house. i don t remember a time without tv. by 1960, essentially every household in america had a television. it was a new way of bringing the world to you. when something big happened on television, it really did happen to the entire country and impacted the entire country at the same time. keep an awakened eye on the world. suddenly television was the main event. everything else changed, even the way in which you went about the business of getting someone elected president. david, will you hit the one-minute button, please. 30 seconds and the cut, please. in 1960, the nixon/kennedy debate was a first in television. a lot of people were watching that night, and it introduced a lot of people to kennedy. would you let me see the tight shot on camera one, please? can you hear me now speaking? is that about the right tone of voice? good evening. the
miss my conversation with comedian, sam joe. welcome to the show. i m mehdi hassan. three months ago, russia launched its war on ukraine and we all thought it might be over in a few days. u.s. intel predicted kyiv would fall quickly to russian paratroopers. that didn t happen, thankfully. not only have the ukrainians defend themselves over the last few months, with the help of the western world, but they ve gone on the offensive. ukrainian troops, this, week two we took land around the area of kharkiv, ruining russian plans for a blitzkrieg offensive. in fact, ukraine s defense ministry put out a video russian border, pushing russian invaders back on to their own turf. nbc news has not confirmed where or when that video was shot. according to the u k depends ministry, russia sacked two generals. one of who was responsible for kharkiv. meanwhile, the pipeline of the remains open, and more european nations are seeking to join the alliance itself. most recently, finl
Of gavin and stacey, is coming this christmas. Coming up on bbc news, can luton move out of the Premier Leagues Relegation Zone tonight . Victory over everton could put them on the road to survival. Hello there. Rishi sunak says its disappointing to lose good, hardworking councillors, after a painful night for the conservatives, in the local and mayoral elections. The losses are some of the worst the partys suffered in england for decades. Just look at this, the latest election figures as they stand, with the conservatives having lost more than 340 councillors. And labour have gained more than 140 so far. Chris mason has followed all of the developments through the night, and hes at westminsterfor us. After a lot of coffee hi, chris. Hello, good evening. Since we chatted last night there has been lots of noise, numbers and not a lot of sleep. And here is the picture as things stand with still more than 2a hours worth of results still to come. The conservatives are in a rut, a trend of
Actor Danny Masterson, known for his role in That 70s Show , has been sentenced to 30 years to life in prison for raping two women two decades ago. Masterson, a prominent Scientologist, was convicted in June, with a jury deadlocked on a charge involving a third woman.
laughter purifies the air. and cnn s senior entertainment writer lisa res pers france joins us now. as we saw in that clip, some of the biggest names in tv comedy have been black comedians, red fox, rich pryor, eddie murphy, dave chappelle. why has comedy been such a successful way to make a mark in television? because historically black performers have faced all types of barriers getting taken seriously in hollywood. so they had to use comedy as a way to even get into the industry. if you can make people laugh, if you can tickle their funny bone, then you can get people s attention. and that s what unfortunately a lot of stars in the past and some stars today have had to do in order to break into the business. and who s breaking ground in tv today? who do you have your eyes on? well, you know, it s funny because there s so many. i don t want to start naming names because i don t want people to flame me on social media. but, you know, i mean robin