asner: i ll tell you about the golden age of television. this period in time will be looked upon as the platinum age. lear: our obligation is to entertain, and if we ve left something to think about, so much the better. kunta. kunta kinte. television should not be just entertainment. charges were leveled at the commercial television network. congress has no right interfere with the media. well, excuse me! we have a responsibility to give the audience what it tuned in to see. the years of the 60s, which end in a few hours, have a bad reputation that is not entirely justified. some things got worse, obviously, but tv and other news coverage is better, not worse. we simply developed more demanding standards. when i think of tv, i think of the 70s. what is this world coming to? the american public was hungry for more. what was allowed that hadn t been before? it was the last decade where it was a campfire television, where there was one in the living room. i want to watch an al
politics, the economy the wider world. who knows where else we will go. you want to be upset about real things. but isn t that what drives comedy or art or anything? and the big meeting in moscow. she jinping traveled to russia this week, three days of meetings with vladimir putin. no why russia wants this. but what does china have to gain from this massive show of support? we will explore. also the crisis continues as the ripple effects from the collapse of silicon valley bank and others continue. what can we learn from past bank bailouts and crises? i will ask the historian neil ferguson. but first here s my take. the most interesting outcome of the three day summit between vladimir putin and xi jinping got limited media attention. describing their talks, putin said. we are in favor of using the chinese yuan for settlements between russia and the countries of asia, africa and latin america. so. the world s second largest economy and its largest energy exporter. together act
- don t touch that dial. we re about to flip it for you. - in five, four, three, two. - tv is changing dramatically now with 150 channels that might be available in the near future. - there s a lot of things that we do that you couldn t have on network television. - people are really trying to do something adventurous. [both gasp] all: channel 7, shame on you. - this is more a celebration of culture and opening the doors and allowing america to come on inside. - there s always something on television, and some of it may be better than we deserve. - [laughs] that was cool. [dramatic music] - listen to it. oh! [crowd cheering] they know when it hits the bottom, it ll be 1990. good-bye to the 80s in. all: ten, nine. all: eight. eight! eight! eight! - oh, will this horrible year never end? - when the 90s begin, we re starting to see a lot of experimentation. [gunshots] all: [quickly] seven, six, five, four, three, two, one! [cheering] - and the simpsons, i think, in some
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and challenge the audience. and that s the decade when it happened. we had one hell of a run. didn t we partner? yeah. we sure did, sonny. i m gonna miss you man. i m gonna miss you, too, sonny. can i give you a ride to the airport? why not? tonight television takes a look at itself. what s on the idiot box? it s only an idiot box if an idiot is watching it.