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25 Years Ago Today: "Hill Street Blues" Swept the Emmy Awards
On September 13, 1981, Hill Street Blues set the record for the most Emmy Awards ever won by a primetime show in one season: eight. The record would stand until...
"Everything I’ve learned, I learned from television. I used to watch The Mike Douglas Show after school and it taught me about jazz when he would have Ella and Sarah on... I learned how to find my tribe from Monty Python. I learned how to emcee a show from watching Cher and Diana Ross specials. And I learned how to articulate an esoteric idea from watching David Bowie. So everything I know, I learned from television."