Interviewees discuss memorable moments on televsion that gave us pause.

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    Jean Stapleton on how All in the Family used comedy to expose social issues, including bigotry

    00:37
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    LeVar Burton on how Roots was a seminal event in people's lives and has become part of history

    01:12
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    Phylicia Rashad about her interaction with fans of The Cosby Show, including Nelson Mandela who informed her that he watched it while incarcerated at Robben Island Prison

    01:09
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    Ed Bradley on the role television played in shaping public opinion about Vietnam

    01:46
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    Mili Lerner Bonsignori on the See It Now episode "The Case Against Milo Radulovich A0589839"

    05:09

    Robert G. Anderson

    Robert G. Anderson on the 60 Minutes piece "The Archbishop" (Robert Sanchez) of New Mexico who was accused of molesting children

    11:24

    Robert G. Anderson on a 60 Minutes story he produced with Mike Wallace, "Smoke but no Fire" about the dangers of smoking

    01:32

    Harve Bennett

    Harve Bennett on the importance of the made-for-TV movie A Woman Called Golda

    01:16

    Shelley Berman

    Shelley Berman on the night Jack Paar walked off The Jack Paar Show

    03:45

    Lewis Bernstein

    Future executive producer Lewis Bernstein on his impressions of Sesame Street upon seeing the show for the first time circa 1970

    00:26

    Executive producer Lewis Bernstein on the Sesame Street shows produced immediately following 9/11 that addressed children's fears and on tolerance

    03:07

    William Blinn

    William Blinn on the then-new miniseries format that Roots was presented in, and on the "My name is Toby" scene

    04:17

    Mili Lerner Bonsignori

    Mili Lerner Bonsignori on the See It Now episode "The Case Against Milo Radulovich A0589839"

    05:09

    Mili Lerner Bonsignori on the See It Now episode on Senator McCarthy and McCarthy's response

    03:59

    Mili Lerner Bonsignori on the See It Now episode on Annie Lee Moss

    02:46

    Ed Bradley

    Ed Bradley on the role television played in shaping public opinion about Vietnam

    01:46

    LeVar Burton

    LeVar Burton on how Roots was a seminal event in people's lives and has become part of history

    01:12

    Philip Carey

    Phil Carey on guest starring on the All in the Family episode "Judging Books by Covers" -- where he plays a homosexual character

    37:36

    Hal Cooper

    Hal Cooper on directing the Maude episode "Maude's Dilemma, Part II"

    03:18

    Walter Cronkite

    Walter Cronkite on the pressures on the press by the White House over the Watergate story, specifically one broadcast of the CBS Evening News

    04:00

    Walter Cronkite on his on-air editorial that he felt the country should get out of Vietnam; what this meant to the country and the Johnson administration

    05:11

    Roger Ebert

    Roger Ebert on discussing colorization and a black and white episode of Siskel & Ebert & the Movies

    02:46

    Jeff Fager

    Jeff Fager on a conflict between then-CEO of CBS Laurence Tisch and 60 Minutes creator Don Hewitt over the story of tobacco industry whistleblower Jeffrey Winger, who alleged that the tobacco industry knew the addictive and deadly nature of cigarettes

    04:02

    Jeff Fager on the Abu Ghraib story on 60 Minutes II

    09:00

    John Frankenheimer

    John Frankenheimer on the Hollywood Blacklist and The Senator McCarthy episode of See It Now

    03:38

    Leonard H. Goldenson

    Leonard H. Goldenson on airing the McCarthy Hearings in their entirety on ABC

    01:16

    Ellen Holly

    Ellen Holly on being at the 1963 March on Washington with her aunt Anna Arnold Hedgeman

    06:03

    Quincy Jones

    Quincy Jones on the impact of Roots

    01:28

    Rocky Kalish with Emerson College

    Rocky and Irma Kalish on writing for Good Times and the classic All in the Family episode "Edith's Christmas Story" where Edith deals with a breast cancer scare

    04:16

    Nancy Malone

    Nancy Malone on how she came to produce and direct There Were Times, Dear  about Alzheimer's disease and the impact it had

    51:30

    Bob McGrath

    Bob McGrath on memories working with guest star Linda Bove on Sesame Street and the far-reaching impact of an episode about hearing impairment

    01:31

    Roger Mudd

    Roger Mudd on reporting on the passage of the Civil Rights Bill

    01:29

    Carroll O'Connor

    Carroll O'Connor on his contribution to the All in the Family episode "Two's a Crowd," and the ad-libbing by he and co-star Rob Reiner

    02:43

    Marty Pasetta

    Marty Pasetta on Vanessa Redgrave's infamous protest speech at the Academy Awards

    01:48

    Phylicia Rashad

    Phylicia Rashad about her interaction with fans of The Cosby Show, including Nelson Mandela who informed her that he watched it while incarcerated at Robben Island Prison

    01:09

    Bob Schiller

    Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf on the famous two-part abortion episode on Maude

    02:20

    Thomas Schlamme

    Thomas Schlamme on watching the 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention with his father

    00:50

    Jean Stapleton

    Jean Stapleton on how All in the Family used comedy to expose social issues, including bigotry

    00:37

    Neil Travis

    Neil Travis on how being on location for Roots helped inform his editing, leading to his Emmy win

    01:23

    Leslie Uggams

    Leslie Uggams on her relationship with her Roots character, "Kizzy" and on the impact of Roots around the world

    01:17

    Leslie Uggams on the impact of Roots when it aired in 1977

    01:14

    Leslie Uggams on the success of Roots and what it taught Americans about their own history

    01:30

    Bob Weiskopf

    Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf on the famous two-part abortion episode on Maude

    02:20

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