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Hugh Downs

Hugh Downs

American television presenter

Oct 12, 2026

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45:25
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45:28
I think the tail wags the dog, and the public is beginning to realize it, that what's real about television.
45:32
You know, it's not improper for television to do entertainment, but there are other media that do, you know, there's stage, there's movies that do entertainment very well.
45:40
Nothing does what television does in the way of conversations, in the way of coverage of events that are happening, you know, window on the world idea.
45:48
So there's, the increase in the number of magazines represents that.
45:52
And I think also when you think from a business standpoint, if you owned a network and, and you had a sitcom that was in trouble, and you knew that to mount a new one would cost, uh, maybe three times as much as a good magazine, and that the magazine would get better numbers, you're gonna put another magazine in.

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Okay.
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And I, I'm not...

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