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1 00:00:18,227 --> 00:00:19,977 This story is about Howard Beale... 2 00:00:20,145 --> 00:00:23,314 ...who was the Network News anchorman on UBS TV. 3 00:00:23,482 --> 00:00:26,693 In his time, Howard Beale had been a mandarin of television. 4 00:00:26,860 --> 00:00:31,989 The grand old man of news, with a HUT rating of 16 and a 28 audience share. 5 00:00:32,157 --> 00:00:35,702 In 1969, however, his fortunes began to decline. 6 00:00:35,869 --> 00:00:37,578 He fell to a 22 share. 7 00:00:37,746 --> 00:00:41,541 The following year his wife died, and he was left a childless widower... 8 00:00:41,709 --> 00:00:43,751 ...with an 8 rating and a 12 share. 9 00:00:43,919 --> 00:00:47,380 He became morose and isolated, began to drink heavily. 10 00:00:47,548 --> 00:00:51,217 And on September 22, 1975, he was fired... 11 00:00:51,385 --> 00:00:53,094 ...effective in two weeks. 12 00:00:53,262 --> 00:00:55,847 The news was broken to him by Max Schumacher... 13 00:00:56,014 --> 00:00:58,850 ...who was the president of the news division at UBS. 14 00:00:59,017 --> 00:01:01,644 The two old friends g***t properly pissed. 15 00:01:01,812 --> 00:01:06,691 I was at CBS with Ed Murrow in 1951. 16 00:01:07,443 --> 00:01:09,694 Must've been 1950, then. 17 00:01:09,862 --> 00:01:14,866 I was NBC, uh, associate producer, Morning News. 18 00:01:15,033 --> 00:01:17,160 I was just a kid, 26 years old. 19 00:01:18,829 --> 00:01:19,954 Anyway... 20 00:01:20,330 --> 00:01:25,084 Anyway, they were building the lower level of the George Washington Bridge. 21 00:01:25,878 --> 00:01:27,837 We were doing a remote from there. 22 00:01:31,842 --> 00:01:33,843 And nobody told me. 23 00:01:36,138 --> 00:01:38,431 Then after 7 in the morning, I get a call. 24 00:01:38,599 --> 00:01:42,810 "Where the hell are you? You're supposed to be on the George Washington Bridge." 25 00:01:43,771 --> 00:01:47,482 I jump out of bed, throw my raincoat over my pajamas. 26 00:01:47,649 --> 00:01:51,569 I run down the stairs, I run out in the street, hail a cab. 27 00:01:51,737 --> 00:01:56,282 And I say to the cabby, "Take me to the middle of the George Washington Bridge." 28 00:01:58,786 --> 00:02:02,246 And the cabbie turns around and he says... 29 00:02:03,123 --> 00:02:06,000 He says, "Don't do it, buddy. 30 00:02:06,543 --> 00:02:08,211 You're a young man. 31 00:02:08,378 --> 00:02:10,963 You g***t your whole life ahead of you." 32 00:02:16,595 --> 00:02:18,429 Didn't I ever tell you that one before? 33 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:26,729 I'm gonna kill myself. 34 00:02:27,564 --> 00:02:29,065 Oh, s***t, Howard. 35 00:02:30,651 --> 00:02:34,153 I'm gonna blow my brains out right on the air. 36 00:02:34,571 --> 00:02:36,781 Right in the middle of the 7:00 news. 37 00:02:37,741 --> 00:02:41,536 Well, you'll get a hell of a rating, I'll guarantee you that. 38 00:02:41,703 --> 00:02:44,497 - 50 share easy. - You think so? 39 00:02:44,665 --> 00:02:48,417 Well, sure. We could make a series out of it. 40 00:02:48,585 --> 00:02:50,670 Suicide of the Week. 41 00:02:52,589 --> 00:02:55,091 Hell. Why limit ourselves? 42 00:02:55,259 --> 00:02:56,509 Execution of the Week. 43 00:02:57,970 --> 00:02:59,512 Terrorist of the Week. 44 00:03:00,097 --> 00:03:01,931 I love it. 45 00:03:02,808 --> 00:03:04,851 Suicides. 46 00:03:05,018 --> 00:03:07,311 Assassinations. 47 00:03:07,479 --> 00:03:11,607 Mad bombers, Mafia hit men... 48 00:03:11,775 --> 00:03:13,609 ...automobile smashups. 49 00:03:13,986 --> 00:03:16,237 The Death Hour. 50 00:03:18,448 --> 00:03:22,827 Great Sunday night show for the whole family. 51 00:03:23,579 --> 00:03:26,956 We'll wipe that f***g Disney right off the air. 52 00:03:27,124 --> 00:03:28,583 Hmm. 53 00:04:01,909 --> 00:04:04,493 Let's do the Lenin deportation at the end of three. 54 00:04:04,661 --> 00:04:05,995 That strong enough to bump? 55 00:04:06,163 --> 00:04:09,999 In one then, I'll do a lead on Sara Jane Moore to Mayberry in San Francisco. 56 00:04:10,167 --> 00:04:12,418 In the film I saw, it was the chief of detectives. 57 00:04:12,586 --> 00:04:17,173 I think we've g***t about 10 seconds on the shooting itself. 58 00:04:17,341 --> 00:04:19,675 The whole thing is 1:25. 59 00:04:19,843 --> 00:04:23,679 - What does that come out? - About 4:50. 60 00:04:24,514 --> 00:04:27,725 - We using Squeaky Fromme? - Let's do that in two. 61 00:04:27,893 --> 00:04:31,687 Squeaky, Ford at the airport, bump. 62 00:04:32,147 --> 00:04:34,440 Now, you using a map going into San Francisco? 63 00:04:34,608 --> 00:04:37,401 Um, I prefer our news pics. 64 00:04:37,694 --> 00:04:39,695 What have we g***t left? 65 00:04:40,113 --> 00:04:43,366 Gun control, Patty Hearst affidavit. 66 00:04:43,533 --> 00:04:46,285 Guerrillas in Chad, OPEC in Vienna. 67 00:05:07,724 --> 00:05:10,977 All right, fine. I'll see you later. 68 00:05:12,396 --> 00:05:15,231 - Hello, Howard, how are you? - Hi. Okay. 69 00:05:25,492 --> 00:05:27,535 Don't forget, Howard, Ron Nessen is now 16, okay? 70 00:05:27,703 --> 00:05:29,161 Mm-hm. 71 00:05:32,749 --> 00:05:36,168 The first attempt on President Ford's life was 18 days ago... 72 00:05:36,336 --> 00:05:38,671 ...and again yesterday in San Francisco. 73 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:40,423 In spite of the two attempts... 74 00:05:40,590 --> 00:05:43,759 ...Mr. Ford says he will not become a prisoner of the Oval Office... 75 00:05:43,927 --> 00:05:46,762 ...a hostage of would-be assassins. 76 00:05:47,264 --> 00:05:50,641 The American people are good people: 77 00:05:50,976 --> 00:05:54,770 Democrats, Independents, Republicans and others. 78 00:05:54,938 --> 00:05:56,814 How the hell you always get mixed up... 79 00:05:56,982 --> 00:05:59,650 Under no circumstances will I... 80 00:06:01,611 --> 00:06:04,947 ...and I hope no others, capitulate... 81 00:06:05,115 --> 00:06:09,243 ...to those that want to undercut... 82 00:06:09,411 --> 00:06:11,537 ...what's all good in America. 83 00:06:11,705 --> 00:06:12,747 Two, cue Howard. 84 00:06:13,623 --> 00:06:14,832 Ladies and gentlemen... 85 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:18,502 ...I would like to announce that I will be retiring from this program... 86 00:06:18,670 --> 00:06:22,048 ...in two weeks' time because of poor ratings. 87 00:06:22,632 --> 00:06:26,677 Since this show was the only thing I had going for me in my life... 88 00:06:27,137 --> 00:06:28,888 ...I have decided to kill myself. 89 00:06:29,056 --> 00:06:30,431 So, what did she say? 90 00:06:30,599 --> 00:06:35,436 I'm gonna blow my brains out right on this program, a week from today. 91 00:06:35,604 --> 00:06:37,271 Ten seconds to commercial. 92 00:06:37,439 --> 00:06:38,814 So tune in next Tuesday. 93 00:06:38,982 --> 00:06:42,735 That should give the public-relations people a week to promote the show. 94 00:06:43,361 --> 00:06:48,449 We ought to get a hell of a rating out of that. A 50 share, easy. 95 00:06:48,617 --> 00:06:51,494 - Take Tellison. - Listen. 96 00:06:51,661 --> 00:06:54,121 - Uh, did you hear that? - What was that about? 97 00:06:54,664 --> 00:06:57,833 Howard just said he was going to blow his brains out next Tuesday. 98 00:06:58,001 --> 00:06:59,251 What are you talking about? 99 00:06:59,419 --> 00:07:02,004 - Didn't you hear him? He just said-- - What's wrong now? 100 00:07:02,380 --> 00:07:05,132 Howard just said he was going to kill himself next Tuesday. 101 00:07:06,426 --> 00:07:10,096 What do you mean, "Howard just said he was going to kill himself next Tuesday"? 102 00:07:10,263 --> 00:07:12,223 He was supposed to do a tag on Ron Nessen-- 103 00:07:12,390 --> 00:07:16,018 He said, "Tune in next Tuesday. I'm gonna shoot myself." 104 00:07:16,311 --> 00:07:17,520 What the hell's going on? 105 00:07:17,687 --> 00:07:20,314 He said he was going to blow his brains out. 106 00:07:20,774 --> 00:07:22,358 What the f***k's going on, Howard? 107 00:07:22,526 --> 00:07:24,401 They wanna know what the f***k's going on. 108 00:07:24,569 --> 00:07:26,695 - I can't hear you. - Turn the studio mike on. 109 00:07:26,863 --> 00:07:29,448 - We're back on in 11 seconds. - Ten seconds. 110 00:07:29,908 --> 00:07:31,242 Howard, what are you doing? 111 00:07:31,409 --> 00:07:33,702 - Have you flipped? - I think we better get him off. 112 00:07:33,870 --> 00:07:35,788 - Get him off. - What's the matter with you? 113 00:07:35,956 --> 00:07:39,333 - Get your f***g hands off. - Turn the sound off. He's going out live! 114 00:07:39,501 --> 00:07:41,669 We're in a lot of f***g trouble down here. 115 00:07:41,837 --> 00:07:44,547 - This is the dumbest thing I've ever seen. - That's my head. 116 00:07:44,714 --> 00:07:46,924 Go to standby. You dumb schmuck! 117 00:07:49,928 --> 00:07:52,054 Lou, can't we clear out that downstairs lobby? 118 00:07:52,222 --> 00:07:53,973 - There must be a hundred people. - How? 119 00:07:54,141 --> 00:07:57,893 Every TV station and wire service in the city. I could barely get in. 120 00:07:58,061 --> 00:08:00,688 - Arthur, anything litigable? - Not so far. 121 00:08:00,856 --> 00:08:03,357 - How many spots were wiped out? - Frank just walked in. 122 00:08:03,525 --> 00:08:05,109 We had to abort. What could we do? 123 00:08:05,277 --> 00:08:07,486 He's talking to Wheeler. Over 900 phone calls... 124 00:08:07,654 --> 00:08:09,613 - ...complaining about foul...