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00:00:18,227 --> 00:00:19,This story is about Howard Beale...

00:00:20,145 --> 00:00:23,...who was the Network News anchorman
on UBS TV.

00:00:23,482 --> 00:00:26,In his time, Howard Beale
had been a mandarin of television.

00:00:26,860 --> 00:00:31,The grand old man of news, with a HUT
rating of 16 and a 28 audience share.

00:00:32,157 --> 00:00:35,In 1969, however, his fortunes began to decline.

00:00:35,869 --> 00:00:37,He fell to a 22 share.

00:00:37,746 --> 00:00:41,The following year his wife died,
and he was left a childless widower...

00:00:41,709 --> 00:00:43,...with an 8 rating and a 12 share.

00:00:43,919 --> 00:00:47,He became morose and isolated,
began to drink heavily.

00:00:47,548 --> 00:00:51,And on September 22, 1975, he was fired...

00:00:51,385 --> 00:00:53,...effective in two weeks.

00:00:53,262 --> 00:00:55,The news was broken to him by Max Schumacher...

00:00:56,014 --> 00:00:58,...who was the president
of the news division at UBS.

00:00:59,017 --> 00:01:01,The two old friends g***t properly pissed.

00:01:01,812 --> 00:01:06,I was at CBS with Ed Murrow in 1951.

00:01:07,443 --> 00:01:09,Must've been 1950, then.

00:01:09,862 --> 00:01:14,I was NBC, uh, associate producer, Morning News.

00:01:15,033 --> 00:01:17,I was just a kid, 26 years old.

00:01:18,829 --> 00:01:19,Anyway...

00:01:20,330 --> 00:01:25,Anyway, they were building the lower level
of the George Washington Bridge.

00:01:25,878 --> 00:01:27,We were doing a remote from there.

00:01:31,842 --> 00:01:33,And nobody told me.

00:01:36,138 --> 00:01:38,Then after 7 in the morning, I get a call.

00:01:38,599 --> 00:01:42,"Where the hell are you? You're supposed
to be on the George Washington Bridge."

00:01:43,771 --> 00:01:47,I jump out of bed,
throw my raincoat over my pajamas.

00:01:47,649 --> 00:01:51,I run down the stairs,
I run out in the street, hail a cab.

00:01:51,737 --> 00:01:56,And I say to the cabby, "Take me to the
middle of the George Washington Bridge."

00:01:58,786 --> 00:02:02,And the cabbie turns around and he says...

00:02:03,123 --> 00:02:06,He says, "Don't do it, buddy.

00:02:06,543 --> 00:02:08,You're a young man.

00:02:08,378 --> 00:02:10,You g***t your whole life ahead of you."

00:02:16,595 --> 00:02:18,Didn't I ever tell you that one before?

00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:26,I'm gonna kill myself.

00:02:27,564 --> 00:02:29,Oh, s***t, Howard.

00:02:30,651 --> 00:02:34,I'm gonna blow my brains out right on the air.

00:02:34,571 --> 00:02:36,Right in the middle of the 7:00 news.

00:02:37,741 --> 00:02:41,Well, you'll get a hell of a rating,
I'll guarantee you that.

00:02:41,703 --> 00:02:44,- 50 share easy.
- You think so?

00:02:44,665 --> 00:02:48,Well, sure.
We could make a series out of it.

00:02:48,585 --> 00:02:50,Suicide of the Week.

00:02:52,589 --> 00:02:55,Hell. Why limit ourselves?

00:02:55,259 --> 00:02:56,Execution of the Week.

00:02:57,970 --> 00:02:59,Terrorist of the Week.

00:03:00,097 --> 00:03:01,I love it.

00:03:02,808 --> 00:03:04,Suicides.

00:03:05,018 --> 00:03:07,Assassinations.

00:03:07,479 --> 00:03:11,Mad bombers, Mafia hit men...

00:03:11,775 --> 00:03:13,...automobile smashups.

00:03:13,986 --> 00:03:16,The Death Hour.

00:03:18,448 --> 00:03:22,Great Sunday night show for the whole family.

00:03:23,579 --> 00:03:26,We'll wipe that f***g Disney
right off the air.

00:03:27,124 --> 00:03:28,Hmm.

00:04:01,909 --> 00:04:04,Let's do the Lenin deportation
at the end of three.

00:04:04,661 --> 00:04:05,That strong enough to bump?

00:04:06,163 --> 00:04:09,In one then, I'll do a lead on Sara Jane
Moore to Mayberry in San Francisco.

00:04:10,167 --> 00:04:12,In the film I saw,
it was the chief of detectives.

00:04:12,586 --> 00:04:17,I think we've g***t about 10 seconds
on the shooting itself.

00:04:17,341 --> 00:04:19,The whole thing is 1:25.

00:04:19,843 --> 00:04:23,- What does that come out?
- About 4:50.

00:04:24,514 --> 00:04:27,- We using Squeaky Fromme?
- Let's do that in two.

00:04:27,893 --> 00:04:31,Squeaky, Ford at the airport, bump.

00:04:32,147 --> 00:04:34,Now, you using a map going into San Francisco?

00:04:34,608 --> 00:04:37,Um, I prefer our news pics.

00:04:37,694 --> 00:04:39,What have we g***t left?

00:04:40,113 --> 00:04:43,Gun control, Patty Hearst affidavit.

00:04:43,533 --> 00:04:46,Guerrillas in Chad, OPEC in Vienna.

00:05:07,724 --> 00:05:10,All right, fine. I'll see you later.

00:05:12,396 --> 00:05:15,- Hello, Howard, how are you?
- Hi. Okay.

00:05:25,492 --> 00:05:27,Don't forget, Howard,
Ron Nessen is now 16, okay?

00:05:27,703 --> 00:05:29,Mm-hm.

00:05:32,749 --> 00:05:36,The first attempt on President Ford's life
was 18 days ago...

00:05:36,336 --> 00:05:38,...and again yesterday in San Francisco.

00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:40,In spite of the two attempts...

00:05:40,590 --> 00:05:43,...Mr. Ford says he will not become
a prisoner of the Oval Office...

00:05:43,927 --> 00:05:46,...a hostage of would-be assassins.

00:05:47,264 --> 00:05:50,The American people are good people:

00:05:50,976 --> 00:05:54,Democrats, Independents, Republicans and others.

00:05:54,938 --> 00:05:56,How the hell you always get mixed up...

00:05:56,982 --> 00:05:59,Under no circumstances will I...

00:06:01,611 --> 00:06:04,...and I hope no others, capitulate...

00:06:05,115 --> 00:06:09,...to those that want to undercut...

00:06:09,411 --> 00:06:11,...what's all good in America.

00:06:11,705 --> 00:06:12,Two, cue Howard.

00:06:13,623 --> 00:06:14,Ladies and gentlemen...

00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:18,...I would like to announce
that I will be retiring from this program...

00:06:18,670 --> 00:06:22,...in two weeks' time
because of poor ratings.

00:06:22,632 --> 00:06:26,Since this show was the only thing
I had going for me in my life...

00:06:27,137 --> 00:06:28,...I have decided to kill myself.

00:06:29,056 --> 00:06:30,So, what did she say?

00:06:30,599 --> 00:06:35,I'm gonna blow my brains out
right on this program, a week from today.

00:06:35,604 --> 00:06:37,Ten seconds to commercial.

00:06:37,439 --> 00:06:38,So tune in next Tuesday.

00:06:38,982 --> 00:06:42,That should give the public-relations people
a week to promote the show.

00:06:43,361 --> 00:06:48,We ought to get a hell of a rating
out of that. A 50 share, easy.

00:06:48,617 --> 00:06:51,- Take Tellison.
- Listen.

00:06:51,661 --> 00:06:54,- Uh, did you hear that?
- What was that about?

00:06:54,664 --> 00:06:57,Howard just said he was going
to blow his brains out next Tuesday.

00:06:58,001 --> 00:06:59,What are you talking about?

00:06:59,419 --> 00:07:02,- Didn't you hear him? He just said--
- What's wrong now?

00:07:02,380 --> 00:07:05,Howard just said he was going
to kill himself next Tuesday.

00:07:06,426 --> 00:07:10,What do you mean, "Howard just said
he was going to kill himself next Tuesday"?

00:07:10,263 --> 00:07:12,He was supposed to do a tag
on Ron Nessen--

00:07:12,390 --> 00:07:16,He said, "Tune in next Tuesday.
I'm gonna shoot myself."

00:07:16,311 --> 00:07:17,What the hell's going on?

00:07:17,687 --> 00:07:20,He said he was going to blow his brains out.

00:07:20,774 --> 00:07:22,What the f***k's going on, Howard?

00:07:22,526 --> 00:07:24,They wanna know what the f***k's going on.

00:07:24,569 --> 00:07:26,- I can't hear you.
- Turn the studio mike on.

00:07:26,863 --> 00:07:29,- We're back on in 11 seconds.
- Ten seconds.

00:07:29,908 --> 00:07:31,Howard, what are you doing?

00:07:31,409 --> 00:07:33,- Have you flipped?
- I think we better get him off.

00:07:33,870 --> 00:07:35,- Get him off.
- What's the matter with you?

00:07:35,956 --> 00:07:39,- Get your f***g hands off.
- Turn the sound off. He's going out live!

00:07:39,501 --> 00:07:41,We're in a lot of f***g trouble down here.

00:07:41,837 --> 00:07:44,- This is the dumbest thing I've ever seen.
- That's my head.

00:07:44,714 --> 00:07:46,Go to standby. You dumb schmuck!

00:07:49,928 --> 00:07:52,Lou, can't we clear out that downstairs lobby?

00:07:52,222 --> 00:07:53,- There must be a hundred people.
- How?

00:07:54,141 --> 00:07:57,Every TV station and wire service
in the city. I could barely get in.

00:07:58,061 --> 00:08:00,- Arthur, anything litigable?
- Not so far.

00:08:00,856 --> 00:08:03,- How many spots were wiped out?
- Frank just walked in.

00:08:03,525 --> 00:08:05,We had to abort. What could we do?

00:08:05,277 --> 00:08:07,He's talking to Wheeler.
Over 900 phone calls...

00:08:07,654 --> 00:08:09,- ...complaining about foul...