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If you're watching because you don't love me.

And today we're looking at TV secrets that took years, sometimes decades to finally come into focus.

These are the behind the scenes truths that reshaped how we understand some of television's biggest shows and most powerful figures.

Tuesday, while handing down the three to ten year sentence, the judge said it is time for justice.

Mr. Cosby, this is all circled back to you.

Time has come how powerful TV executives stayed protected for years.

This sending shock waves this morning through the media world.

Media mogul Les Moonves now answering to those allegations against him.

It comes as the broader culture of CBS is being criticized and the network vows an investigation.

For decades, allegations against powerful figures in television often surfaced quietly, if at all, while public consequences arrived much later.

Major investigative reporting eventually revealed how this pattern persisted.

Six women telling the New Yorker they believe their careers were derailed after rejecting Moonves advances in allegations that date from the 1980s to 2000s.

Four of the women described forcible touching or kissing during business meetings.

In many cases, human resources systems treated the allegations as isolated incidents instead of part of a broader pattern.

This meant that misconduct could continue for years without triggering decisive action.

When public reckonings finally occurred, they often appeared sudden to audiences.

Those allegations surfacing just weeks ago.

Roger Ailes, the man who built Fox News from the ground up, is out as top boss.

Subsequent investigations showed they were typically the culmination of long standing concerns and that had been documented but contained.

The revelation wasn't simply that misconduct existed.

It was how consistently institutional structures absorbed complaints and delayed accountability.

That understanding fundamentally changed how viewers interpret abrupt firings and late breaking scandals across the television industry.

Blake, what's the response been from cbs?

Well, CBS says they are very mindful of all sexual harassment allegations and they take them very seriously.

But they also add that CBS does not agree with the broader picture of the company painted in that article why Game of Thrones rushed its ending.

Game of Thrones, the music in this entire series never ever fell below perfection.

I've always loved the music and they still nail it, but narratively it's just a complete.

I really don't think you could think of a worse ending narratively for this show.

When Game of Thrones concluded, criticism focused heavily on pacing, with many viewers questioning why the final stretch felt so compressed.

HBO had expressed openness to producing additional seasons.

But the decision to conclude the series after eight seasons ultimately rested with the showrunners.

Whatever ending we were ever going to come up with, like let's say they made us all hairdressers, everyone still would have been really upset because people joyfully didn't want it to end at all.

By that point, the series had surpassed George R.R.

martin's published novels, meaning the television production was charting its own course toward an endpoint without completed source material.

At the same time, the scale of the show had become enormous, with extended production timelines, complex effects work, and

In retrospect, the rushed ending reflects creative limits and logistical realities colliding with unprecedented ambition.

One of these f ing goobers wrote, x Men, Wolverine, for God's sakes.

So we're obviously not dealing with competent, talented people.

And yet, for some reason, these borderline illiterate writers thought they could finish one of the most finely crafted stories in six episodes.

At its peak, ER was the most watched drama on television, making the departure of major cast members feel confusing and even alarming to audiences at the time.

These exits were often framed as surprising creative choices.

In reality, though, George Clooney, for example, had publicly signaled well in advance that he planned to lead the series once his contract ended, as his film career accelerated.

Anthony Edwards departure followed a similar pattern.

More broadly, ER's demanding production schedule and long seasons made sustained participation difficult over many years.

In hindsight, the show's evolving cast reflects the realities of television contracts, personal priorities, and

the strain of maintaining a high intensity drama for over a decade.

How the Friends cast changed TV salaries forever.

Six stars from one series holding out for $100,000 per episode salaries.

NBC, home to Friends, is busy previewing its fall season for TV critics gathered in la.

During Friends decade long run, viewers saw six actors whose chemistry appeared effortless and equal on screen.

What wasn't widely known at the time was how deliberately the cast protected that balance off screen.

Instead of allowing the studio to differentiate pay based on popularity or screen time, they insisted on salary parity, presenting themselves as a single unit.

I got a call from Schwimmer, you know, saying, look, this seems like the thing to do, and.

Yeah, and it may have been Courtney's idea, and I think it was.

But maybe they spoke and Schwimmer called me and I just said, oh yeah, okay, that sounds really good.

This, strangely, proved remarkably effective.

As the show's ratings dominance continued, the cast's leverage grew, culminating in salaries of roughly $1 million per episode for each actor in the final seasons.

It became a landmark example of ensemble bargaining in television, influencing how actors approached contract negotiations and how studios assess the long term financial risks of hit shows.

Unfortunately, we're in a business where when there's success, there's a history of people renegotiating.

We're in very good hands with Warner Brothers.

They own the show, and Warner Brothers is having discussions with them.

Why the Lost Finale Divided Fans so Deeply.

When Lost ended in 2010, the response was immediate and sharply divided.

Some viewers found the finale emotionally fulfilling, while others were frustrated by unanswered questions.

From early in its run, Lost functioned on two a mystery driven narrative and a character focused emotional drama.

Over time, fan culture and intense theorizing placed increasing emphasis on solving every puzzle, shaping expectations around definitive explanations.

Some people might have thought it was great.

I think a lot of people were going to be dissatisfied almost no matter what they did.

I'm not exactly sure what they did, but it was brilliant.

The finale, however, prioritized emotional closure and thematic resolution over exhaustive answers.

Although the creators eventually addressed misconceptions, including clarifying that the characters were not dead the whole time, dissatisfaction persisted for some viewers.

Norm MacDonald was fired for jokes NBC didn't want.

simpson says that he would have taken a bullet or stood in front of a train for Nicole.