We go into the awards ceremony. I give a little talk about TV, saying that when I was a child, I was often sad and felt threatened and vulnerable. I wished I had had a clubhouse where I could hide from what threatened me. When I grew up, I suddenly realized one day that TV was that clubhouse. It's where people of any age can go any old time to hide from their problems and worries, to recharge their psychic batteries, to mentally and physically unwind and to prepare for their next struggle.
Television is far from perfect.
The audience looked totally uncomprehending. Then the awards are given out. West Wing gets quite a few awards. Dick Van Dyke tells us Diagnosis Murder has been skedded against E.R. next year. The Sopranos gets a lot of awards.