Network

Network is a 1976 film satirizing the cynical and manipulative nature of television in general, network practices, and news programming. The primary plot thread centers on venerable but aging anchorman Howard Beale, to be fired due to low ratings. Beale becomes increasingly unhinged and uses his remaining shows to rant profanely, becoming a media sensation which the network promotes to his own show (while at the same time exploiting his breakdown). The most famous line comes when Beale concludes a rant by shouting "I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore!" and encouraging viewers nationwide to do the same, which they do.
==References==
*Bruno, leading a group of disgruntled apartment building tenants in the third season Dog City episode "Reduce, Reuse, Retrieve," paraphrases the movie's iconic line, sanitized for Saturday morning: "We are as mad as heck, and we are not gonna take it anymore!"
==Connections==
*Ned Beatty played Arthur Jensen
*Conchata Ferrell played Barbara Schlesinger
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