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. >> carol burnett is the single most talented woman or performer ever. could do everything. >> she started on the gary moore show and became a big star. people forget how much she was a part of the culture at one point in time. >> i did not think i could ever host a variety show. >> welcome to our first show we are doing. i'm very excited and happy you are all with us tonight. we have a nice full group. can you bump up the lights so i can see? ooh! >> a fellow of a tuxedo doing a monologue and will they take a woman doing this? i said i hope they will take me at least for 13 weeks. it worked for 11 years. i never thought it would go that long. >> i knew i wanted to do musical comedy and guest stars. i wanted to do sketches and the way the caesar had that. >> there were 10 variety shows on at the same time carol burnett was on. approximately 10 comedy writers on each show. i was the only woman out of all of them. the funny thing about female writers in television, in the beginning i would not say they were very welcomed, but there were exceptions. >> i in

but we're also a >> once inside, he sat next to his wife, and even julie andrews and carol burnett weremong the many stars who showed their support. >> that's a good looking family there, nancy. he brought along his daughter sarah and son charlie. cop dprat lagss. well sdeerved. >> you bet. and the whole family. >>> still ahead, more from our exclusive interview with alan thick's youngest son. we take carter back tohe t first time we met him. as a young ring bearer at his dad's wedding. >> wow, that's a long time ago. drew barrymore on how her new role helped her through her divorce. >> i lost like 20 pounds playing her. i just started thinking like a woman again. >>> our exclusive "big bang theory" sneak peek. >> i'm a grown man. i have a thick skin. >> you're so stupid. >> hey. by -- z25eiz z16fz y25eiy y16fy >>> now, an exclusive sneak peek at tonight's "big bang theory." >> i have an emotion to >> raj has called a meeting with all his ex-girl friends. >> i want information in order to improve myself. >> you're not going to get information, you're just going to get criticism and hurt

even carol burnett was there to show support. >> well, now, that's a good looking family p there, nancyg along his daughter, sarah and son, charlie. congratulations and well deserved. >> congrats to that. the whole family. >> absolutely. >> still laid, moahead, more in from alan thicke's son, carter. >> where are we now, carter? >> as a young ring bear eater his dader /* bearer at his dad's wedding. >> and drew barrymore. how her new role helped her through her divorce. >> i lost about 20 pounds playing her and started thinking like a woman again. >> the big bang theory sneak peek. >> i'm a grown man. >> you've so stupid. >> hey. >> closed captioning provided by -- >>> now an exclusive sneak peek at tonight's big bang theory. >> i have a motion detector. >> sheldon plays with his new toy, raj called a meeting with all his ex girlfriends. >> why would you do that, raj? >> i want information to improve myself. >> you're not going to get information. you've just going to get criticism that hurts your feelings. >> don't worry, i'm a grown man. i have a thick skin. >> you're so stupid. >> he

. >> once inside, he sat next to his wife, and even julie andrews and carol burnett were among the manytars who showed their support. >> that's a good looking family there, nancy. he brought along his daughter sarah and son charlie. cop dprat lagss. well deserved. >> you bet. and the whole family. >>> still ahead, more from our exclusive interview with alan thick's youngest son. we take carter back to the first time we met him. as a young ring bearer at his dad's wedding. >> wow, that's a long time ago. >> drew barrymore on how her new role helped her through her divorce. >> i lost like 20 pounds playing her. i just started thinking like a woman again. >>> our exclusive "big bang theory" sneak peek. >> i'm a grown man. i have a thick skin. >> you're so stupid. >> hey. >>> closed captioning provided by -- with top prizes ofpounding than 50 thousand dollars?... how about winning... on the spot. we won! play cupid's cash, the new game from the pennsylvania lottery. and you could win... on the spot. keep on scratchin'! ♪ strummed guitar you can't experience the canadian rockies through a sc

. >> carol burnett is the single most talented women or performer ever.everything. >> she started on "the gary moore show" and became a big star. people forget just how much she was a part of the culture at one point in time. >> i did not think that i would want to ever or could ever host a variety show. >> welcome to our first show we're doing. i'm real excited and very happy you're all with us. looks like we've got a nice, full group. could you bump up the lights so i could see -- ohh! gorgeous. >> you had an image of a fellow in a tuxedo coming out and doing a monologue, and will they take a woman doing this? and i said, i hope they'll take me at least for 13 weeks, you know? and it worked! it worked for 11 years. i never thought it would go that long. >> i knew i wanted to do musical comedy. i wanted guest stars. i wanted to do sketches. i wanted a rep company the way sid caesar had one. >> there were ten variety shows on at the same time that carol burnett was on, and they were approximately ten comedy writers on each show. and i was the only woman o

carol burnett, we love you.areer news, love this story, indianapolis colts punter pat mcafee, he is punting a $2.75 million salary to pursue his dream of making people laugh. the nfl player turned comedian will be joining a sports satire website heading up their brand-new indianapolis bureau made especially for him. this is obviously a brave he is the best punting record in the nfl last season. he's walking away from quite a lot. he also, though did have three knee surgeries in the past four years and said he was just starting to feel like he had to follow his dream. he isn't taking this lightly. he wrote a heartfelt note to twitter followers where he expressed his gratitude to the people of indianapolis and excitement are to the future and said do not be afraid to follow your dreams. it won't be his first foray. he tried stand-up. he is funny and active on twitter if you want to check him out and well aware that he could take the hardest hits he's ever taken in his career. we're wishing you the best of luck. >>

but at the song book event, i got to be on stage with carol burnett and julie andrews. >> stephen: unbelievablestage with them because you're the consummate pro. you're absolutely the kind of performer who can land a punch line like a dime in a shot glass from 20 feet. you're just absolutely such a brilliant and precise performer, i just admire you so much. >> continue. ( laughter ) >> stephen: well, now we've got "the good fight" -- >> it's called "the good fight." >> stephen: sounds a lot like "the good wife." >> mm-hmm. >> stephen: in this -- how similar is it? >> i'm similar in that i was on the "the good wife" for seven years and now i'm in the pilot and i'm the ostensible series lead. but it is the diane lockhart character you see in the pilot being very diane, you know, as you saw in that scene. you know, she's about to retire, she's reached the top of her game. she's always well dressed and dignified, but one-third the way through the pilot, she loses all her money in a madoff ponzi scheme and she's looking for work and that's the scene you saw in her own law firm. it's a woman having t

. >> carol burnett is the single most talented woman or purchaerr ever. she started on the gary moore show and became a big star. people forget just how much she was a part of the culture at one point in time. >> i did not think that i would want to ever -- could ever host a variety show. >> welcome to our first show we're doing, i'm excited and happy that you're all with us tonight. looks like we have a nice full group. could you bump up the lights so i can see? ooh, gorgeous! >> they had an image of a fellow in a tuxedo coming out and doing a monologue, and will they take a woman doing this. i said, i hope they'll take me for at least 13 weeks. and it worked. it worked for 11 years. i never thought it would go that long. >> of course you can watch "the history of comedy" tomorrow night at 10:00 p.m. right here on cnn. the next hour of "cnn newsroom" begins right now. >>> good morning, everyone, poppy harlow. >> i'm john berman. talk is swirling around washington about contact between russian officials and trump campaign officials during election season,

." >> and it ended with the "carol burnett variety show" at 10:00. >> they used to call it murderers'ple had no dvrs, no vhs, nothing with initials. so people would stay home on saturday nights. they wouldn't go to the movies. they wouldn't go to restaurants. that may be the best night of television in all of television history. >> mary tyler moore was a single woman working as an associate producer on a nightly tv show. >> you know what? you've got spunk. >> yeah. >> i hate spunk! >> there were a lot of young women entering the workplace then. and for some of them, mary tyler moore was like a port of entry. >> i'm doing as good a job as he did. >> better. >> better! and i'm being paid less than he was because -- >> you're a woman. >> the television female could be a hero. she could be the main event. >> rita. all right. >> out loud! >> the first script written by allen burns and jim gricks had mary coming to minneapolis divorced. and very quickly cbs says, no, no, no, no, no. >> at the beginning of the decade, divorce was considered somewhat scandalous. >> she went on dates with a lo

you had ll cool j and carol burnett and julie andrews and the gamut and between. >> congratulations. support from onshore experts, so we have extra sets of eyes on our wells every day. because safety is never being satisfied. and always workio ng tbe better. it's going to turn breezy into the afternoon. you will notice that outside today. otherwise, clouds and sunshine, upper 40s to here 50s. turning colder towards the end of the week and into the weekend. sunday, a stray chance of a flurry or shower, but it looks like super bowl, more than anything, mid-40s. >>> the orange line, we had an earlier train malfunction. route 15, closed down by was berry drive because of an -- because of raspberry drive. pennsy that intersection. we talked about the problems on the ramp from 66 eastbound onto constitution avenue, a vehicle there, so slow-moving as you try to get off that ramp by roosevelt bridge. we have a crash on the shoulder at route 5, branch avenue, a slow as you head into washington, d.c. meaghan mooney is in the studio this morning getting ready for "great day washington." what is

you had ll cool j and carol burnett and julie andrews and the gamut and everybody in between. >> congratulationsght. some demonstrators set fires and smashed wind >>> good morning, it's 8:55. i'm kenny choi. classes should be back to normal at uc-berkeley last night after riots. there was a protest against a scheduled speech against milo yiannopoulos. it was canceled in the interests of safety. >>> tesla motors is a thing of the past it's now tesla. the palo alto-based company is shortening its name because of selling more than just cars. they will developing solar panels. >>> the engineering professor who signed off on the millennium tower in san francisco is expected to testify today regarding the leaning building's design and approval process. san francisco officials say that the tower has sunk 16 inches since it was built less than a decade ago. >>> stick around; we'll have traffic and weather in just a moment. ,,,,,,,,,, >>> good morning. it's 8:57. let's check your bay area roads. they are wet and slippery so let's start with the san mateo bridge from hayward to foster city. that's about 2

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of course you would be and speak about these stars and i don't want to drop names, carol burnett. >>clip from. let's see. >> what is this? >> i hear them screaming in the control room. >> here it comes. ♪ when you act you can be many things you can be anything ♪ ♪ you can dream of it's a fact a princess a fairy a monster that's scary and guy with a hunch in his back ♪ ♪ a winsome way to spend the despres tending ♪ ♪ oh when you act >> alec baldwin. an unlikely duo. [ applause ] >> now, we have each episode we have a guest star who comes to help teach a master class and alec comes to teach us about acting. doesn't he, riley. >> do you have a question, riley? >> well, actually i kind of wanted to know how many lighting instruments there are here. it's pretty cool. that's actually what i love most about the theater is there's something for everybody. you know, even if you're not into performing like i wasn't at first, i could still make things and help. >> and you created all kinds of things like fog machines. >> oh, yeah. >> and confetti cannons. >> confetti and foggy my two machines,

, he met with -- the president met with mark burnett yesterday at the white house, a private meeting as well. he is there introducing them as you said, carol. >> exactly. the past few days have been so contentious, especially between republicans and democrats on capitol hill. i think that democrats at least are very curious to see if donald trump will speak in a conciliatory tone. >> reporter: sure. i think they're always wondering that. at this setting at this national prayer breakfast, i am told by an administration official that the president is not going the use this speech as an attempt to unveil any new policies or proposals. he's going to thank some people in the room. again, show his leadership. as president, he has to do several things at one time, of course. i would not be at all surprised if some of the democratic senators he is meeting with this morning or seeing this morning, if he may ask them for their support for his supreme court nominee. it seems like it's been a long time ago, carol, but only a couple days ago he made that nominati nomination. that is something that really is next up here in washington, will his nominee