james andrew miller is with us with his work on creative talent at espn, as and l, and others. espn, s and others., snl, and iswhat great back in the day it did not pander. they did what they thought was cool and it became cool. it is a total paradigm shift when you think about it. >> david brooks, go read it four times. crushing the' -- --shing the puck posse that crushing the poposity. lead -- viewers and readers have more dialogue. >> i don't think snl looks outward. i think they understand when they get into trouble about not having a black female star. it in terms of -- in terms of creative content there in their own biosphere. >> 2013 was a banner year for tv. house of cards made its debut on netflix. breaking bad wrapped up its five season run. and scandal rate in its test rating yet. its testandal rate in rating yet. bestandal raked in its rating yet. downton abbey, lady sybil. or is she coming back? >> it is remarkable to see how network series have upped their game in the face of these -- >> tom's agenda for saturday is sit in front of the television and catch up on d

information on hacking into classified websites, including some in the bay area. 23-year-old andrew james miller was sentenced yesterday for hacking into numerous networks. in one case he remotely broke into computers at lawrence-livermore lab and left back door access that he planned to sell for $50,000. >>> b.a.r.t. and its unions will be back at the bargaining table this afternoon. they'll try to iron out a disputed provision that gives transit workers six weeks of paid family leave. b.a.r.t. insists it was a mistake, but union leaders say a deal is a deal. >>> also happening today, contract talks resume between a.c. transit and union drivers. the union and the district are nearing the end of a 60-day cooling off period in talks that began in march. today's contra costa times reports the situation is approaching a boiling point again. members have twice rejected contract offers reached in negotiations. >>> coming up, the wedding journey you can take with neil shone and his white house crashing fiancee this weekend, but it's not free. >>> and the science behind shopping of happier holidays. ti