four months after you graduated, you auditioned your first audition was the for show boss with kelsey grammarartist. i was touring doing lot of college shows my manager at the time he was just like listen man we need some money. go get a commercial. >> right. >> or something and i just happened to book my first one. so i learned how to really act on episode one of boss. becaus under his wing. >> number three, you know what, empire is on our channel. >> okay. on our station. you were almost on empire. >> yeah. >> almost. you got time to tell me what happened. is it a long story. >> we'll make it quick. you know, empire, you know, again, is just the testament to what's for you is for you. power was supposed to be for me. i was very close. so was a lot of people. >> all right. so you know what bigger things came to you because you i was digged for power. i watch power. i'm still on season one because i dvr the whole thing i can't stay up late. >> so look, you i was digged for power and awed bunch of props as well. >> yes i did. >> you didn't walk it with your script. you had props. >> yes, i d h

. >> kelsey grammar played pomposity and got huge laughs. >> what's taken so long?r wink and approach i like to plan a strategy, like a general leading his troops into battle. >> checkmate, schwarzkopf. >> i think "frasier" stands as the single most successful spinoff, at least in the history of comedies. >> and the emmy goes to "frasier". >> "frasier". >> "frasier". >> we were lightning hot and it was critical for us to be leading the way not just following. ♪ >> "friends" is about that time in your life when your friends are your family. >> ow! >> when david crane and i lived in new york we were part of a group of six people. >> the machine that was nbc in the '90s for comedy was untouchable. >> you're not from around here, are you? >> it generated so much viewership and money and awards. >> you do not need this. >> it's the top of our wedding cake. >> it's not a scrapbook. it's a freezer. >> we certainly associate nbc of the '90s of having extremely successful sitcoms but they weren't the only network that found their way to having some success. tgif was on abc o