. >> loren michaels, this canadian comedy producer was given free rein. >> hi. i'm loren michaels.rmanent host. >> hello. welcome. thank you for joining us live. >> there were a lot of names bandied about in terms of permanent hosts. >> that's one of those tv rules you mustn't break, until you do. until you realize why don't you have a different host every week. but it was the cast that finally won people's hearts. >> come on, who is this? >> andy-gram. >> you cut your own steaks. we give you the sauce. >> i'm barbara wawa. >> thank you, thank you very much. you're beautiful. you're beautiful. thank you. >> you were drawn to the tv set, because you knew something insane might happen. >> live, live. live from new york! >> partly because it was live. partly because you knew television was now in the hands of the television generation. [ indiscernible ] >> and these were kids in quotes who just might do anything. >> yes, having sex with women, the president within these very walls. that never happened when dick nixon was in the white house. >> it was television, that's partly what mad

and loren michaels says this is great. i said you know, loren, it won't always be like, this someday the ratings won't be good and nbc will call me and say mrierjs tru -- i'm sorry, mr. trump, but the ratings are no good. he said no, they won't even bother to call. it's true, they won't bother to call. and you know the "apprentice" was a tremendous hit. nbc renewed it. i may be the like the only one or one of certainly like, you can count them on your hand that turned down a major renewal. in fact, mark burnett said you got to be kidding, you got to be kidding? you're turning down a major renewal. he called it a renewal. he said you're turning down a renewal. nobody turns it down. and i turned down a renewal for many, many shows, and do you see the kind of money they paid me. remember you had the certain anchor who said he doesn't believe it, and then had to apologize. a lot of money. i told the heads of nbc, the head of comcast, amazing guy, great guy. we'll just call him steve. he's a great guy. the head of nbc, the head

maria: and you see some weakness on important brands so important for macy's like a michael coors, like a ralph lorennot as fast as we were last year and the year before. so that impacts us, we're the largest seller of all the brands. i would not count those guys out. consumers like the fashion brands and would i not count them out. we're in a fashion business and those guys, i believe, will be back. dagen: there any way to tweak the product lineup, and the stores come the holiday season to juice the interest in products? in terms of your turn around time, can you do that? >> yeah, first of all, it's about a six month turn around time, if we haven't done it, we're not going to do it for the holiday season, the good news is that a couple of the key categories that are working, athletic, we talked about, athletic apparel and footwear. >> that's hot. >> that's very, very hot, it's great for that category if it's replacement for the dress and jacket you're wearing, not good overall, but for the category it's very, very good. denim is new for us in terms of its growth. we're a powerhouse denim retailer an