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History of the SitcomWhat sitcoms offer an escape from and to reveals a lot about the state of the American mind -- and the state of sitcom form itself.

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History of the SitcomWhat sitcoms offer an escape from and to reveals a lot about the state of the American mind -- and the state of sitcom form itself.0History of the SitcomMoms, dads, husbands, wives, brothers, sisters -- more than just a hilarious reflection of people to grow up and old with, sitcoms have opened the hearts of many to a more inclusive vision of what family can mean.

Amanpour: Sex and Love Around the World

• Now Playing42minTokyo
• Now Playing42minDelhi
• Now Playing42minBeirut
• Now Playing42minBerlin
• Now Playing42minShanghai
• Now Playing42minAccra

American Dynasties: The Kennedys

• Now Playing43minThe Power of Wealth
• Now Playing43minThe Path to Power
• Now Playing43minBrothers in Arms
• Now Playing42minFamily Secrets
• Now Playing43minThe Legend of Camelot
• Now Playing43minThe Legacy

American Style

• Now Playing43minWar Boots to Work Suits
• Now Playing43minBorn to Be Wild
• Now Playing43minMaterial World
• Now Playing42min21st Century Vogue

Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations

• Now Playing42minHoliday
• Now Playing43minMozambique
• Now Playing43minKansas City
• Now Playing43minCroatian Coast
• Now Playing43minLisbon
• Now Playing43minJapan Cook It Raw
• Now Playing43minFinland
• Now Playing43minBaja
• Now Playing43minPenang
• Now Playing43minAustin
• Now Playing43minSydney
• Now Playing43minEmilia Romagna
• Now Playing43minBurgundy
• Now Playing43minRio
• Now Playing43minDominican Republic
• Now Playing43minBrooklyn

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown S1-3

• Now Playing43minMyanmar
• Now Playing43minKoreatown
• Now Playing43minColombia
• Now Playing42minQuebec
• Now Playing43minTangier, Morocco
• Now Playing43minLibya
• Now Playing43minPeru
• Now Playing44minCongo
• Now Playing43minJerusalem
• Now Playing44minSpain
• Now Playing44minNew Mexico
• Now Playing44minCopenhagen
• Now Playing44minSicily
• Now Playing44minSouth Africa
• Now Playing43minTokyo
• Now Playing44minDetroit
• Now Playing44minPunjab
• Now Playing44minLas Vegas
• Now Playing43minLyon
• Now Playing44minMexico
• Now Playing44minMississippi
• Now Playing44minThailand
• Now Playing44minBrazil

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown S4-8

• Now Playing44minShanghai
• Now Playing42minThe Bronx
• Now Playing44minParaguay
• Now Playing44minVietnam
• Now Playing44minTanzania
• Now Playing44minIran
• Now Playing44minMassachusetts
• Now Playing44minJamaica
• Now Playing43minKorea
• Now Playing43minMiami
• Now Playing43minScotland
• Now Playing43minBudapest
• Now Playing43minMadagascar
• Now Playing43minNew Jersey
• Now Playing43minHawaii
• Now Playing43minBeirut
• Now Playing43minCuba
• Now Playing43minMarseille
• Now Playing43minOkinawa
• Now Playing43minBay Area
• Now Playing43minEthiopia
• Now Playing43minBorneo
• Now Playing43minIstanbul
• Now Playing43minCharleston
• Now Playing43minManila: The Philippines

Chasing Life With Dr. Sanjay Gupta

• Now Playing43minJapan
• Now Playing43minIndia
• Now Playing43minBolivia
• Now Playing43minNorway
• Now Playing43minItaly
• Now Playing43minTurkey

Crimes of the Century

• Now Playing43minLennon Murder
• Now Playing43minAndrea Yates
• Now Playing43minReagan Attempt
• Now Playing44minOklahoma Bombing
• Now Playing43minWaco
• Now Playing43minUnabomber

Declassified

• Now Playing43minTrigon: The KGB Chess Game
• Now Playing43minThe Hunt for Saddam
• Now Playing43minZarqawi: The Father of ISIS
• Now Playing43minCuba: Traitor on the Inside
• Now Playing43minCross International
• Now Playing43minThe Taliban's Double Agent
• Now Playing43minRed Storm Rising
• Now Playing43minHexagon: The Secret Satellite

Diana

• Now Playing43minThe Girl From Norfolk
• Now Playing43minRoyal Rivalries
• Now Playing43minDi Mania
• Now Playing43minA Royal Rogue
• Now Playing43minThe Price of Freedom
• Now Playing43minHer Legacy Continues

Eva Longoria: Searching For Mexico

• Now Playing43minMexico City
• Now Playing43minYucatan
• Now Playing43minOaxaca
• Now Playing43minNuevo Leon
• Now Playing43minJalisco
• Now Playing43minVeracruz

Finding Jesus: Faith, Fact, Forgery

• Now Playing43minShroud of Turin
• Now Playing43minJohn the Baptist
• Now Playing43minJudas
• Now Playing43minSecret Brother
• Now Playing43minThe True Cross
• Now Playing43minMary Magdalene

First Ladies

• Now Playing1hr 5minMichelle Obama
• Now Playing43minJackie Kennedy
• Now Playing43minNancy Reagan
• Now Playing43minEleanor Roosevelt
• Now Playing43minHillary Rodham Clinton
• Now Playing43minLady Bird Johnson

History of the Sitcom

• Now Playing42minA Family Matter
• Now Playing42minJust Friends
• Now Playing42minWorking for Laughs
• Now Playing42minFacing Race
• Now Playing42minMovin' on Up
• Now Playing42minFreaks, Geeks and Outsiders
• Now Playing42minEscaping Reality

How It Really Happened

• Now Playing41minThe Menendez Brothers: Part 1
• Now Playing41minThe Menendez Brothers: Part 2
• Now Playing41minThe OJ Simpson Case: Part 1
• Now Playing41minThe OJ Simpson Case: Part 2
• Now Playing41minWho Killed JonBenet? Part 1
• Now Playing41minWho Killed JonBenet? Part 2
• Now Playing41minStrange Case of Jeffrey Dahmer
• Now Playing41minCapturing the Unabomber
• Now Playing43minThe Casey Anthony Story Part 1
• Now Playing43minThe Casey Anthony Story Part 2
• Now Playing43minThe Gianni Versace Murder
• Now Playing43minThe Mystery of Heaven's Gate
• Now Playing43minWho Killed Chandra Levy?
• Now Playing43minThe Case of the Killer Nanny
• Now Playing43minDid Scott Murder Laci? Part 1
• Now Playing43minDid Scott Murder Laci? Part 2

Lincoln: Divided We Stand

• Now Playing42minRising Star
• Now Playing42minPortrait of a Leader
• Now Playing42minA Country on the Edge
• Now Playing42minA Proclamation
• Now Playing42minThe Dogs of War
• Now Playing43minHope, Tragedy, the New Normal

Never Been Asked with Lucas Brody

• Now Playing7minCharles Barkley
• Now Playing8miniShowSpeed
• Now Playing7minRDC World
• Now Playing7minCanelo Alvarez
• Now Playing7minLuke Bryan
• Now Playing6minCam Newton
• Now Playing8minJon Jones
• Now Playing7minNate Bargatze
• Now Playing8minMichael Phelps
• Now Playing8minBlake Griffin
• Now Playing9minBryson DeChambeau
• Now Playing10minArch Manning

Pope: The Most Powerful Man in History

• Now Playing42minThe Rise of the Pope
• Now Playing43minResignation of Benedict XVI
• Now Playing43minThe Price of Progress
• Now Playing43minRevolution: A Church Divided
• Now Playing43minThe Wartime Popes
• Now Playing42minChange and the Modern Papacy

Race for the White House

• Now Playing43minObama vs. McCain
• Now Playing43minReagan vs. Carter
• Now Playing43minLBJ vs. Goldwater
• Now Playing43minWilson vs. Roosevelt vs. Taft
• Now Playing43minCarter vs. Ford
• Now Playing43minEisenhower vs. Stevenson

See It Loud

• Now Playing42minSitcom-ish
• Now Playing42minDrama Deconstructed
• Now Playing42minKeeping It Real
• Now Playing42minLaughing Out Loud
• Now Playing42minGalaxies Beyond

Soundtracks

• Now Playing42minThe MLK Jr. Assassination
• Now Playing42minSeptember 11th
• Now Playing42minKent State and the Vietnam War
• Now Playing42minHurricane Katrina
• Now Playing42minThe Space Race
• Now Playing42minOut, Loud, and Proud
• Now Playing42minBattle of the Sexes
• Now Playing42minThe Fall of Communism

Stanley Tucci: Searching For Italy

• Now Playing43minNaples and the Amalfi Coast
• Now Playing43minRome
• Now Playing43minBologna
• Now Playing43minMilan
• Now Playing43minTuscany
• Now Playing43minSicily
• Now Playing43minVenice
• Now Playing43minPiedmont
• Now Playing43minUmbria
• Now Playing43minLondon
• Now Playing43minCalabria
• Now Playing43minPuglia
• Now Playing43minSardinia
• Now Playing43minLiguria

The History of Comedy

• Now Playing43minF**king Funny
• Now Playing43minThe Funnier Sex
• Now Playing43minThe Comedy of Real Life
• Now Playing43minOne Nation, Under Comedy
• Now Playing43minRipped From the Headlines
• Now Playing43minSpark of Madness
• Now Playing43minMaking Fun
• Now Playing43minPolitics Aside

The Redemption Project

• Now Playing43minA Mother's Justice
• Now Playing43minMy Mother's Murder
• Now Playing43minLife Forever Altered
• Now Playing43minSmall Town Reckoning
• Now Playing43minOfficer Down
• Now Playing43minLeft for Dead
• Now Playing43minDeath of an American Dream

The Story of Late Night

• Now Playing42minInventing Late Night TV
• Now Playing42minCarson: King of Late Night
• Now Playing42minEyes on the Throne
• Now Playing42minLetterman vs. Leno
• Now Playing42minMaking the Headlines
• Now Playing54minReinventing Late Night TV

The Windsors: Inside the Royal Dynasty

• Now Playing43minSuccession
• Now Playing43minThe Reluctant King
• Now Playing43minThe Young Queen
• Now Playing43minLove or Duty?
• Now Playing42minPrincess, Prince, Press
• Now Playing42minA New Generation

The Wonder List with Bill Weir

• Now Playing43minVanuatu: Landlords of Paradise
• Now Playing43minGalapagos: Fight For Survival
• Now Playing43minIkaria: Forget To Die
• Now Playing43minIndia: Tigers and the Taj
• Now Playing43minVenice: Sink or Swim
• Now Playing43minThe Alps: Fire and Ice
• Now Playing42minEverglades: A Fight For Glory
• Now Playing43minCuba: Forbidden Island
• Now Playing43minIceland: The Wedding Crash
• Now Playing43minColorado River: Thirst
• Now Playing43minBhutan: The Happiest Place
• Now Playing43minBotswana: The Hunted
• Now Playing43minAmsterdam: Future of Freedom
• Now Playing43minPatagonia: Paradise Bought
• Now Playing43minMadagascar: Richest Poor
• Now Playing43minEgypt: The Sunken City
• Now Playing43minAlaska: Buried Treasure
• Now Playing43minNew Zealand: Prey on Predators
• Now Playing43minPeru: The Curse of Incan Gold

This Is Life With Lisa Ling

• Now Playing43minSugar Daddies, Sugar Babies
• Now Playing43minUnholy Addiction
• Now Playing43minSuper Sperm
• Now Playing43minFilthy Rich
• Now Playing43minRoad Strip
• Now Playing43minJungle Fix
• Now Playing43minGay Rodeo
• Now Playing43minCalled to the Collar
• Now Playing43minChildren of the Prophet
• Now Playing43minElectronic Woodstock
• Now Playing43minInside Mongol Nation
• Now Playing43minFatherless Towns
• Now Playing43minFaces That Sell
• Now Playing43minAmerica's Busiest Coroners
• Now Playing43minThe Seduction Game
• Now Playing43minThe Satanists Next Door
• Now Playing43minLocked Angeles
• Now Playing43minWomen Who Fight
• Now Playing43minThe Black and White of Heroin
• Now Playing43min21st Century Brothel
• Now Playing43minSilicon Savants
• Now Playing43minWired Philly
• Now Playing43minSins of the Father
• Now Playing43minPrison Love
• Now Playing43minSexual Healing

Tricky Dick

• Now Playing43minPart One: The Will to Win
• Now Playing43minPart Two: Nixon's the One
• Now Playing43minPart Three: Storm Clouds
• Now Playing43minPart 4: You Destroy Yourself

United Shades of America

• Now Playing43minThe New KKK
• Now Playing43minBehind the Walls
• Now Playing43minLatino, USA
• Now Playing43minProtect and Serve?
• Now Playing43minOff the Grid
• Now Playing43minIs It Cool To Be Hip?
• Now Playing43minThe Last Frontier
• Now Playing43minThe Fountain of Youth
• Now Playing43minImmigrants and Refugees
• Now Playing43minChicago Gangs
• Now Playing43minNative "Americans"
• Now Playing43minMuslims in Small Town America
• Now Playing43minPuerto Ricans and Puerto Rico
• Now Playing43minAppalachian Coal Country
• Now Playing43minIt's Chinatown!
• Now Playing43minThe Border
• Now Playing43minSikhs in America
• Now Playing43minThe South Carolina Gullah
• Now Playing43minThe Disability Community
• Now Playing43minHBCUs
• Now Playing43minSweet Home (Mobile) Alabama
• Now Playing43minThe Canadian Way
• Now Playing43minNative Hawaii
• Now Playing43minMegachurches
• Now Playing43minNot All White People