TV On the Edge: Moments That Shaped Our Culture Episode Rating Graph

During the 1992 presidential campaign, Vice President Dan Quayle criticizes the show "Murphy Brown."

Oprah walks on stage in slim size 10 jeans, wheeling 67 pounds of animal fat in a red wagon.

In 1997, Ellen DeGeneres makes TV history when her sitcom character comes out on primetime.

After Hurricane Katrina decimated New Orleans in 2005, Kanye West goes on NBC's telethon Concert for Hurricane Relief and famously says, "George Bush doesn't care about Black people" to a live national audience. This becomes one of the first viral moments, but more importantly, a spark that galvanized a generation, laying the groundwork for the Black Lives Matter movement.