Mr. Jensen was unhappy at the idea of taking Howard Beale off the air. Mr. Jensen thinks Howard Beale is bringing a very important message to the American people. So he wants Howard Beale on the air and he wants him kept on.

18 seconds sound clip from the Network (1976) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:52:51.268 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- And it's a happy ending.

- Wayward husband comes to his senses, returns to his wife with whom he's established a long and sustaining love.

- Heartless young woman left alone in her arctic desolation. Music up with a swell. Final commercial.

- And here are a few scenes from next week's show.

- How did it go?

- Mr. Jensen was unhappy at the idea of taking Howard Beale off the air. Mr. Jensen thinks Howard Beale is bringing a very important message to the American people. So he wants Howard Beale on the air and he wants him kept on.

- Mr. Jensen feels we're too catastrophic in our thinking.

- I argued that television was a volatile industry in which success and failure were determined week by week.

- Mr. Jensen said he did not like volatile industries and suggested with a certain sinister silkiness that volatility in business usually reflected bad management.

- He didn't care if Howard Beale was the number-one show or the 50th. He didn't really care if the Beale Show lost money. He wants Howard Beale on the air and he wants him kept on.

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