` ` in Hollywood : The Chandlers and Their Times '' premieres Monday on PBS . Historian : They not only dominated Los Angeles , they invented it . The city grew from a small desert town to the nation 's second-largest city , while the family became one of the nation 's wealthiest . Los Angeles went from small desert town to nation 's second - largest city . The Chandler family newspaper dynasty ended in 1985 .
` ` in Hollywood : The Chandlers and Their Times '' premieres Monday on PBS . Historian : They not only dominated Los Angeles , they invented it . Los Angeles went from small desert town to nation 's second - largest city . The Chandler family newspaper dynasty ended in 1985 .