It's show business. No show, no business.

Everybody knows things are not the same. The people running the TV end of a major vertically integrated company know how much money a successful show can make.

It's show business. No show, no business.

I do love television. But the business is accelerating and people are not getting the chance to fail.

I get bored with establishing shots of people getting out of cars and walking into buildings, getting into elevators and then 45 seconds later they have a line.

It was like in Samoa when they'd put up a movie screen on the beach and show movies and the locals would run behind the sheet to see where the people went. It was pretty grim.

Drama or comedy programming is still the surest way for advertisers to reach a mass audience. Once that changes, all bets are off.