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

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.

I hardly see myself as a futurist.

If the scripts are not good, I'll tell somebody, 'This isn't good.

The most positive step is to try to expand the employment base by making it, if not economically friendly, at least not economically disastrous, for studios to take on deficits.

Their argument is that most shows are losers, which is true, but it's also disingenuous to say, 'We are not going to take the risk unless it is totally covered by the few successful shows that are out there.'

The threat to free television. The reason television is free is because it is a life support system for commercials. That fundamental aspect is about to change.