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

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.

I hardly see myself as a futurist.

There are other options out there, after all, like read a book, go on the Internet, rent a movie.

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

I don't think you can really make television based on what you think audiences want. You can only make stories that you like, because you have to watch it so many times.

The environment doesn't change that radically. You are still going to go home at night and NBC is going to be there, ABC and CBS will still be there.