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

I've known John Landgraf for 20 years. He said it perfectly. People will ask if I've seen X. My response has often been, 'Seen it? I've never heard of it.'

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.

The heart and soul of network programming is series programming, the weekly repetition of characters you like having in your house.

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

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.

And the consumer doesn't care. They don't watch networks, they watch TV shows.