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

[My] dream writers room: "'Naked City.' Because it still holds up as the absolutely quintessential New York pure cop procedural."

I consider myself one of the luckiest people in the history of show business.

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.'

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

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.