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

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.

The agendas on the management side of the table now are not in sync like they used to be because you have vastly different entities supplying programming to networks.

I hardly see myself as a futurist.

People recognize certain things, like 'D' means 'this dialogue stinks.' We're dealing with shows that are written here, shot in New York and posted back here. Accurate communication is a necessity.

If you're going to vote on a television contract, there is a certain rationality to saying that the same structures that are applied to Health Plan participation should be placed on the right to vote on a strike.

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