Television Quotes · Page 162

More and more, I've started to understand that no show is dead unless somebody decrees it's dead at a studio.

— Jim Beaver

A lot of reality shows tend to harp on the negative. The person isn't pretty enough or can't sing well enough or…

— Bruce Nash

I love working with people who have had television experience because I think there's a real efficiency and methodology that comes from…

— Eric Bana

I don't think anyone connected with Five-O believed the show would last as long as it did.

— James MacArthur

Our goal is to focus on the unique points of view of our show creators but make shows that have broad appeal.

— Channing Dungey

It used to be for writers that that six seasons and a movie thing, that's the holy grail as writers - your…

— Noah Hawley

“TV sounds are all the same; there's no difference between the sound of the wind in Northern Ireland and the wind on…

— Ryu Murakami

“multi-screen world of ad-wary consumers has rendered Don Draper’s big budget brainwashing useless to all but the biggest brands.”

— Nir Eyal

Back before 'Geordie Shore' there was one reality TV show on in the U.K., and it had only just started, and that…

— Charlotte Crosby

Television and cinema were all very well, but these stories happened to other people. The stories I found in books happened inside…

— Neil Gaiman

In the case of 'Game Of Thrones,' I've been to set a couple of times, and it's really exciting and inspiring for…

— Ramin Djawadi

The experience of reading a novel and watching a television show are quite different. You can't let your audience get ahead of…

— Michelle Fairley

Awareness of having better things to do with their lives is the secret to immunizing our children against false values--whether presented on…

— Polly Berrien Berends

There are some great shows that come and go really fast, either because the network doesn't give them a chance or they…

— Lisa Edelstein

As a John Kerry supporter, I wanted to send him a check. But then it occurred to me that most of that…

— George Meyer

Smug respectability, like the poor, we've had with us always. Today, however, ... such obtuseness is an indulgence we can no longer…

— Studs Terkel

The show is not really about finding love in Silicon Valley, and it never really claimed be so.

— Thomas Middleditch

Television is great but for me, as a performer, nothing compares to a live theatre show.

— Bruce Forsyth

I really started acting when I was 12 when I was doing this television show called 'Jack & Bobby.'

— Logan Lerman

I don't think there is enough educational programming, but unfortunately, television is built around advertising and those shows don't get the big…

— Will McDonough

I always wanted to have 'Bad Boys' on TV. 'Common Law' is reminiscent of my youth.

— Michael Ealy

'Originals' is a show that is not about struggling as a vampire but reveling in it. It's about embracing vampirism.

— Julie Plec

I had a TV show called 'The Apprentice' and it's one of the most successful reality shows in the history of television.…

— Donald Trump

I feel that the BBC World Service is not as versatile as it used to be - or perhaps I'm not listening…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

I don't have a TV at my house. I literally do not. I have a television, but I don't have anything plugged…

— Aimee Teegarden

“Selling the presidency like cereal! How can you talk seriously about issues with half-minute spots?”

— Adlai Stevenson

When you need hits the next day, I watch episodes of 'New Girl.' That's my superstition. It gets me locked in.

— Corey Seager

Television can stir emotions, but it doesn't invite reflection as much as the printed page.

— Bill Moyers

We're a free society; we've got television. We have radio. We have newspapers. We have the videocassette, which is coming into play.…

— Ray Bradbury

I want people of my generation who've never seen 'Endeavour' before to enjoy this series.

— Shaun Evans

Crime dramas will never go away as long as people turn to television for, among other things, reassurance and comfort.

— Tom Shales

Reality television is a scripted hyper-life that employs writers, but won't allow them to call themselves writers or join the union.

— Merrill Markoe

I don't even watch Fox News usually in the prime time hours because I'm home with my kids and that's more important…

— Megyn Kelly

I think the great thing about 'Ashes To Ashes' is that it is very much its own show.

— Daniel Mays

I'm a sports fanatic. It's hard for me to commit to the weekly, episodic nature of television, so for me, anytime that…

— James Roday

Ratings for the XFL are so low that pretty soon they'll be able to address the viewers by name.

— Jay Leno

Any woman can be a siren one minute and in pigtails the next. I am a very complex person with more than…

— Toni Tennille

The reason I fell in love with Buffy was because of the ambiguity, because she was a superhero and a hot mess.…

— Marti Noxon

TV people are great folks, but if I said, 'Come and film a beetroot-jar-opening competition,' they would.

— Guy Martin

Although I loved 'Black Sails,' 'Lost in Space' was like holiday camp after that.

— Toby Stephens