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title: "3 Television Circus Quotes by 2 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Television Circus quotes by 2 authors. Discover the best Television Circus sayings and thoughts."
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> [That makes entertaining television. That is the circus of American Idol . We go for the very, very best and the very,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-lythgoe/that-makes-entertaining-television-that-is-the-circus-of-american/)

[Nigel Lythgoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-lythgoe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e9/nigel-lythgoe-17711_american-idol_that-makes-entertaining-television-that_664227.png)

> [Television is not the truth! Television is a goddamned amusement park. Television is a circus, a carnival, a travelling troupe of acrobats…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paddy-chayefsky/television-is-not-the-truth-television-is-a-goddamned-amusement-park/)

[Paddy Chayefsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paddy-chayefsky/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a39/paddy-chayefsky-17963_amusement_television-is-not-the-truth-television-i_874901.jpg)

> [Television is god-damned amusement park. Television is a circus, a carnival, a traveling troupe of acrobats, storytellers, dancers, singers, jugglers, sideshow freaks,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paddy-chayefsky/television-is-god-damned-amusement-park-television-is-a-circus-a/)

[Paddy Chayefsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paddy-chayefsky/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e2/paddy-chayefsky-17963_amusement_television-is-god-damned-amusement-park_1254148.jpg)

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