Success is often built on the shoulders of failure - from which new configurations emerge. — Kevin Reilly Failure Copy Share Image
I still love a great pilot as much as I did the day I started at NBC. — Kevin Reilly Day Copy Share Image
It's always a good problem to have to hear people saying they want to see more. — Kevin Reilly Always Copy Share Image
NBC, for me, is like the crazy ex-wife that I can't get away from. — Kevin Reilly Away Copy Share Image
'Surviving Jack' was actually a really nice show that was very well-run creatively. — Kevin Reilly Actually Copy Share Image
The 10 million views on YouTube are... worthless to us as a business. — Kevin Reilly Business Copy Share Image
People love television; they're watching a lot of it in a lot of ways. — Kevin Reilly Lot Copy Share Image
Trying to find big hits has always been a needle-in-a-haystack endeavor. — Kevin Reilly Always Copy Share Image
As an industry, when you're in the talent business, we are way too obsessed on the competition with each other and not… — Kevin Reilly Business Copy Share Image
I do believe that the audience is capable of embracing quality. But a lot of times, they'll be like, 'Why isn't there… — Kevin Reilly Believe Copy Share Image
It's really the rare creator who can tell you where he's going to end the season of 22 episodes. That's not bad.… — Kevin Reilly Bad Copy Share Image
The biggest move that put Fox on the map, from an entertainment perspective, was when 'The Simpsons' moved to Thursday night, and… — Kevin Reilly Living Copy Share Image
What the hell is pilot season? It's an artificial boundary that makes no sense, and it makes you do things under duress. — Kevin Reilly Hell Copy Share Image
The way television is done, you're kind of set on a certain path, and then episodic directors come in every week to… — Kevin Reilly Cinema Copy Share Image
Every television show is hard to do, but when you're in genre and you're recreating worlds and mythologies, they're particularly hard. — Kevin Reilly Hard Copy Share Image
The one thing that I'm really obsessed with is multi-camera comedy. It is a form that is unique to network television. — Kevin Reilly Comedy Copy Share Image
I, for one - I'm not a believer that, now that the Facebooks and Googles and everyone is entering the content fray,… — Kevin Reilly Amazing Copy Share Image
I remember coming up in the business and seeing how the grind turned some executives into grizzled cynics. And I vowed to… — Kevin Reilly Business Copy Share Image
'Glee' is produced with three people and written by three people. In my mind, I don't believe there's any other show on… — Kevin Reilly Believe Copy Share Image
Some of the greatest shows in history - 'Seinfeld,' 'Everybody Loves Raymond' and 'House' - had puny starts but the benefit of… — Kevin Reilly Body love Copy Share Image
It used to be a given that the talent and the talent agencies would line up around the broadcast pitch season first… — Kevin Reilly Broadcast Copy Share Image
'Fringe' has been a point of pride. I share the passion for the show that the fans have. — Kevin Reilly Fans Copy Share Image
Creative content is challenging, no matter what, and animation is particularly challenging. — Kevin Reilly Animation Copy Share Image
'Friday Night Lights' was never a break-out hit; I'll never regret doing that show. — Kevin Reilly Friday Copy Share Image
Trying to make programs that are all things to everyone is not going to work. — Kevin Reilly Everyone Copy Share Image
I love talent because they are passionate. They can be emotional and irrational and unpredictable... and that's okay, because all we want… — Kevin Reilly Actor Copy Share Image
Rather than make 20 things and throw them at the wall and hope you get 6 that maybe feel like keepers, why not focus? — Kevin Reilly Focus Copy Share Image
When you start to feel you're not coming to work with the same enthusiasm, maybe you shouldn't hang onto that job. — Kevin Reilly Enthusiasm Copy Share Image
Creating more direct relationships with consumers, utilizing the resulting data and insights, is increasingly more valuable - and an evolution of the… — Kevin Reilly Data Copy Share Image
We're in the culture business. You are constantly monitoring cultural shifts, current events, shifts in mores, things that reflect society, and, at… — Kevin Reilly Business Copy Share Image
Pilots are useful. You just learn things during a pilot - the piece of casting that just wasn't right or things about… — Kevin Reilly Just Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, there is no 'X Factor U.S.A.' without Simon Cowell. — Kevin Reilly Idol Copy Share Image
TV has so many access points, so many availabilities. DVR, binge viewing. — Kevin Reilly Access Copy Share Image