Leslie Moonves

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• I am broadcaster's biggest cheerleader because I genuinely believe in it. Where else can you get 20 million people a week watching 'NCIS' or 'American… American
• I understand why creative people like dark, but American audiences dont like dark. They like story. They do not respond to nervous breakdowns and unhappy… Action
• Ultimately journalism has changed... partisanship is very much a part of journalism now. Changed
• Broadcast TV is still the mothership and it will be for the foreseeable future. Audiences may be declining slightly but revenues are going up and… Audience
• My wife is the host of 'Big Brother.' Her name is Julie Chen, and she'll say, 'Da da da, but first we do this.' So… Appears
• Rebuilding a network is a slow, brick-by-brick process. It's not just creating a hit show - it's building shows to back up that hit show;… Brick
• Before the start of the 2000 season, 'C.S.I.' wasn't supposed to be the hit. We all thought it would be 'The Fugitive. All
• CBS is proud to have been the home of David Letterman since 1993. He is truly one of the great talents of our time, and… Been
• CBS is the largest out-of-home advertising company in the U.S. Advertising
• The reason I've been able to maintain my position of chairman of CBS in addition to all the Viacom stuff is my team. Able
• The stories about broadcast dying or it being overtaken by cable have stopped. Same goes for the stories about the Internet hurting our business. Broadcast
• We realize that if we live in a world that depends totally on CBS.com, we'd be dead. Cbs
• You won't see Moonves on Twitter. Funny
• As the TiVos and the Replays are coming into our world - and they're coming - it's better to - be inside the tent and… Automobile
• Broadcasting for advertisers is still the best game in town, and they know it. Look, I admire a lot of the shows on cable. I… Admire
• I read the papers, I surf the Web. At the beginning of the year, I try to see at least two episodes of every show… All
• I take great pride in all the tremendous success we've enjoyed at CBS. And the good news is that I feel even more enthusiastic about… Accomplish
• I think many years from now, people will still watch television, though it will probably be 150 inches wide. What will change is the ability… Ability
• I was one of the first to read the 'ER' script and the good news is George Clooney still gives me credit for helping to… Career
• It is too soon to tell, but old, tired 'Survivor' last night beat 'X Factor.' We're really proud of that. We're anticipating a very strong… Anticipating
• News, by and large, has been the purest of all the television mediums, or at least we've tried to keep it that way, and there… All
• There are plenty of people who are willing to pay $2.6 million for 30 seconds on the Super Bowl and hundreds of thousands of dollars… Advertising
• We think wireless is going to grow tremendously. Do I think people are going to watch an episode of 'Survivor' on a 2-inch television set?… Doubt
• It's the quiet little hit that is succeeding totally under the radar, ... NCIS. Hit
• We have CBS.com, we have our stuff on iTunes. We feel the wave of the future is getting as much distribution as we can. We… Cbs

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