---
title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: That's the goal with TV, to make…"
description: "\"That's the goal with TV, to make something that everybody likes and that gets remembered forever.\" — Dan Schneider"
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ba/dan-schneider-11092_forever_that-s-the-goal-with-tv-to-make-somethin_1834998.jpg"
---

#  That's the goal with TV, to make something that everybody…

![“That's the goal with TV, to make something that everybody likes and that gets remembered forever.” quote by Dan Schneider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ba/dan-schneider-11092_forever_that-s-the-goal-with-tv-to-make-somethin_1834998.jpg)   [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ba/dan-schneider-11092_forever_that-s-the-goal-with-tv-to-make-somethin_1834998.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ba/dan-schneider-11092_forever_that-s-the-goal-with-tv-to-make-somethin_1834998.jpg)

> “That's the goal with TV, to make something that everybody likes and that gets remembered forever.”

[Dan Schneider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-schneider/)

## About This Quote

This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation.

TV aims to create universally appealing content that remains memorable.

**In simple terms:** Make TV that everyone loves and remembers.

Key Takeaway

Prioritize broad appeal and lasting impact.

Themes

media culture memory

Mood

optimistic thoughtful

Type

industry philosophical

When to use this quote

- family programming
- streaming platforms
- advertising campaigns

Key Concepts

universality longevity audience engagement

Questions to Reflect On

- What balance between mass appeal and originality?
- How to create timeless TV content?

A Different Perspective

Broad appeal may dilute artistic depth.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★   No ratings yet

[Goals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/goals/) [Television](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/television/)

## Related quotes

> [No one gets remembered for the things they didn't do](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-turner/no-one-gets-remembered-for-the-things-they-didn-t-do/)

[Frank Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-turner/)

> [August 27,2013 domickie will always be remembered here forever and always](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica/august-27-2013-domickie-will-always-be-remembered-here-forever-and/)

Jessica

> [I want to become the SHINee that will exist in your hearts and be remembered forever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/onew/i-want-to-become-the-shinee-that-will-exist-in-your-hearts-and-be/)

[Onew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/onew/)

> [“Forever does not mean you have to be physically present. You may live in one's memory... You may live even after you die... As…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felipe-nas/forever-does-not-mean-you-have-to-be-physically-present-you-may-live/)

[Felipe Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felipe-nas/)

> [How many other people get a chance to be remembered forever? And that's what I really want. I want to be remembered forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rashad-evans/how-many-other-people-get-a-chance-to-be-remembered-forever-and-that/)

[Rashad Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rashad-evans/)

> [Look at Sridevi. She is going to be remembered forever for her films.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chunky-pandey/look-at-sridevi-she-is-going-to-be-remembered-forever-for-her-films/)

[Chunky Pandey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chunky-pandey/)

> [Everyday we create memories, good or bad, they will be remembered forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nishan-panwar/everyday-we-create-memories-good-or-bad-they-will-be-remembered/)

[Nishan Panwar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nishan-panwar/)

> [“If the United Nations wants to do something to be remembered forever, I guess that would be freeing people from insanity of religion.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-f-moonzajer/if-the-united-nations-wants-to-do-something-to-be-remembered-forever/)

[M.F. Moonzajer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-f-moonzajer/)

> [As I stare on and on into the past, in the end you emerge, Clad in the light of a pole-star, piercing the darkness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ab/as-i-stare-on-and-on-into-the-past-in-the-end-you-emerge-clad-in-the/)

AB

> [I didn't do that one great glorious film by which I'd be remembered forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simi-garewal/i-didn-t-do-that-one-great-glorious-film-by-which-i-d-be-remembered/)

[Simi Garewal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simi-garewal/)

> [Being with your friends could be the best date ever and that moment will be remembered forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clevelle/being-with-your-friends-could-be-the-best-date-ever-and-that-moment/)

[Clevelle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clevelle/)

> [I don't expect to live forever, nor do I repine over that, but I am weak enough to want to be remembered forever. -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/i-don-t-expect-to-live-forever-nor-do-i-repine-over-that-but-i-am/)

[Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/)

> [I love the TV show, and if you make a bad movie it means you've soiled it. Just like if we made an advert.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-saunders/i-love-the-tv-show-and-if-you-make-a-bad-movie-it-means-you-ve-soiled/)

[Jennifer Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-saunders/)

> [You can either watch TV or you can make TV.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/you-can-either-watch-tv-or-you-can-make-tv/)

[Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/)

> [My viewers are smart. They know I have a contract with a TV show and that I make a lot of money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judy-sheindlin/my-viewers-are-smart-they-know-i-have-a-contract-with-a-tv-show-and/)

[Judy Sheindlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judy-sheindlin/)

## More by Dan Schneider

> [I think the networks used to try to program for kids and family.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-schneider/i-think-the-networks-used-to-try-to-program-for-kids-and-family/)

[Dan Schneider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-schneider/)

> [I'm very willing to defend creative things that I believe in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-schneider/i-m-very-willing-to-defend-creative-things-that-i-believe-in/)

[Dan Schneider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-schneider/)

> [“I've said this before: a lot of people think they're artists because they feel things deeply. You know, we're in a culture now and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-schneider/i-ve-said-this-before-a-lot-of-people-think-they-re-artists-because/)

[Dan Schneider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-schneider/)

> [I'm never going to write fart jokes, because I feel like I have a responsibility to the audience to give them good stuff. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-schneider/i-m-never-going-to-write-fart-jokes-because-i-feel-like-i-have-a/)

[Dan Schneider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-schneider/)

> [I took a break to take care of a lot of stuff that I'd let go by the wayside for decades.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-schneider/i-took-a-break-to-take-care-of-a-lot-of-stuff-that-i-d-let-go-by-the/)

[Dan Schneider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-schneider/)

> [I don't want to be an old man some day and look it up and see some episode of one of the shows I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-schneider/i-don-t-want-to-be-an-old-man-some-day-and-look-it-up-and-see-some/)

[Dan Schneider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-schneider/)

> [I don't think of myself as a guy who writes for kids, I really don't. I try really hard to write a good, solid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-schneider/i-don-t-think-of-myself-as-a-guy-who-writes-for-kids-i-really-don-t-i/)

[Dan Schneider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-schneider/)

> [We work hard to make a good show and it's exciting to be recognized by a third party.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-schneider/we-work-hard-to-make-a-good-show-and-it-s-exciting-to-be-recognized/)

[Dan Schneider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-schneider/)

> [When I was on 'Head of the Class,' 25 million, 30 million people would watch that every night - now a big hit doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-schneider/when-i-was-on-head-of-the-class-25-million-30-million-people-would/)

[Dan Schneider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-schneider/)

> [Really, I'm just a big kid myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-schneider/really-i-m-just-a-big-kid-myself/)

[Dan Schneider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-schneider/)

> [As everyone who works for me knows, I almost never let the girls wear ponytails on my shows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-schneider/as-everyone-who-works-for-me-knows-i-almost-never-let-the-girls-wear/)

[Dan Schneider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-schneider/)

> [Over the years, I've grown and matured as a producer and leader.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-schneider/over-the-years-i-ve-grown-and-matured-as-a-producer-and-leader/)

[Dan Schneider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-schneider/)

> [Kids spend seven hours a day in school, and they have their homework at night. I'm not there to moralize or to teach them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-schneider/kids-spend-seven-hours-a-day-in-school-and-they-have-their-homework/)

[Dan Schneider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-schneider/)

> [I think my shows can draw an audience of 12 million because I ask, 'What can make a 7-year-old, a 17-year-old, a 30-year-old and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-schneider/i-think-my-shows-can-draw-an-audience-of-12-million-because-i-ask/)

[Dan Schneider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-schneider/)

> [Right when I moved to L.A., I started writing. I wrote some screenplay. I'm sure it's terrible. But I wrote a screenplay by myself.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-schneider/right-when-i-moved-to-l-a-i-started-writing-i-wrote-some-screenplay-i/)

[Dan Schneider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-schneider/)

[Explore all 61 Dan Schneider quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-schneider/)

## More Forever quotes

> [Every one knows that the exercise of military power is forever dangerous to civil rights; and we have had recent instances of violences that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/every-one-knows-that-the-exercise-of-military-power-is-forever/)

[Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/)

> [“I believe in forever, and that’s what you and I are. We define eternity. This may sound cheesy, but you make me go there.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gail-mchugh/i-believe-in-forever-and-that-s-what-you-and-i-are-we-define-eternity/)

[Gail McHugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gail-mchugh/)

> [Contradictory precepts that have guided me for as long as I can remember: 1: I will live forever. 2: I will die tomorrow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-gardner/contradictory-precepts-that-have-guided-me-for-as-long-as-i-can/)

[Howard Gardner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-gardner/)

> [People don't always realize that a record is forever. It'll always be there under your name. You've got to be certain that it's right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-iero/people-don-t-always-realize-that-a-record-is-forever-it-ll-always-be/)

[Frank Iero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-iero/)

> [When you find someone you want to spend forever with you, you don't let them go, whether forever turns out to be a day…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-williams/when-you-find-someone-you-want-to-spend-forever-with-you-you-don-t/)

[Nicole Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-williams/)

> [What does forever mean to you? When you couldnt even keep it true You said were youd forever be there But were those just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fad-ibra/what-does-forever-mean-to-you-when-you-couldnt-even-keep-it-true-you/)

[Fad Ibra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fad-ibra/)

> [Forever is a really long time, you know? What do you do with forever?" "The same thing you do when you don't have forever."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-hocking/forever-is-a-really-long-time-you-know-what-do-you-do-with-forever/)

[Amanda Hocking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-hocking/)

> [I think when you’re dying you start looking for important things in the corners. You can’t let anything that seems even semi-important pass, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-crutcher/i-think-when-you-re-dying-you-start-looking-for-important-things-in/)

[Chris Crutcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-crutcher/)

> [Whole scenes of your life slip away forever if you don't put them down in ink.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silas-house/whole-scenes-of-your-life-slip-away-forever-if-you-don-t-put-them/)

[Silas House](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/silas-house/)

> [Tonight I feel like a prisoner on fire, waiting desperately... denied, sentenced forever more. Only your love can set me free.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bolton/tonight-i-feel-like-a-prisoner-on-fire-waiting-desperately-denied/)

[Michael Bolton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bolton/)

> [It all depends on you. You can go on sleeping forever, you can wake up right this moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/it-all-depends-on-you-you-can-go-on-sleeping-forever-you-can-wake-up/)

[Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/)

> [I do conscientiously and sincerely believe that the Order of Freemasonry, if not the greatest, is one of the greatest moral and political evils…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-quincy-adams/i-do-conscientiously-and-sincerely-believe-that-the-order-of/)

[John Quincy Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-quincy-adams/)

> [There is nothing more I ask of this life than this moment, exactly so. And suddenly forever seems like too short a time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-andreas/there-is-nothing-more-i-ask-of-this-life-than-this-moment-exactly-so/)

[Brian Andreas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-andreas/)

> [I want to do - I want to be putting out classic stuff that's gonna stick and last forever, you feel me?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yg/i-want-to-do-i-want-to-be-putting-out-classic-stuff-that-s-gonna/)

YG

> [“I will run every mile, i will save every line, i will say i reached the top and i will fall back down standing.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mennah-al-refaey/i-will-run-every-mile-i-will-save-every-line-i-will-say-i-reached-the/)

Mennah al refaey

Browse all 10,689 Forever quotes

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "Quotation",
            "text": "That's the goal with TV, to make something that everybody likes and that gets remembered forever.",
            "creator": {
                "@type": "Person",
                "name": "Dan Schneider"
            },
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-schneider/that-s-the-goal-with-tv-to-make-something-that-everybody-likes-and/",
            "about": {
                "@type": "Thing",
                "name": "Forever"
            },
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-schneider/that-s-the-goal-with-tv-to-make-something-that-everybody-likes-and/#quotation",
            "image": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ba/dan-schneider-11092_forever_that-s-the-goal-with-tv-to-make-somethin_1834998.jpg",
                "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ba/dan-schneider-11092_forever_that-s-the-goal-with-tv-to-make-somethin_1834998.jpg",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ba/dan-schneider-11092_forever_that-s-the-goal-with-tv-to-make-somethin_1834998.jpg",
                "width": 1080,
                "height": 1080,
                "caption": "“That's the goal with TV, to make something that everybody likes and that gets remembered forever.” — Dan Schneider",
                "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                "creator": {
                    "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Dan Schneider",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-schneider/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "That's the goal with TV, to...",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-schneider/that-s-the-goal-with-tv-to-make-something-that-everybody-likes-and/"
                }
            ],
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-schneider/that-s-the-goal-with-tv-to-make-something-that-everybody-likes-and/#breadcrumb"
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```
