Along Quote by James Frain

The shows you can do in cable are just more buzzworthy and are about subject matter that's more unusual or dark. And broadcast shows…

— Robert Greenblatt

Look, we can definitively agree that cable is far superior to network. That isn't to say that there can't be a great network drama…

— Damon Lindelof

With network, shows are pulled half the time after three episodes whether they're good or they're not good. It's a numbers game. With cable,…

— Valerie Cruz

Obviously, it's not cable, it's streaming, but it's the same format. It's the same 10 episodes. It feels like cable as opposed to network.

— Christian Cooke

The territory has changed, and a lot of really good actors want to do cable series, but they don't necessarily want to do network…

— Richard LaGravenese

With the rise of cable, network is clearly floundering because the characters on cable are far more fascinating than they are on network. Network…

— Dylan McDermott

I think that, especially with cable, it's an avenue to be creative. I think why people are drawn more now to cable shows than…

— Jeffrey Donovan

Cable shows do 13 episodes. I get that. I can wrap my head around 13 episodes. You make them all, you post them all,…

— Nahnatchka Khan

The great thing about working in cable is that, since the season is truncated - we only do 12 shows - the writers are…

— Jimmy Smits

Network television is all talk. I think there should be visuals on a show, some sense of mystery to it, connections that don't add…

— David Chase

There are certain economics involved in making a network TV show that you want to amortize the costs of that, so the more episodes…

— Shawn Ryan

I think network television is really hard because it has to sail right away. HBO's so much more nurturing, patient. They think it takes…

— Amanda Peet