Hate Quote by Kevin Reilly

Why would you let [the TV audiences] build a habit of going to the cable networks? So I think they've obviously smartened up now,…

— James Patterson

The TV season is a year-long thing now, and the networks are starting to look at it that way, thanks to cable, satellites, and…

— Drew Carey

I think, a lot of times, network shows are under a lot of mandates. There's a lot of moving pieces. There's a lot of…

— Cameron Monaghan

What's happened to broadcasting is that broadcasting really used to be... it used to have a very clear public service quotient. And it's more…

— Barry Diller

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

Sometimes it's hard to know why networks will stick with something. Sometimes the ratings won't happen, but there's excitement at the network, so they'll…

— Beau Bridges

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

When you go to cable, there are no stations and no affiliates and they allow you to do your show

— George Lopez

What's great about cable is that the ceiling of expectation is lowered because fewer people have to tune in for it to be a…

— Holly Hunter

For years, broadcasters didn't get a nickel out of retransmission consent. But broadcast content is what the cable industry was selling to customers.

— Gordon Smith

I don't think a show's ever changed networks in the middle of the season before, but it was cool because they gave us those…

— Donal Logue

I don't think people realize the extent to which TV networks are hurt when they carry public broadcasting. I think the estimate is that…

— Roone Arledge