Mad Quote by Matt Besser

Standups have all the talk shows, but you never see a sketch group on a talk show. Even on so-called variety shows, if you…

— Matt Besser

If you work on network TV, they want to pick your casts, dictate your story and how your show works. It just becomes creativity…

— Judd Apatow

'SCTV' was the concept of a group ensemble doing satirical things. 'Saturday Night Live's sketches were broader than ours, more universal.

— Joe Flaherty

They are cheaper to make and easier to do; you can just cram in loads of talent into a format that works and works.…

— Natasia Demetriou

I think the process of 'SNL' is still pretty formal. You make an audition tape, your agent sends it in, they watch people's tapes,…

— Noel Wells

Once you put something like 'The A-Team' on the map, it does become part of the DNA of television. People grab little pieces of…

— Stephen J. Cannell

Television is certainly a writers-led medium. They're the ones who are there, they're the ones that are conferencing or whatever, with directors coming and…

— Brian Baumgartner

I tend to think that there is a sophistication to everything at 'Saturday Night Live,' including the sketches.

— Fred Armisen

I wanted to start my career on TV with a show which could extract maximum potential out of me and of course, I was…

— Madalsa Sharma

It's quite common for a television show to start off as one thing and end up as something completely different. There are so many…

— Dan Levy

The truth is that when writing a TV show or a film you are a part of a team. And though you might be…

— Jesse Armstrong

The TV industry works in this crazy system where everybody's trying to get the same actors at the same time.

— Mitchell Hurwitz