Basically Quote by Nigel Lythgoe

I was never too keen on the British music press. They've called us a supermarket hype, and they used to suggest that we didn't…

— Freddie Mercury

There's no tradition today except initials, 'CSI,' 'NCIS,' all the rest. Even with reruns today, people don't know there was a 'Dick Van Dyke…

— Bill Cosby

Audiences want to see something interesting. It doesn't matter which genre or period it belongs to.

— Sanjay Leela Bhansali

British period drama is always seen as kind of perfect and beautiful and lovely, but I don't think subcultures have been shone a light…

— Annabelle Wallis

Britain's Got Talent' isn't all that far from 'The Gong Show' 35 years ago, is it?

— Chris Tarrant

I think British audiences are accustomed to the 'boo' factor and pantomimes.

— Nigel Lythgoe

British actors used to be scared of the multi-year options that U.S. TV shows demand. That has changed, because the same is now happening…

— Jamie Bamber

There's been (if you sort of scan the magazines) announcements of different performers that has come and tried to get the British audience to…

— Tina Turner

I still think, most of the time, when people called shows like 'The Sopranos' or 'Deadwood' 'art' that they were correct.

— Michelle Dean

What I would argue in my defence is that shows like 'Britain's Got Talent' and 'The X Factor' have actually got people more interested…

— Simon Cowell

We still have a tradition certainly in English television; it's faded a bit in the last five years, but we still have a tradition…

— Rowan Atkinson

This genre of music seems to want to push people into a certain time slot, which is unfortunate.

— Juice Newton