“I remember when I had my show [The Chris Rock Show on HBO], I used to run my show. It was so hard to get people to bring sketches to me. No one had ever worked for a black person before. Even the black people hadn't worked for a black person. It literally took a month or two for everybody to know: I'm really running the show.” PeopleKnowsPersonsTwoHardShowsRunningRememberUsedBlackRocksMonthsBlack PeopleRemember WhenHboBlack Person Author:Scott Raab
“I watched American TV shows: Starsky & Hutch, Dallas, Rockford Files, Bonanza. And for many summers growing up, I worked on my aunt and uncle's farm in East Anglia. Down the street was an American cemetery for the Second World War, and every Memorial Day an American bomber would fly over that cemetery and drop rose petals.” WorldWarShowsGrowing UpGrowingStreetsTvsSummerRoseEastWar Of The WorldsFarmsTv ShowsUnclesAuntMemorialFilesMemorial DaySecond World WarCemeteryPetalsDallasBombersAunts And UnclesRose Petals Author:Scott Raab
“The reason I have managed to get so many shows on television is because I've tried to be authentic. When you're gonna spend millions of dollars to see that come to life, they better believe it's a good idea, A. B, they better believe that the person who's telling the idea is gonna put themselves into this.” BelievePersonsIdeasReasonShowsMillionsTelevisionDollarsGood Ideas Author:Scott Raab
“Do I believe the execution will work out? Les Moonves said yes to Survivor based partly upon my show Eco-Challenge. He liked my way of filming outdoors. It was the first use of helicopters on a documentary with the gyro-stabilized lenses. And a certain beauty of filming, allowing the drops to fall from a leaf into a puddle, allowing a spider to weave a web. Taking the breath to allow that to happen rather than showing scene after scene.” WayFirstsBelieveSaidUseShowsHappensCertainFallI BelieveChallengesSceneBreathsWork OutMy WayAllowingSurvivorExecutionLeafsDocumentariesLensesSpidersHelicoptersEcoPuddles Author:Scott Raab
“For each show, we do maybe 15 versions before it goes on air. So I know every show microscopically.” KnowsShowsAirGoes OnVersions Author:Scott Raab
“The number-one show in America on Sundays will be Celebrity Apprentice. Monday nights, The Voice will be number one. Wednesday nights, Survivor will be number one. And Friday nights, Shark Tank will be number one. It just takes some time management for me to focus.” ShowsAmericaNightVoiceNumbersFocusManagementSundaySurvivorTime ManagementMondayFridayTanksSharksWednesdayApprenticeFriday NightMonday NightWednesday Nights Author:Scott Raab
