“My problem with the wedding industry started when I studied in college and liked to have the television on in the background, and 'A Wedding Story' on TLC always came on, and I'd get irritated that the story of two people making a lifelong commitment to each other could be encapsulated in a half-hour show about the party they throw.” PeopleTwoStoriesShowsProblemHoursPartyHalfTelevisionCollegeIndustryCommitmentBackgroundsLifelongIrritatedHalf Hours Author:Jessica Valenti
“You have to be rather straightforward with your clients. You can't tell the parties only nice things. This is not an entertainment show; it's not reality television either.” ShowsRealityPartyNiceTelevisionEntertainmentClientsStraightforwardNice ThingsReality Television Author:Martti Ahtisaari
“I don't think people have fully processed how deeply television has changed the political process in our own world. Political parties have become vestiges of what they were and individuals with large amounts of money can leapfrog over that process, which can have a positive mediating effect. And so I think there are things to worry about.” PeopleThinkingWorldPoliticalIndividualProcessPartyWorryEffectsChangedTelevisionAmountPolitical Parties Author:Alexander Stille
“Unlike any other player on the board, the press has no oversight, no mandate, few penalties, and even fewer consequences. Because there are not enough reporters on the ground, too many bureaus have outsourced both their reporting and standards to third party stringers whose spectacular videos of explosions and inflated body counts have shown up on both jihadist recruiting sites and American television screens, simultaneously.” EnoughBodyPartyPlayerTelevisionStandardsConsequenceThirdsPressesScreensVideoBoardsFewerReportersSitePenaltiesExplosionsSpectacularMandatesOversightThird PartiesAmerican TelevisionOutsourced Author:Matt Sanchez
“When I perform on stage, you have to remember my performance or buy another ticket to the party! In television and film, you can see it over and over again.” RememberFilmPartyStageTelevisionPerformancesTickets Author:Giancarlo Esposito
“I sit at home and read books. I watch movies. I watch television. I go and play golf. I don't go to nightclubs. I don't go out to dinner that often. I'm not a big party guy.” BookPlayHomeBigsGuyPartyWatchesTelevisionGolfDinnerNightclubsWatch Movie Author:Samuel L. Jackson
“I read, watch television, watch movies, hang out with family. I like my clothes and I have great cars, and I drive those. But for most people, it's like, "That's boring. You don't club? You don't party?"” PeoplePartyWatchesCarTelevisionClothesClubsBoringHanging OutWatch Movie Author:Samuel L. Jackson
“Because of television, sports columnists have become personalities. I went to a party [during Super Bowl week] and there must have been 500 people who wanted to talk to me because they saw me on TV. I've become sort of the Soupy Sales character on TV, and people do not really know me as a writer.” PeopleKnowsHas BeensCharacterWantedSportsPartySawsWeekTelevisionTvsPersonalityBowlsKnow MeTalk To MeSuper BowlColumnists Author:Woody Paige
“I think back to the Modern Family pilot when we didn't know that Julie Bowen had a spotty party girl past, but that's something that we layered in, throughout the first season. That's just part of the fun of series television. You get to discover these things.” ThinkingKnowsFirstsPastGirlFunPartyModernTelevisionSeasonsSeriesPilotsModern FamilyParty Girl Author:Jason Winer