“Obviously sex and nudity sells, but that's what people go to cable for but that's not going to happen on network daytime television... so I think it really is always going to come down to story. How do you make a story interesting enough so people will tune in? That's always going to be it.” PeopleThinkingEnoughStoriesHappensSexInterestingTelevisionSellsTunesCablesNudityDaytime Author:Jack Wagner
“it was Tark's experience that TV addicts were usually addicted to something else as well. Food, booze, drugs, sex, money, take your pick.” WellsSexTelevisionTvsDrugPicksAddictBooze Book:Storm Surge Source: Storm Surge
“Prejudice against womenis many, many times intensified against older women. You are viewed not as an intellect but as a body.... Astonishingly, even women's liberation has paid extraordinarily little attention to the older woman and to the fact that her job is limited because she is [older]. They say that women shouldn't be sex objects, but you damned well better be a sex object if you want to get ahead in television.” IfsWantWellsLittlesFactsBodyJobsSexAttentionObjectsTelevisionPrejudicePaidIntellectLiberationGet AheadOlder WomenAgeismTelevision News Author:Elinor Guggenheimer
“Punk-rock records came out and you bought whatever you could find. But Devo didn't happen for another three years. Sex Pistols didn't tour the States until '78. At that time, for me, it was really about CBGB, Patti Smith, Talking Heads, the Ramones, and Television.” YearsStatesHappensThreeSexTalkingRecordsRocksTelevisionThree YearsPunkPunk RockPistolsRamonesTalking HeadsSex PistolsCbgb Author:Michael Stipe
“What do we think of sex on television? Frankly, I think it's a pain. For one thing, the cable box gets wedged into your back and gets real uncomfortable.” ThinkingRealPainSexOne ThingTelevisionBoxesUncomfortableCablesGet Real Author:Peter David
“In the mainstream film market, certainly in television, sex is handled fairly discreetly. I think the abuse of extraordinarily graphic violence and language presses much closer to the tolerance of public taste.” ThinkingFilmLanguageSexViolenceTelevisionTasteAbusePressesToleranceMainstreamGraphic Author:Charlton Heston
“The part of the brain that is watching the television and is on the computer at the same time, preparing to jump onto the treadmill for 15 minutes, might be able to lead into sex, but it would be hard put to lead us to romance, or to real authentic human connection.” HumansRealHardMightWould BeAbleRomanceSexBrainMinutesTelevisionComputerConnectionsPreparingTreadmillsHuman Connection Author:Marianne Williamson
“You literally can shoot someone in the face on television and a 7-year-old can watch it. But you can't show the slight of a man's hip, because dear God, someone might think of sex. And while we all hope our kids grow up to have sex, we do not hope they grow up to shoot someone in the face.” ThinkingMenYearsShowsMightKidsFacesSexGrowsWatchesGrowing UpTelevisionDearHipsDear God Author:Shonda Rhimes
“One of the problems I see with these comics on television, particularly cable television, is, since you can say anything in terms of sex and scatological references and so on, therefore, you should do it. So they all limit themselves to these subjects and this vocabulary. My objection is that it is a lack of articulateness. Irreverence is easy, but what is hard is wit. Wit is what these comedians lack.” ShouldHardProblemSexEasyTermSubjectsTelevisionLimitsWitComedianSay AnythingVocabularyCablesObjectionsIrreverence Author:Tom Lehrer