“I'm doing 5000 seat theaters and audiences are going nuts, it's fantastic and it makes me very happy. I'm dirty, but not like this; I just do comedy that I find funny. I'm working on a new tv show for cable and it's not set up yet.” ShowsAudienceComedyTvsTheaterFantasticDirtySeatsNutsTv ShowsVery HappyCables Author:Bob Saget
“I get really frustrated during a crisis when I go through all the cable channels and find - very often with the exception of CNN - that I'm not watching news at all. You think, 'Well, God... there are talk shows, talk shows, talk shows and everyone is an expert!” ThinkingWellsShowsNewsCrisisExpertsExceptionFrustratedCablesGet RealCnnTalk Shows Author:Howard Stringer
“Broadcasting for advertisers is still the best game in town, and they know it. Look, I admire a lot of the shows on cable. I think 'Mad Men' is wonderful. I think 'Breaking Bad' is wonderful. But let's remember they're about one-tenth the audience of NCIS.” ThinkingKnowsMenLooksStillsShowsRememberGamesAudienceWonderfulTownsMadAdmireCablesBroadcastingMad MenAdvertisers Author:Leslie Moonves
“I wanted to work on a cable show and with a writer/director because that's a much more fulfilling and freeing experience, as an actor.” ShowsWantedActorsDirectorsFulfillingCables Author:Tom Ellis
“All three networks have always had a morning show but now cable of course is taking some of that audience away and a variety of other things, probably the Internet as well.” WellsShowsThreeCoursesLiteratureMorningAudienceInternetVarietyCables Author:Katie Couric
“Over the years, TV has gotten so much better, especially with the advent of cable. The bar has been raised. I think HBO really set the standard with The Sopranos, and then on mainstream TV, shows like Lost broke amazing ground.” ThinkingYearsHas BeensShowsLostTvsStandardsRaisedBarsBrokeMainstreamTv ShowsCablesAdventHboSopranos Author:Nestor Carbonell
“Cable series have more time to focus on characters, and a structure that allows for a development in character as you go along. Network shows have a pressure of time and space that is completely different.” DifferentCharacterShowsSpaceFocusDevelopmentPressureStructureSeriesMore TimeTime And SpaceCables Author:James Frain