“HBO does something that most networks don't do which is give a show a chance to find their voice.” GivingDoeShowsVoiceChanceHbo Author:Jeremy Piven
“I remember before I did my HBO special, Chris [Rock] screamed at me - in a loving way, but still. He was like, "You need to do 200 shows in a row and a month straight on the road before you even think about recording a special!" And I had literally booked two weeks on the road and then went right into the recording. It put me in a panic, but it also made me work harder and made me realize that everyone works differently, and that's okay.” ThinkingWayNeedsMadeStillsTwoShowsRememberRealizingWeekSpecialRocksHard WorkLike YouMonthsOkayHarderPanicTwo WeeksWork HarderHbo Author:Judd Apatow
“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
“Let's have the type of night where it's 5 a.m. and one of us has definitely punched someone who's been on a Disney Channel show.” ShowsNightTypeHboDisney Channel Author:Elijah
“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