“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
“The stories about broadcast dying or it being overtaken by cable have stopped. Same goes for the stories about the Internet hurting our business.” StoriesHurtDyingInternetCables Author:Leslie Moonves
“Cable TV has become where the best actors, writers and directors have gone to work because they are allowed to do character-driven stories.” CharacterStoriesActorsGoneTvsDirectorsDrivenCablesCable Tv Author:Kevin Spacey
“If TV seems improved, I think it's been enhanced by violence and sex permissible on cable, as well as better cinematography, but in the end it's really only soap operas like your grandmother's afternoon "stories" and that's all it wants to be or has to be.” IfsThinkingWantWellsEndsStoriesSeemsSexViolenceTvsLike YouGrandmotherAfternoonOperaSoapCablesSoap OperasCinematographyYour Grandmother Author:William Monahan