“TV taste is an aftertaste. Whatever gets on the tube is always a foregone conclusion, a fait accompli. That is, any new ideas or social changes have already been fought for in the real world of the streets, or in the bedroom or even the law courts long before they reach the screen. By the time you see it on prime time, it's usually all over and done with, whatever it was. Television by definition is not avant garde. It is often reactionary and always sentimental.” WorldLongIdeasRealDoneLawSocialStreetsTelevisionTvsTasteCourtDefinitionsScreensConclusionPrimeReal WorldNew IdeasBedroomSentimentalSocial ChangeTubesReactionariesAvant GardePrime TimeLaw Courts Book:Mind Over Media: Essays on Film and Television Source: Mind Over Media: Essays on Film and Television
“I intend 'Dämmerung' to be an ironic meditation on the financial rewards of poetry and a tragicomic lament on the passing of time and the changes in literary taste. The other poets mentioned are my poetic cohort from the U.K. I wrote the piece in situ, as it were, while making a television documentary about World War I in Germany.” WorldWarPiecesMeditationTelevisionPoetTasteRewardsFinancialPassingPassingsWar Of The WorldsGermanyPoeticIronicWorld War IDocumentariesLament Author:Simon Armitage
“For tens of millions of people [television] has become habit-forming, brain-softening, taste-degrading.” PeopleBrainMillionsTelevisionHabitTasteDegrading Author:Louis Kronenberger
“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
“In recent years, I've been writing because I'm fortunate enough to work in the world of food television, to travel and taste and learn about cooking from the best chefs in the business.” WorldWritingYearsEnoughTelevisionTasteTravelCookingFortunateChef Author:Ted Allen
“I actually have very girly taste in television. I like a chicky relationship show probably more than anything. I really like 'Project Runway'.” ShowsTelevisionTasteProjectsRunwayGirlyProject Runway Author:David Nevins
“Everybody has their different tastes with television - there are some characters people like, some characters people hate.” PeopleDifferentCharacterHateTelevisionTasteDifferent Tastes Author:Jake M. Johnson
“The kinds of shows that seem to work now, the comedy shows, are those which require very little attention. They're superficial and I like articulate comedy. I don't know how to do the other, so I won't consider television until the audience's taste changes.” KnowsKindLittlesShowsSeemsAttentionAudienceKnow HowComedyTelevisionTasteSuperficialComedy Shows Author:Mary Tyler Moore
“No one wants to admit we're addicted to music. That's just not possible. No one's addicted to music and television and radio. We just need more of it, more channels, a larger screen, more volume. We can't bear to be without it, but no, nobody's addicted. We could turn it off anytime we wanted. I fit a window frame into a brick wall. With a little brush, the size for fingernail polish, I glue it. The window is the size of a fingernail. The glue smells like hair spray. The smell tastes like oranges and gasoline.” WantNeedsLittlesWantedTurnsTelevisionHairWallBearsFitTasteWindowAddictionSizeRadioSmellScreensVolumeBrushesOrangeBricksPolishGlueSprayGasolineFingernailsBrick WallTelevision And RadioAddicted To Music Author:Chuck Palahniuk