“Ratings to me are a little like the Chinese Government. I don't fully understand what makes a rating go. I don't know what makes the American television audience respond to one person and not t another. There very seldom are great differences between many television personalities.” KnowsLittlesPersonsGovernmentDifferencesAudienceTelevisionPersonalityChineseRatingChinese GovernmentAmerican Television Author:Tom Brokaw
“American television constantly tries to co-op British comedy and create their own version of it. Most of the time it doesn't work; obviously, in the case of 'The Office,' it did. But a lot of times, it doesn't really work.” TryingCasesComedyTelevisionOfficeBritishVersionsAmerican TelevisionBritish Comedy Author:Chris Hardwick
“That happiness is to be attained through limitless material acquisition is denied by every religion and philosophy known to mankind, but is preached incessantly by every American television set.” PhilosophyKnownMankindTelevisionMaterialsDeniedConsumerismLimitlessAcquisitionOverconsumptionIncessantlyAmerican Television Book:The broken covenant: American civil religion in time of trial Source: The broken covenant: American civil religion in time of trial
“I think the reality is Michael Jackson's humanity is so deep, the implications and inferences of his art so monumentally and magnificently global, that nothing American television could do to besmirch his character could ever, if you will, deny the legitimate genius that he represents and America has responded, as indeed has the globe.” IfsThinkingArtCharacterRealityAmericaHumanityTelevisionGeniusDenyGlobesImplicationsInferenceAmerican Television Author:Michael Eric Dyson
“Unlike any other player on the board, the press has no oversight, no mandate, few penalties, and even fewer consequences. Because there are not enough reporters on the ground, too many bureaus have outsourced both their reporting and standards to third party stringers whose spectacular videos of explosions and inflated body counts have shown up on both jihadist recruiting sites and American television screens, simultaneously.” EnoughBodyPartyPlayerTelevisionStandardsConsequenceThirdsPressesScreensVideoBoardsFewerReportersSitePenaltiesExplosionsSpectacularMandatesOversightThird PartiesAmerican TelevisionOutsourced Author:Matt Sanchez
“The days of television as we knew it growing up are over. You have a bigger, wider world audience on the Internet, larger than any American television series. People don't watch television in the same context as before. Nowadays they watch their television on the Internet at their convenience. That's the whole wave, and it's now - not the future.” PeopleWorldWholeWatchesAudienceGrowing UpGrowingTelevisionInternetBiggerSeriesWaveOver YouConvenienceAmerican Television Author:Criss Angel
“I was dreading all of the ghost stories of working on American television, not in the least, the length. In Britain, a series is six episodes of an hour drama, maybe sometimes eight, but never twenty-two, so I was petrified of that.” TwoSometimesStoriesHoursTelevisionDramaSixTwentiesSeriesEightGhostBritainLengthEpisodesGhost StoriesTwenty TwoAmerican Television Author:Lennie James
“Even though I'm English, I've all my life been heavily exposed to American television and culture in general.” CultureTelevisionExposedAmerican Television Author:Dominic West
“The Simpsons is the best thing on American television.” TelevisionBest ThingsAmerican Television Author:Stephen Hawking
“American television is very much created by the writers, just the volume of it. The writers are so key. You're just trying to do something that serves that script. And in general, film isn't all about the script, really.” TryingFilmTelevisionKeysScriptsVolumeAmerican Television Author:Richard Ayoade
“I wanted to branch out into American television, specifically because you get to develop a character for a longer period of time and you get to develop a relationship with the audience.” CharacterWantedAudienceTelevisionPeriodsBranchesAmerican Television Author:Joseph Morgan
“American television is a huge product that is exported around the world and what that means is that what our movies and films say about who women [are] has global ramifications. There is a burden and a responsibility when you are someone who is very aware of how far we've yet to travel in granting women equal rights and equal respect and you are creating cultural products. You have to be responsible and be aware of the message that you are sending out.” WorldMeanFilmResponsibilityRightsTelevisionProductsHugeEqualCreatingMessagesResponsibleBurdenAround The WorldEqual RightsBeing ResponsibleRamificationsAmerican TelevisionEqual Respect Author:Liz W. Garcia
“I make my living doing freelance directing for North American television shot in Toronto, series like Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Twilight Zone, and so forth.” TelevisionShotsSeriesZoneTwilightTorontoHitchcockTwilight ZoneAmerican Television Author:Atom Egoyan
“[Into the Badlands] wasn't going to be two days of a splinter unit at the end of the shoot. The action and the martial arts had to be integral to the show. That's what makes it unique, that's what makes it special and different and ground-breaking. No one has attempted this before on American television.” ArtTwoDifferentEndsShowsActionSpecialTelevisionUniqueMartial ArtsUnitsTwo DaysSplintersAmerican Television Author:Miles Millar
“I hope there's a window that opens in American television where the rest of the world is viewed in a less censored light. There is something about the world outside the United States that is not understood here - that seems threatening to Americans.” WorldStatesLightSeemsUnitedUnited StatesTelevisionUnderstoodWindowThreateningCensoredAmerican Television Author:Rula Jebreal
“It's the open ocean right now because it's so unique. It's a really unique way of doing American television. There are a million possibilities. We can stay with the cops. We can introduce new worlds. And, who knows where it will end.” KnowsWorldWayEndsMillionsPossibilityTelevisionRight NowOceanUniqueNew WorldIntroducingCopAmerican Television Author:Veena Sud
“Opera on television in Europe is very important. If you think about it in the broadest sense: a lot of the dramas made in India with music are practically operas. They're not sung but they have a very big appeal. I don't know why American television people are so stupid but at the moment, they just seem to have some sort of a block. They just do what they do and they do it for a certain number of years. Then it wears out and they try something else. It's just a matter of time I think.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsTryingYearsMadeImportantMatterMomentsBigsSeemsCertainNumbersStupidTelevisionDramaEuropeIndiaBlockAppealsOperaMatter Of TimeAmerican Television Author:Robert Ashley
“It's [Into the Badlands] something that's very, very different and I think that's why it divided critics initially because they didn't understand it or get it. They didn't understand or have a knowledge of what we were trying to do. Bringing in the Asian martial arts aesthetic to American television. For us, these are the people who will make the show a hit or a failure in future seasons. So it's for us to respect them and interact and see what they have to say.” PeopleThinkingTryingArtDifferentShowsTelevisionSeasonsCriticsMartial ArtsDividedAestheticAsianAmerican Television Author:Miles Millar