“My problem with the wedding industry started when I studied in college and liked to have the television on in the background, and 'A Wedding Story' on TLC always came on, and I'd get irritated that the story of two people making a lifelong commitment to each other could be encapsulated in a half-hour show about the party they throw.” PeopleTwoStoriesShowsProblemHoursPartyHalfTelevisionCollegeIndustryCommitmentBackgroundsLifelongIrritatedHalf Hours Author:Jessica Valenti
“The illusion of companionship sits waiting in the television set. We keep our televisions on more than we watch them - an average of more than seven hours a day. For background. For company.” WaitingHoursCompanyWatchesLonelinessTelevisionIllusionSevenAverageBackgroundsCompanionship Book:Alone in America: the search for companionship Source: Alone in America: the search for companionship
“You watch the country-music awards that they show on the television, and you see country music has reached about 1985. It's all huge processed drum sounds and chiming chorus guitars and programmed synths bobbling along in the background.” CountryShowsSoundWatchesTelevisionHugeGuitarBackgroundsAwardsChorus Author:Andy Partridge
“Books can create a depth of story, a background of information and ideas, that televison and movies can't. Sure, the television shows may shock, but only on a superficial level. They'd never risk market share to really explore the issues. They report, but don't analyze or suggest any new ways for living our lives.” WayMayBookIdeasStoriesShowsLevelsIssuesOur LivesRiskShareInformationTelevisionDepthBackgroundsReportsShockNew WaysSuperficialTelevision Shows Author:Chuck Palahniuk
“I love working with people who have had television experience because I think there's a real efficiency and methodology that comes from that background.” PeopleThinkingRealTelevisionBackgroundsEfficiencyMethodology Author:Eric Bana
“One of the biggest challenges in the past for me in working on the networks was that audiences have grown accustomed to television being something that keeps you company-background music, something that you have on while you're flipping through a magazine, cooking dinner, talking on the phone, putting the kids to bed.” KidsPastChallengesCompanyTalkingAudienceTelevisionBedCookingPhonesDinnerBackgroundsMagazinesAccustomedBackground MusicTalking On The PhoneCooking Dinner Author:Aaron Sorkin