“At that time I was making the largest salary known on television and I didn't want to see it die because those were the years paying off when I wasn't making anything.” WantYearsDiesKnownTelevisionSalary Author:Larry Hagman
“Old ladies photographed by CBS who announced that they would die of malnutrition if Reagan's bill were passed could probably have saved themselves their impending penury by the simple device of applying to the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists for scale every time they were featured by Dan Rather or whoever.” IfsArtistDiesSimpleMediaTelevisionBillsRadioSavedScalesDevicesOld LadyMalnutritionFederationTelevision And Radio Author:William F. Buckley, Jr.
“When you're tied to one show, you are very much at the mercy of the writers so you can suddenly get a script where you have a heart attack and die. I've got to be in The Guinness Book of World Records for having the most heart attacks on television.” WorldHeartBookShowsDiesRecordsTelevisionMercyScriptsTiedHeart AttackWorld RecordsGuinness Author:Alan Dale
“A democracy survives when its citizens have access to trustworthy and impartial sources of information, when it can discern lies from truth. Take this away and a democracy dies. The fusion of news and entertainment, the rise of a class of celebrity journalists on television who define reporting by their access to the famous and the powerful, the retreat by many readers into the ideological ghettos of the Internet and the ruthless drive by corporations to destroy the traditional news business are leaving us deaf, dumb and blind.” LyingDiesPowerfulClassDemocracyInformationTelevisionSourceReaderInternetCitizensNewsBlindLeavingEntertainmentAccessTraditionalDumbJournalistCorporationsRetreatDeafRuthlessIdeologicalGhettoTrustworthyFusion Author:Chris Hedges
“My mother always told me that any talent is a gift of God and I always believed it. If I quit, I would just live in front of the television and get fat and die pretty soon.” IfsMotherDiesTalentFrontsTelevisionQuittingFatsAlways BelieveGift From GodI QuitJust Live Author:Johnny Cash
“People are put down in television now, not because they're not qualitative, not because they're not talented - but because there's no room for them, and worse than that, there's nowhere they can find exposure. Their own good talent may die of mourning, just for want of having somebody read what they've written. I don't presume to say how we can best provide platforms for new writers to get read. I don't know. But therein lies the major problem.” PeopleKnowsWantMayProblemLyingDiesRoomsWrittenTalentTelevisionMajorsMourningPlatformsExposureMajor ProblemsQualitative Author:Rod Serling