“Because I tend to kind of hide under the sheets when it comes to reality television. I've seen probably one episode of maybe five different shows, and that's about it.” KindDifferentShowsRealityFiveTelevisionEpisodesSheetsReality Television Author:Diane Lane
“I don't ever want to have a weak episode of television with my name on it.” WantNamesTelevisionWeakEpisodes Author:Shawn Ryan
“We think wireless is going to grow tremendously. Do I think people are going to watch an episode of 'Survivor' on a 2-inch television set? I doubt it. But I do think somebody's going to go to a grocery store in the middle of a football game and watch that game.” PeopleThinkingGamesGrowsWatchesDoubtMiddleTelevisionFootballStoresSurvivorInchesEpisodesGroceriesGrocery StoresWirelessFootball Game Author:Leslie Moonves
“You could go to Estonia and there's probably an episode of 'Seinfeld' playing there. Television is a very powerful thing.” PowerfulTelevisionEpisodesVery PowerfulEstonia Author:Yul Vazquez
“The economics of television syndication and DVD sales mean that there's a tremendous financial pressure to make programs that can be watched multiple times, revealing new nuances and shadings on the third viewing. Meanwhile, the Web has created a forum for annotation and commentary that allows more complicated shows to prosper, thanks to the fan sites where each episode of shows like 'Lost' or 'Alias' is dissected with an intensity usually reserved for Talmud scholars.” MeanShowsLostFansTelevisionProgramEconomicsThirdsPressureFinancialComplicatedThanksIntensityScholarEpisodesMultipleSiteRevealingReservedCommentaryNuanceDvdsForumsAliasesAnnotationFinancial Pressure Author:Steven Johnson
“I think the least stereotypical gay character on television is probably Matt LeBlanc on Episodes. He just plays it so straight-faced. They never talk about the fact that he's such a huge gay person.” ThinkingPersonsPlayCharacterFactsTelevisionHugeGayEpisodes Author:Adam Pally
“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
“Some television programs are made very attractive to young children by presenting short, rapidly moving sequences and ever-changing episodes.... Some experts now argue that slower- paced television fare that allows children time to think about the material is more valuable than the faster-paced programs that merely capture their attention.” ThinkingChildrenMadeMovingYoungAttentionTelevisionMaterialsProgramValuableArguingFasterAttractiveExpertsCaptureEpisodesSequencePresentingYoung ChildrenTime To Think Author:Sandra Scarr
“I'm still learning. It's all a learning curve. Every time you sit down, with any given episode of any given show, it is a learning curve. You're learning something new about how to tell a story. But then, I've felt that way about everything I've ever done - television, features or whatever. Directing or writing, it always feels like the first day of school to me.” WayFeelsWritingFirstsStillsDoneStoriesShowsSchoolGivenFeltTelevisionFeaturesSomething NewEpisodesCurvesLearning CurveFirst Day Of SchoolLearning Something New Author:Frank Darabont
“Director Michelle MacLaren is the John Cage of this malevolent silence, able to wield it as precisely as a pointillist with a paintbrush. And with 'To'hajiilee,' the final episode of Breaking Bad she'll ever direct, she has painted her masterpiece. Under the unblinking eye of her relentless camera, this was television not as entertainment but as endurance. It was agonizing, nauseating, unbearable. I loved every minute but hated every second. I couldn't wait for it to be over but I never wanted it to end. And I especially never wanted it to end like that.” EndsEyeAbleWantedWaitingSilenceMinutesTelevisionDirectorsDirectCamerasFinalsEntertainmentHatedEnduranceEpisodesCagesMasterpieceUnbearableRelentlessEvery SecondAgonizingPaintbrush Author:Andy Greenwald
“The difference between directing film and directing television is so stark simply because TV is a living breathing organism already when you direct an episode.” FilmDifferencesTelevisionTvsDirectBreathingEpisodesOrganismsStarksDirecting Film Author:Jon Hamm
“But actually my dad is a very talented director and not just his use of shots and camera, but he's very good with actors and he knows acting well. It's great to see him do that and be really good at it and he's been doing it for a while and he certainly knows how to make movies, and little movies I guess for a television show, and he's going to come back in November to direct a second episode, which I'm really excited about.” KnowsWellsLittlesUseShowsActorsActingKnow HowTelevisionDadDirectorsShotsDirectCamerasMy DadVery GoodExcitedEpisodesNovemberTelevision Shows Author:Emily Deschanel
“The great thing about television is that most things get resolved by the end of the episode. So I think a lot of people watch TV to see something of their real lives reflected on the screen, but also they're hoping for that happy ending.” PeopleThinkingRealEndsWatchesTelevisionTvsScreensReal LifeGreat ThingsEpisodesHappy Endings Author:Kali Hawk
“One of the problems with episodic television of any color is that everything has got to be okay at the end of the episode so it can start again next week. So the events that occur are rarely life-changing. But with film, you can say that this thing only happened once; this is a major thing that happened to these people.” PeopleEndsProblemFilmNextHappenedWeekEventsTelevisionColorMajorsOkayLife ChangingEpisodesNext Week Author:Peter Capaldi
“But the thing is if you've got an hour to sit down in front of a television, then the likelihood is that you've probably got two hours. So why wouldn't you, if you're enjoying it not want to watch the other one? And so, this is the future. Ten episodes at once is what everyone wants, and then it's up to you how you spread those out” IfsWantTwoEnjoyHoursWatchesFrontsTelevisionTenSpreadEpisodesUp To YouLikelihood Author:Christian Cooke
“Most fight sequences on a television show, probably any action adventure show that you know of, if you asked them how long they probably spend, [it's] one or two days doing the fight. Where we were spending eight days concurrently with an episode doing our fight sequences.” IfsKnowsLongTwoShowsActionFightingTelevisionAdventureEightSpendingEpisodesSequenceTwo DaysTelevision Shows Author:Alfred Gough
“I think what people watch television for is the emotional continuity, from episode to episode, and feeling that the experience that they had, four episodes ago, has actually been building to an episode that comes later, and knowing that the characters are growing, as a result of that, and making mistakes, is really, really important to the way people connect to television.” PeopleThinkingWayImportantCharacterFeelingsResultsMistakeWatchesKnowingFourGrowingTelevisionBuildingEmotionalMaking MistakesEpisodesContinuity Author:Alex Kurtzman
“When I sign on to a television show, I have to love that show and character so much, but this [Mistresses] was in and out, for seven episodes. And it was nice to be able to make some money again because I hadn't work in a year and a half. There were a lot of pluses.” YearsCharacterShowsAbleHalfNiceTelevisionSevenEpisodesMistressTelevision Shows Author:Shannyn Sossamon
“The network wants you to make a thing that's just a stand-alone episode, so you never get any character or continuity. This is one of the ways in which television can actually be good, and even better than the movies, because it gives you a chance to tell a long story.” WayWantGivingLongCharacterStoriesChanceTelevisionBe GoodEpisodesContinuityStand AloneLong Story Author:Billy Campbell
“Television is my home. It's a special breed of person that can do nine months on and three months off, with 22 episodes of one-hour shows. It's very hard work. It can be a grind. It's not a grind for me. I relish in that.” PersonsHardShowsHomeThreeCan DoHoursSpecialTelevisionHard WorkMonthsNineWorking ItEpisodesGrindRelishThree MonthsOne HourNine Months Author:Charisma Carpenter
“When movie people go over into television, it's a little bit of a shock. It's much faster-paced. Everything is really last-minute. You won't know your schedule for the next episode until the last minute.” PeopleKnowsLittlesLastsNextBitsMinutesTelevisionLittle BitFasterShockEpisodesSchedulesLast Minute Author:Charisma Carpenter
“You realize, this is not just a little studio we go to make these television episodes. This thing is reaching everybody in the world! Suddenly you realize the power of television.” WorldLittlesRealizingTelevisionStudiosReachingEpisodes Author:Jamie Farr
“Unless you're a directing producer of a television show, for the most part, the director comes in one week to direct and episode, and then leaves. I'd much rather produce television and occasionally direct an episode of a show I'm producing, then just come in as an outside director.” ShowsWeekProduceTelevisionDirectorsDirectProducersEpisodesTelevision Shows Author:Eric Balfour
“Television moves so fast. A series moves at such a rapid pace and things are changing, episode to episode, where you're going, "Wait, why am I doing this? This last episode, you told me I was doing this." You're shooting at a moving target.” LastsMovingWaitingTelevisionSeriesShootingTargetPaceEpisodesRapids Author:Mike Vogel
“We do want the freedom to move scenes from episode to episode to episode. And we do want the freedom to move writing from episode to episode to episode, because as it starts to come in and as you start to look at it as a five-hour movie just like you would in a two-hour movie, move a scene from the first 30 minutes to maybe 50 minutes in. In a streaming series, you would now be in a different episode. It's so complicated, and we're so still using the rules that were built for episodic television that we're really trying to figure it out.” WantWritingTryingFirstsLooksStillsTwoDifferentMovingHoursFiveMinutesFiguresTelevisionLike YouSceneBuiltSeriesComplicatedEpisodesStreaming Author:Jill Soloway
“When I start to think about all the things, I'm doing sometimes I just have to thank the man upstairs. Because I'm doing the morning show here in Chicago 5 days a week, and I have the syndicated radio show that's been going on now for several years. In addition we are in the midst of taping 13 episodes of a television show-The Legends of Jazz: The Masters of jazz on PBS-TV.” ThinkingMenYearsSometimesShowsMorningWeekTelevisionHe ManMastersTvsJazzRadioMidstChicagoLegendsEpisodesTelevision ShowsUpstairsPbs Author:Ramsey Lewis
“I think we're always trying to avoid tropes. And I think that "Game of Thrones" has almost made killing people a cliche. For us, it wasn't about that. For six episodes, it's hard to invest in people, and I think when you kill a main character on television it really needs to mean something. So we certainly had talked about that, and I think we managed to juggle the ball to make a gripping, interesting and compelling finale. We feel that we didn't have to go there at this point because we had such few episodes.” PeopleThinkingNeedsFeelsTryingMeanMadeHardCharacterGamesInterestingTelevisionSixBallsKillingEpisodesCompellingThronesClicheAlways TryingGrippingMain CharactersTropesFinale Author:Miles Millar
“Even the most loyal viewers of a show would only watch one out of three episodes. As someone who made television, I always found that hard to believe because you want to believe people who love your show are watching every episode, but statistically it was true that people who considered themselves the most loyal viewers were only watching one out of three.” PeopleWantBelieveMadeHardShowsThreeFoundWatchesLove YouTelevisionLoyalEpisodesViewersHard To Believe Author:Tim Kring
“Writing for television is a great job. And it's a job. Most people watch TV and have a comment about one or two moments of an episode - whether they love it or hate it or something in between. To come up with every moment of an entire season of a TV shows is heavy lifting.” PeopleWritingTwoMomentsShowsJobsHateWatchesTelevisionTvsSeasonsCome UpHeavyCommentEpisodesTv ShowsLiftingGreat JobHeavy Lifting Author:Steven C. Harper
“During Christmas time, on German television they show films with three or four episodes, and I quite like the feeling of waiting for the next episode.” ShowsFeelingsFilmThreeNextWaitingFourTelevisionEpisodesChristmas Time Author:Volker Bertelmann