“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
“When television is good, nothing - not the theater, not the magazines or newspapers - nothing is better. But when television is bad, nothing is worse. I invite each of you to sit down in front of your television set when your station goes on the air and stay there for a day without a book, without a magazine, without a newspaper, without a profit and loss sheet or a rating book to distract you. Keep your eyes glued to that set until the station signs off. I can assure you that what you will observe is a vast wasteland.” I CanBookEyeLossAirFrontsTelevisionGoes OnTheaterProfitNewspapersMagazinesStationsInvitesSheetsRatingWastelandProfit And LossSigning Off Author:Newton N. Minow
“But it's true, when you see some television, you carry it with you. It's like 90210. Tell me what young shows were being done then... We were thrilled about the ratings around the world.” WorldDoneShowsYoungTelevisionAround The WorldRatingBeing Done Author:Aaron Spelling
“If your ratings are high and there’s money being made, you’re allowed to be a perfectionist in television.” IfsMadeTelevisionRatingPerfectionist Author:Dan Harmon
“Whenever you pray, make sure you do it at school assemblies and football games, like the demonstrative creatures who pray before large television audiences. That is the real goal of the thing. But do not, I urge you, pray all alone in your home where no one can see. That does not get you ratings.” DoeRealHomeSchoolReligionGamesPoliticsGoalPrayerAudienceTelevisionFootballPrayingCreaturesUrgesAssemblyRatingAll AloneFootball Game Author:Garry Wills
“The more opportunities people have to experience television on different platforms, the more television they consume overall. So there actually has been a benefit, but the ratings have gone down. But we've seen kind of the horizontal benefit of this. And it remains a great, great promotion engine.” PeopleKindHas BeensDifferentOpportunityGoneTelevisionBenefitsRemainsEnginesPlatformsPromotionRatingHorizontal Author:Anne Sweeney
“I don't think there is enough educational programming, but unfortunately, television is built around advertising and those shows don't get the big ratings.” ThinkingEnoughShowsBigsTelevisionBuiltEducationalAdvertisingProgrammingRatingThink Big Author:Will McDonough
“I've had it-the agencies, the winking, the networks, the ratings. Anyone who thinks TV is an art medium is crazy-it's an advertising medium.” ThinkingArtCrazyTelevisionTvsMediumsAdvertisingAgencyRatingWinking Author:Robert Altman
“It felt really nice to not have anybody talking about numbers, and no one is talking about ratings. From my experience, it felt like there was one person running the ship and it felt like there was space for Jenji to be at the helm. That's not what I've experienced in television before. It felt more akin to an interesting movie, where there were producers who were really excited by the work and wanted to make space for the director's vision to be sort of shared with an audience. It felt more cohesive.” PersonsRunningWantedFeltSpaceInterestingNumbersTalkingVisionAudienceNiceTelevisionDirectorsExcitedShipsProducersReally NiceRatingHelm Author:Taylor Schilling
“I think we have got to start again and go right back to first principles. The argument I shall advance, surprising as it may seem coming from the author of the earlier chapters, is that, for an understanding of the evolution of modern man, we must begin by throwing out the gene as the sole basis of our ideas on evolution. If there is only one Creator who made the tiger and the lamb, the cheetah and the gazelle, what is He playing at? Is he a sadist who enjoys spectator blood sports? ... Is he manuvering to maximize David Attenborough's television ratings?” IfsThinkingMenFirstsMayMadeIdeasSeemsSportsEnjoyUnderstandingPrinciplesBloodModernTelevisionHe ManEvolutionArgumentBasesCreatorThrowingGenesSurprisingSoleChaptersTigersSpectatorsLambsRatingModern ManCheetahsGazelles Book:The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary edition Source: The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary edition