“I've been trying to figure out what moment The Lone Ranger came into our lives. We've always just known about The Lone Ranger. It's common knowledge. I don't ever remember watching the television show.” TryingMomentsShowsRememberCommonKnownOur LivesFiguresTelevisionTelevision ShowsLoneRangersCommon KnowledgeLone Ranger Author:James Badge Dale
“You have to realize that people who bother to log on to anything and talk about a television show is a very specific fraction of the audience. It's not the general audience, so you can't get too crazy listening to just that. That's not representative, but they are the most dedicated.” PeopleShowsRealizingAudienceCrazyTelevisionListeningBotherDedicatedRepresentativesFractionsTelevision Shows Author:Ronald D. Moore
“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
“I'm reading and trying to find a television show that I really like, so I can start really working again and gain some momentum.” TryingI CanShowsReadingTelevisionGainsMomentumTelevision Shows Author:Shannyn Sossamon
“I think we all have great opportunities individually but collectively our unit is so much bigger. Collectively our unit is something I've never seen on television. I don't look at our show as a basketball show. I look at our show as a sports and entertainment show.” ThinkingLooksShowsOpportunitySportsTelevisionBasketballBiggerEntertainmentUnitsGreat Opportunity Author:Kenny Smith
“It's amazing how many people you see on TV. I did my first television show a month ago, and the next day five million television sets were sold. The people who couldn't sell theirs threw them away.” PeopleFirstsShowsNextMillionsFiveTelevisionTvsMonthsSellsNext DayTelevision Shows Author:Bob Hope
“First and foremost, I'm a decorator and product designer. Everything I do, the television shows, the books, that comes from the design work. It's what I love.” FirstsBookShowsDesignTelevisionProductsDesignerWorking ItTelevision ShowsDecoratorsDesign Work Author:Nate Berkus
“I love action shows. I love drama. There's no one type of thing. Television has gotten so good, and there's so much to do.” ShowsActionTelevisionTypeDramaLove Drama Author:Bridget Regan
“I grew up with a dad who hated television, so we had to sneak television. It got ingrained in my head to never follow a show that religiously.” ShowsTelevisionGrewDadGrew UpHatedSneak Author:Robert Knepper
“The way television works is that directors come in and out, and they're not there all the time, following every character through every scene. They're vagabonds who go from one show to another.” WayCharacterShowsTelevisionSceneDirectorsFollowingVagabonds Author:Amy Sherman-Palladino
“To me, television is one of the most exciting things going on right now, as far as content goes. Some of these shows that are on television are better than any of the movies out there.” ShowsTelevisionRight NowExcitingExciting Things Author:John Krasinski
“I ended up doing literally every television show ever made, for at least a day. It was great to see how that worked. That's how I cut my teeth.” MadeShowsCuttingTelevisionTeethTelevision Shows Author:Patrick J. Adams
“Michael Bay and his team are experts in exciting tentpole-type film and television, and the combination of their film experience plus the great television writers that have come on will be really successful in bringing us something really unique. We are looking to put on these big canvas shows, and Black Sails is going to fit into that. The scripts have been terrific. Everything that we are trying to do is incredibly ambitious, and this is certainly in that category.” TryingHas BeensShowsBigsFilmBlackSuccessfulTeamTelevisionTypeFitUniqueExcitingScriptsCombinationExpertsPlusCategoriesAmbitiousCanvasSailTerrificFilm And Television Author:Chris Albrecht
“The scripts for Marco Polo are absolutely, positively fantastic. The challenge of making that show in China has proved to be as formidable as we feared. It's not like making a movie in China where, once you load up and you leave, you're gone. We have to be able to come back and capture something that's going to feel like a major feature film, on a television budget, and do it, hopefully season after season, so we are taking more time than the producers thought.” FeelsShowsAbleFilmChallengesGoneTelevisionMajorsSeasonsScriptsChinaProducersHopefullyFantasticBudgetsFeaturesMore TimeCaptureLoadPositivelyFormidableMarcosPoloMarco Polo Author:Chris Albrecht
“I'm inordinately proud of Smash, on so many levels. The complexity of producing that show, every week, is just incredible. As a television producer and as a Broadway producer, which I once was, I am in awe of what we can do on that show, every week.” ShowsCan DoLevelsWeekTelevisionProudIncrediblesProducersComplexityAweBroadway Author:Robert Greenblatt
“We're big fans of the show on BBC, and some of the greatest actors in film and television have done this character, from Basil Rathbone to Nicol Williamson to Michael Caine. (Executive producer) Rob Doherty came in with the pitch last season, it was immediately a show that we gravitated towards.” DoneCharacterShowsBigsLastsFilmActorsFansTelevisionSeasonsProducersExecutivesFilm And TelevisionBasil Author:Nina Tassler
“So many of the great detectives that we see on television now owe their origins to Sherlock Holmes. What was very exciting about Rob's pitch and script was that he is a real Holmes-ian expert. He knew all of the mythology. He was very well-versed in the genesis of Holmes and the stories. And the twist with Watson is something we jumped at immediately. It's a very forward-thinking way of doing the show.” ThinkingWayWellsRealStoriesShowsTelevisionExcitingScriptsMythologyExpertsTwistsDetectivesGenesisHolmesWatsonForward Thinking Author:Nina Tassler
“When you're doing a movie, you're in and out of there in three months. If you hated the experience, it's all good because you can take the paycheck and leave. But, on a television show, you have to love your character and you have to love the experience because you could be there for awhile, fingers crossed.” IfsCharacterShowsThreeLove YouTelevisionMonthsFingersHatedTelevision ShowsThree MonthsPaychecksFingers Crossed Author:Jordana Brewster
“Every generation has their favorite Spider-Man television show.” MenShowsGenerationsTelevisionSpidersTelevision ShowsSpider Man Author:Jeph Loeb
“The fans have access to the show and the creators, even if it's not direct. I don't know any television creators that don't follow the message boards. The feedback is so immediate, to see what is working and what isn't, and what's working better than you anticipated.” IfsKnowsShowsFansTelevisionMessagesDirectCreatorAccessBoardsFeedbackBetter Than You Author:Jeff Pinkner
“First of all, directing was the most incredible experience. When you run a television show, directing is something that not many people actually get the time to do because you're so consumed with everything that's going on. You can't just disappear.” PeopleFirstsShowsRunningTelevisionIncrediblesDisappearConsumedTelevision Shows Author:J.H. Wyman
“Jeff always says, "In the cinema, everybody goes to sci-fi. Those are the biggest movies. But, in television, nobody wants to touch it with a barge pole." It's strange. I think it's because maybe there's a legacy of television shows that depicted sci-fi in a certain way that turns off a lot of viewers, so maybe there's a negative connotation.” ThinkingWayWantShowsCertainTurnsTelevisionStrangeNegativeLegacyCinemaSci FiViewersTelevision ShowsTurn OffConnotationBarges Author:J.H. Wyman
“It's a sci-fi show on network television, and everybody knows that it's an amazing feat that we've been on for so many years. The fans, the press and everyone has been so incredibly kind and so incredibly supportive that we feel like it's a success, in any way, shape or form. It's an expensive canvas.” KnowsWayFeelsYearsKindHas BeensShowsFormFansTelevisionShapesPressesExpensiveSci FiCanvasSupportiveFeats Author:J.H. Wyman
“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
“I hadn't been there [Comic-Con] before. It's pretty eye-opening, when you haven't been there, just with the sheer amount of fans that are there for different shows and films. It's like a big fan symposium, in a way, as well a way for film studios and television studios to really promote their product to their loyal audience base. It was an experience.” WayWellsDifferentShowsBigsEyeFilmAudienceFansHavensTelevisionProductsAmountStudiosOpeningComicLoyalSheerEye OpeningComic ConSymposiumPretty Eyes Author:Dustin Clare
“I love horror movies, so it's a real treat to be able to work on a television show of that genre, and have it actually be really, really good.” RealShowsAbleTelevisionHorrorTreatsGenreBeing RealTelevision Shows Author:Alexandra Breckenridge
“Film and television are very different. On the TV show, we do seven or eight scenes a day, so time and money are of the essence, and we have zero room for creativity because you've got to do each scene in only five takes. Whereas, on a film, you have an entire day to film one scene, so you have so much time to choose how you want to fill in a scene.” WantDifferentShowsFilmRoomsCreativityFiveTelevisionTvsSceneEssenceSevenEightZeroTv ShowsTime And MoneyFilm And Television Author:Shailene Woodley
“If you look at my life before I went into television, the struggle I went through coming out would be surprising to most people, given how comfortable and how out I am being the only late-night gay talk-show host.” PeopleIfsLooksShowsWould BeNightGivenStruggleTelevisionGayComfortableLateHostComing OutSurprisingTalk ShowsLate Night Author:Andy Cohen
“'Fringe' is one of my favorite television shows, from its inception. I absolutely love all of the science fiction of it, the mystery of it, and the science in it.” ShowsFictionMysteryTelevisionScience FictionMy FavoriteFringeTelevision ShowsInception Author:Jill Scott
“I'm often asked, "What is your favorite moment during the 30 years you hosted [The Tonight Show]?" I really don't have just one. The times I enjoyed the most were the spontaneous, unplanned segments that just happened, like Ed Ames' infamous "Tomahawk Toss" that produced one of the longest laughs in television history. When these lucky moments happen, you just go with them and enjoy the experience and high of the moment.” YearsMomentsShowsHappensEnjoyLaughingHappenedTelevisionLuckyEnjoyedJust OneTonightSpontaneousTossYour FavoriteInfamous Author:Johnny Carson
“Of course you have a duty to show the disfigurations of society as well as its more agreeable aspects. But if TV in the western world uses its freedom continually to show all that is worst in our society, while the centrally controlled television of the Communist world and the dictatorships show only what is judged advantageous to them and suppress everything else, how are the uncommitted to judge between us? How can they fail to misjudge if they view matters only through a distorted mirror?” IfsWorldWellsMatterUseShowsCoursesViewsFailingWorstTelevisionJudgingTvsDutyAspectMirrorsWesternOur SocietyControlledCommunistJudgedDictatorshipWestern WorldUncommitted Author:Margaret Thatcher
“Sitting around with funny people, banging out jokes and creating a television show. I have no hobbies, no outside interests. I'm fine with spending 14 hours a day putting a show together with tape and string.” PeopleShowsTogetherInterestHoursTelevisionFineCreatingJokesSittingSpendingStringsTapeHobbiesTelevision ShowsSitting AroundBangingFunny People Author:Jon Stewart
“Making a television show is not like making Coca-Cola or Bacardi rum. The human element in our business prevents us from finding a successful formula every time.” HumansShowsSuccessfulTelevisionElementsFindingsFormulasTelevision ShowsCoca ColaRum Book:A Book Source: A Book
“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
“With a television show, it's about fighting to get it on the screen every week. It's like going into battle, and you have to fight these fights. Some are big fights, some are skirmishes, some you can come to detente on, but it's always a fight.” ShowsBigsFightingWeekTelevisionBattleScreensTelevision ShowsDetente Author:Alfred Gough
“I love my iPad. I'll see television shows that I have missed and I'll download them through iTunes. If there is an older movie that I want to watch right away, I can download that movie and watch it.” IfsWantI CanShowsWatchesTelevisionTelevision ShowsIpadsDownloadsItunes Author:Joel Silver
“You can say that all you want, but even in the little time that I've been in this industry, I've learned that it isn't exactly what you expect, so you've got to have a level head. I thought people would dig it. I thought people would enjoy it. It's AMC. I thought people would be fans. But, I did not think we would be the best new show on television.” PeopleThinkingWantLittlesShowsWould BeEnjoyLevelsFansTelevisionIndustryI've LearnedBeing The BestLittle Time Author:Steven Yeun
“When you're working on a television show with actors, what you hope you're doing is playing jazz with them all the time. You see what they're giving you, so you try to write back to that, and then they play with that, and you get a sense of what is going on. That's just a natural way in which TV series usually work.” WayGivingWritingTryingPlayShowsActorsNaturalTelevisionTvsJazzSeriesTelevision ShowsTv SeriesPlaying Jazz Author:Remi Aubuchon
“I'm just not interested in daytime television, which is something you should remember the next time somebody offers you a daytime talk show.” ShouldShowsRememberNextTelevisionOffersNot InterestedNext TimeTalk ShowsDaytime Author:Greg Behrendt
“If you're a host of a video show and you're on the cleanest show on television for eight years, people want to say, 'Well, that's what that person does.' That was the dilemma for me, career-wise.” PeopleIfsWantYearsWellsPersonsDoeShowsCareersWiseTelevisionEightVideoHostDilemma Author:Bob Saget
“Martha Stewart's a convicted felon and they gave her another television show. What's next, the Scott Peterson Fishing Hour?” ShowsNextHoursTelevisionFishingTelevision ShowsFelons Author:Christopher Titus
“I mean, a lot of people don't realize it, but fashion is one of the most racial industries left out there now. Radio and music aren't. Television and movies aren't. Even commercials now are showing interracial couples. You see a lot of diversity in TV shows, but you don't see that in fashion. You think there would be some, because the consumer is of all colors and all shades. But you don't see that in fashion.” PeopleThinkingMeanShowsWould BeLeftRealizingFashionTelevisionColorTvsIndustryCoupleDiversityRadioConsumersShadeTv ShowsLeft OutInterracial Couple Author:Tyson Beckford
“I do write a lot of children's songs, and I'm going to do a children's television show, which also means I'll be doing a lot of albums. So I do hope my future will hold a lot of things for children.” WritingMeanChildrenShowsSongTelevisionAlbumsMy FutureTelevision Shows Author:Dolly Parton
“I don't watch any television, hardly ever because I'm so busy. I always obviously watch my shows because I blog about it and talk about it, but no, I can watch the news in the morning and that's it.” I CanShowsWatchesMorningTelevisionNewsBusyBlogs Author:Lisa Vanderpump
“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
“My father was invited to play on a television show when I was 17 or 18, that was an early equivalent of educational television. Sunday afternoon kind of variety art show.” KindArtPlayShowsFatherTelevisionEducationalVarietySundayAfternoonInvitedTelevision ShowsSunday Afternoons Author:John Sebastian
“Everyday something new pops into my mind: I could do this next or I could do that next. I want to grow more and more and show people different sides of myself, whether it's different kinds of music, different kinds of movies, or different kinds of television.” PeopleWantMindKindDifferentShowsNextGrowsSidesTelevisionEverydayPopsSomething NewDifferent KindsDifferent SidesDifferent Kinds Of Music Author:LeAnn Rimes
“I had no idea what effect something blockbustering would have. To me, it was just a job that I was trying to do the best I could. We had shot the first five shows before it went on the air. Then, it was this firecracker hit, and people were recognizing me, so it was just nuts. It was overwhelming, insane, wonderful and scary all at the same time. It's really peculiar that people see you on television and then think they have a personal relationship with you. So, they want to touch you, and grab you, and sit down and have lunch with you. It's strange, and you never get used to that.” PeopleThinkingWantTryingFirstsIdeasShowsJobsUsedFiveWonderfulAirEffectsTelevisionStrangeShotsDown AndScaryInsaneNo IdeaLunchOverwhelmingPeculiarNutsRecognizingDo The BestPersonal RelationshipsFirecracker Author:Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
“I don't really watch all that much television, I have to say, because I'm so intimidated by how many channels there are. I really cannot find my way back to anything. But I'm compulsively addicted to '24.' I love that show.” WayShowsWatchesTelevisionMy WayIntimidated Author:Kate Beckinsale
“Believe me, you don't walk away from the kind of money you make with a daily television show. You might get awful tired of it sometimes, but take a second look at the check and you get less tired right away.” BelieveLooksKindSometimesShowsMightWalksTelevisionTiredChecksAwfulBelieve In MeTelevision Shows Author:Johnny Carson