“I would say my being disheartened has more to do with American culture than anything else. We are becoming a very shallow culture. My goodness, the celebrity ethos has taken over completely. Turn on the television and you see that over and over. There's very little substance. And so, everything gets shorter. Everything is entertainment oriented. Our churches reflect that. A thirty-five minute sermon without a Power Point or video clips is rare these days. That's not true in other countries so much.” LittlesCountryTurnsCultureChurchTakenFiveMinutesTelevisionBecomingGoodnessEntertainmentVideoThese DaysSubstanceThirtyOther CountriesShallowSermonsFive MinutesAmerican CultureTurn-onEthosClipDisheartenedVideo Clips Author:Philip Yancey
“Among all the complaints you hear these days about the crimes of the media, it seems to me the critics miss the big one. It is that especially TV, but also we of the print press, tend to reduce mess and complexity and ambiguity to a simple story line that doesn't reflect reality so much as it distorts it. ... What bothers me about the journalistic tendency to reduce unmanageable reality to self-contained, movielike little dramas is not just that we falsify when we do this. It is also that we really miss the good story.” LittlesSelfStoriesBigsRealitySeemsLinesSimpleMediaMissingCrimeTelevisionTvsDramaPressesCriticsTendenciesJournalismMessThese DaysBotherComplexityPrintComplaintsAmbiguityGood StoryJournalisticSelf Contained Author:Meg Greenfield
“That was the trouble with so many reality programmes on television - everyone wanted fame these days without necessarily working at anything to achieve it.” RealityWantedTroubleAchieveTelevisionFameThese DaysProgrammes Author:M.C. Beaton
“I've never let producers tell me what to do. Even when I was making television, I always did what I wanted to do, and if I couldn't, I didn't do it. It was a freedom that, these days, young directors starting out don't have.” IfsWantedYoungTelevisionDirectorsStartingProducersThese DaysStarting Out Author:Michael Haneke
“The problem is these days people don't watch television together. The husband is downstairs watching The Game and the wife is upstairs watching The Good Wife. They don't need a show they can watch together. What family dramas are on now that are working?” PeopleNeedsShowsProblemTogetherGamesWatchesWifeTelevisionDramaHusbandThese DaysFamily DramaUpstairsGood Wife Author:Warren Leight
“I had a huge advantage when I started 50 years ago - my job was secure. I didn't have to promote myself. These days there's far more pressure to make a mark, so the temptation is to make adventure television or personality shows. I hope the more didactic approach won't be lost.” YearsShowsJobsLostTelevisionAdventureHugePersonalityApproachAdvantageYears AgoMarkPressureTemptationSecureThese DaysDidactic Author:David Attenborough
“The Street is as large as consciousness itself. So, when creating art for the street, be mindful of where the public's head is at these days. Give the public a real alternative to the strict diet of celebrity gossip, religion, and un-reality television.” GivingArtRealRealityConsciousnessStreetsTelevisionCreatingAlternativesThese DaysDietsGossipStrictCreating ArtReality TelevisionCelebrity Gossip Author:Eric Drooker
“Television is competitive now, and the great stories live on television right now. I'm finding that I'm enjoying television more than film, these days. That was my motivation to take a TV show.” StoriesShowsFilmMotivationEnjoyTelevisionTvsRight NowFindingsThese DaysTv Shows Author:Jaimie Alexander
“When The Muppet Show ended, we all sat around and said, what kind of television show would we like to do. We felt the need these days are for some quality children's programming.” NeedsKindChildrenSaidShowsFeltQualityTelevisionThese DaysSatProgrammingTelevision ShowsMuppetMuppet Show Author:Jim Henson
“What's better these days, television or film? It's a dead heat. In fact, one could argue for television with more regularity.” FactsFilmTelevisionArguingThese DaysHeatRegularity Author:Joseph McGinty Nichol