“Ultimately people don't watch shows because of how realistic they are. They watch them because of the same dramatic elements that have always made stories interesting. And fundamentally if those elements don't work, no amount of reality is going to be enough to keep people watching a show.” PeopleIfsMadeEnoughStoriesShowsRealityInterestingWatchesAmountElementsDramaticRealistic Author:Michael Loceff
“It was the economic benefit,You make a comfortable living in public service and you get a fairly comfortable retirement, if you watch your pennies and you're not extravagant. But in television, if a show goes, you make a substantial amount of money. So, economically it just didn't make sense for me not to.” IfsShowsWatchesEconomicTelevisionAmountComfortBenefitsComfortableMake SenseRetirementPenniesPublic ServiceExtravagant Author:Mills Lane
“It's not our fault our generation has short attention spans, Dad. We watch an appalling amount of TV.” AttentionWatchesGenerationsTvsAmountDadFaultsOur GenerationAttention SpanShort Attention Spans Author:Yeardley Smith
“Obese kids watch no more television than kids who aren't obese. All the thin kids watch massive amounts of television, too. There is no statistical correlation between obesity and media use, period.” ChildrenUseKidsWatchesMediaTelevisionAmountPeriodsMassiveObesityCorrelationObese Book:Nurtureshock: Why Everything We Thought About Children is Wrong Source: Nurtureshock: Why Everything We Thought About Children is Wrong
“I think the thing we see is that as people are using video games more, they tend to watch passive TV a bit less. And so using the PC for the Internet, playing video games, is starting to cut into the rather unbelievable amount of time people spend watching TV.” PeopleThinkingGamesBitsWatchesCuttingTvsAmountInternetStartingVideoPassiveUnbelievableWatching TvPlaying Video Games Author:Bill Gates
“I think that, honestly, people's censorship issues are personal but I disagree with most of those personal choices that I see others make. You know, I watch television and there's a grotesque amount of violence on almost every show that you would watch that comes on past 8:00 pm. And I think my dirty brand of humor is far less destructive to a child's mentality.” PeopleThinkingChildrenShowsChoicesWatchesIssuesViolenceTelevisionAmountHonestlyBrandsDirtyDestructiveDisagreeCensorshipMentalityGrotesquePersonal Choice Author:Seth Rogen
“If you want a show to succeed, you're going to have to have a certain amount of people watch who are non-black and non-Latino. If you can't cross over, you don't belong on TV. That's not just me saying it. That's just the way it is.” PeopleIfsWayWantShowsCertainBlackWatchesTvsAmountSucceedCrossesOver YouLatino Author:George Lopez
“If you’re unhappy at the amount of sexual opportunity in your life, don’t blame the women. Instead, make sure they have equal access to power, wealth, and status. Then watch what happens.” IfsHappensOpportunityWealthWatchesAmountEqualBlameAccessUnhappy Author:Christopher Ryan
“Imagine a different world, one in which people do not spend an inordinate amount of energy fuming against their fate each time they make a mistake. ... though we all agree that to err is human, each of us individually believes that he or she is the exception. ... Make a mistake? Not on my watch!” PeopleWorldBelieveHumansDifferentEnergyMistakeWatchesFateImagineAmountAgreeExceptionDifferent WorldsErr Is Human Author:Veronique Vienne