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'Friday Night Lights' was never a break-out hit; I'll never regret doing that show.
Kevin Reilly
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Nobody watches commercials if you ask them. Nevertheless, they watch commercials.
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Some of the greatest shows in history - 'Seinfeld,' 'Everybody Loves Raymond' and 'House' - had puny starts but the benefit of schedule protection, increasingly scarce in today's DVR world. Cable nets can tolerate small ratings, building hits in progress like 'Breaking Bad,' or marathon their way to a 'Duck Dynasty.'
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I love TV. Always have. Since my mother told me to stop sitting so close and watching so much.
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I remember coming up in the business and seeing how the grind turned some executives into grizzled cynics. And I vowed to never become that guy. I have always believed it's incumbent upon network brass to bring a wide-eyed optimism to the chairs they rent. Talent deserves that. And frankly, the jobs are just no fun otherwise.
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While I felt like we potentially had something really huge in 'Gotham,' you're always nervous that it won't live up.
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When you get these franchises with some built in profiles and anticipation... I think the anticipation and the buildup can can exceed the delivery.
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Unfortunately, there is no 'X Factor U.S.A.' without Simon Cowell.
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Before there was cable, Fox was cable.
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Trying to make programs that are all things to everyone is not going to work.
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I've spent a lot of time encouraging, corralling, protecting, and sparring with creative people.
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One of the things I truly enjoy about my job is the dynamic nature of having a foot in each world - the world of the talent, who create our product - and the world of our business in which we market, distribute, and monetize that product.
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