American - Businessman | May 11, 1952 -
Innovation comes to you from creators who do have a vision and a passion, and that is how we succeeded.
Warren Littlefield
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Creating things sometimes is difficult.
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I believe America wants and needs the shared experience of television. We far too often see in crises how television brings us together.
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At the end of Season 1 of 'Cheers', it was the lowest rated show in all of network television... So we turn to 'Bill Cosby'; when he came to Thursday night, he just exploded. And once the audience was there, we said, 'Hey, by the way, we also have this other great show. It's called 'Cheers'.'
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In the history of pilot reports, 'Seinfeld' has got to be one of the worst of all time.
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I fought to make a multiple series commitment with John Wells.
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One way in which 'Friends' did resemble 'Seinfeld' is that it really found its audience over the summer of 1995 in reruns. That's when the main title song, 'I'll Be There for You', by the Rembrandts, exploded, too.
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A 'Friends' shoot night could extend well into the small hours of the morning.
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The writers and actors on 'Friends' were notoriously particular about what made it onto the air.
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NBC's pilot season of 1994 is legendary in the business. In a world where failure is commonplace, we midwifed the birth of both 'Friends' and 'ER'. While 'ER' came essentially out of the blue, we'd been casting around for a 'Friends'-like show for some time at the network.
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I was the network president. I thought I knew everything.
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Audiences want and need a shared viewing experience.
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