Jon Lovett Quotes

It was so popular, so more people identify me from 'Friends' than anything else.

The power of television - it's so present in our lives, we don't even know how powerful it is.

TV's a pretty powerful thing.

I find America falling in love with a TV show flattering and interesting, but at the same time a little sad.

When a television show like 'Scandal' becomes the biggest show in recent history, suddenly advertisers and networks want to jump on that. And what it's showing is that people want to see diversity.

TV has grown so much. It is like a powerhouse medium.

The vaster the audience, the more vulnerable the people watching the media.

We don't have a laugh track, which helped Seinfeld a lot, and did kind of tell people when to laugh. It just made it a lot easier. Our show doesn't have that, so it's hard for Middle America to catch on.

You know what shows today are missing? Stars.

I was young enough to certainly realize the excitement of how popular 'Seinfeld' was.

It's a funny thing, 'The Office,' because millions and millions and millions and millions of people didn't watch it. But culturally, it is more of a phenomenon than almost anything else I can remember as far as British television is concerned.

When I was on the '70s Show,' I had that and I had 'Punk'd' and I had my own production company. That pretty much sealed up all my time.

'The Simpsons' obviously is a huge success, and Fox has nothing to do with its success, with its creative success, and as a result they don't really like the show. They don't like 'The Simpsons' at Fox.

I'm, like, the biggest fan ever of 'Arrested Development.' To be a part of it is incredible. Same goes for 'Parenthood.'

I have so much to thank reality TV for.

We've defined decency down now that we look at the entertainment value of it, whether the acting is good, the writing is good, the story is good, no matter the depravity, we'll watch it.

I watch episodes of 'Rosanne' now where I don't even know what the ending's going to be.

You often forget, because you're so inside it, that television has power.

It used to be that in media, Johnny Carson used to be the most important person when he would invite you over to sit on the couch after your comedy skit. Now it's whatever Howard Stern says goes.

I think when 'Perfect Strangers' landed and was so well received, it was a magic moment.

The media is something that affects a lot of people, so you're constantly trying to strike a balance between respecting something and not caring about it.

I feel for a film to be accepted, women have to take to it. The women bring the rest of the family to the theatres.

'Bigg Boss' is the biggest show in the world, and I'm sure anyone would want to host it, but not me.

I think TV is evolving, but on the other hand, there is a presence of regressive shows happening, but I choose to ignore that because I am part of a very different and challenging soap.

It is exciting to see the different genres that audiences want to watch. The response to a show like 'Mirzapur' last year and to Delhi Crime earlier this year was so encouraging and a proof that good content is the new formula.