Kellie Martin Quotes

If I were to leave Congress and want to start Farenthold TV, it would be very difficult. The fewer players there are, the fewer the opportunities to build a big enough audience to get on.

It's the ratings, stupid, don't you know? They've got us putting more fuzz and wuzz on the air, cop-show stuff.

Reality TV has totally destroyed soap operas. They're gone. They used to be the biggest thing in the world - they're gone.

Back in 1975, we were making all the decisions about what people were going to watch.

Look, the media are trapped by changes in the technology and business of their industry.

You can't get any better than TV on HBO, ABC and BBC3.

I think television is a big commitment, so it has to be something that you're really excited about and something that you want to potentially commit a lot of time to.

My cash cows, the slick magazines, were put out of business by TV.

I pay a lot of attention to box office because I understand it. TV ratings? I don't know how to interpret them, since I'm new to TV, so I'm just going to wait for somebody to tell me.

As electronic journalism came to be evaluated for its cost effectiveness, the network world began breaking up.

At the same time, television theatre became more visibly active.

A generation ago, or two, when there were three channels, plus PBS, and when you needed - when you needed 15 million people to make a living, the media could focus on the broad country. And most people had no choice about getting political information. It was there at 6:30 whether you wanted it or not.

My goal is for 'The Bill Engvall Show' to be a show the networks look at and say, 'Ooh, maybe we should get back to the family sitcom.'

My kids watch everything downloaded; they have no idea what the numbers or the names of the channels mean, except, 'FX makes the show that I see on my computer.' So it's harder to get a show on the air, but at the same time, there are a lot of terrific shows.

Rarely in broadcasting history has so much been riding on the whimsical flick of a few thousand wrists.

Television has changed. Some feels like good old-fashioned TV, and some of it feels more filmic and more natural and more nuanced. I don't think there's any clear line any longer between film and TV.

I realized there was a difference between a syndicated morning show and prime time. 'Regis saved the network!' I used to walk around saying that. I was a big man! I was a giant!

I remember in the '70s or the early '80s, there were a lot of viewpoints represented on TV. And I don't know what happened. I don't know what happened in the '90s.

People don't really see television shows and movies as different anymore. They expect the same quality.

The TV mini-series is kind of a lost genre because the networks have given up on it.

I don't necessarily go out and try to do something that's going to be just something that will please the audience. I'm not interested in doing something where I get the most people to come see the movie at the same time and they get the biggest explosion. I'm not interested in that.

Network TV is such a difficult, competitive landscape.

Netflix and Hulu are just extensions of television that live on the Web.

I have got lots of offers from networks for more reality shows.

I don't think the audience for film or TV is different. I think they are the same people who go out on weekends.