Christian Cooke Quotes

I'd always thought that 'NYPD Blue' really would open those doors. While I think it created a much broader template for cable, I don't think it really did that much for network television.

You have a schedule that you really have to stick to with TV and make sure that you are producing enough film for the network to edit through and air quickly.

Broadcasting for advertisers is still the best game in town, and they know it. Look, I admire a lot of the shows on cable. I think 'Mad Men' is wonderful. I think 'Breaking Bad' is wonderful. But let's remember they're about one-tenth the audience of NCIS.

It used to be that you had to do a certain number of episodes to hit syndication in order to try to keep a show on, because it's important to the network because it sells good commercial time. That's really not how HBO does things.

Television is taking over the Internet.

I think that network TV is going to either have to reinvent itself or it's going to have to be more competitive - there are just so many options now with streaming and everything.

Spotify is a platform: it could be expanded to other types of content.

There seems to be a vulnerability at the networks in late night. They are losing more and more audience, particularly young viewers who are now looking at cable television. 'Tonight' is an old show. CBS has reruns, and having a public affairs series like 'Nightline' on ABC is a big mistake.

I used to watch TV in the days that I was on TV. But in that time, streaming has come along. So I can honestly say, I have no idea what's on real-time TV.

Hotmail just picked up 12 new episodes of 'Judging Amy'.

The worst thing you can do is end up with a network show on cable or end up with a cable show on network.

'Baskets' isn't a CBS show. Nothing against that, but this is an off-kilter show on cable that the channel lets you do interesting things. Look, if it works, it works. And if it doesn't, it's just a miniseries.

We're in this really different world of television where everybody is binge watching, and it almost doesn't matter where you're airing.

YouTube is a platform, a distribution vehicle.

To me, mass media is when you are able to use a platform to reach an audience on a large, global scale, and I think YouTube has certainly achieved that and is still finding ways to bring a wider range of content to its audience.

'Prison Break' on Netflix has generated a whole new generation of viewers.

As someone who grew up in Europe, I don't look at TV and automatically think of a primetime network series, created by a staff of writers. I think of 90-minute movies that can break talents out or a three 90-minutes-an-episode mini series that can introduce a fantastic new series like 'The Blechtley Circle.'

I've really enjoyed working together with Apple to help launch their new streaming service. It is really cool to see Apple getting involved.

We did a version of 'You Bet' called 'Wanna Bet' in the U.S. a couple of years ago. It was a good little show but the network put it on over the summer on Mondays so nobody watched it.

There will be more chances for films to be released through streaming services, such as Netflix.

The problem is never the audience, it has always been the distribution. The digital space is proof that the audience is quite accepting.

I always admired Netflix's business model; they are really good at what they do.

Netflix, like life, has its pros and cons.

I was thinking how fun 'Married with Children' would be on Netflix. You could really have some fun there.

Just as our kids don't understand the difference between broadcast and cable, the line between TV and Internet TV is about to disappear.