Matt Smith Quotes

Television viewers, they've been around a long time. They've been watching this thing now for 50 years. I mean, they know exactly what's happening when it comes to television programming. You can't put anything over on them anymore.

Everyone knows that there are more people watching any given show than is being registered by the Nielsen system.

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.

You know, people aren't watching a network: they're watching cable channels.

It's kind of debatable whether or not the advertisement model is effective. Like whether Nielsen works. For years, Nielsen has been based on sampling. It's not like an electronic bullet that hits your house that tells the people at networks at all times what you're watching.

Television can be a very fickle place.

We're just dealing with the kind of warp and woof of television ratings.

Broadcast TV is still the mothership and it will be for the foreseeable future. Audiences may be declining slightly but revenues are going up and profits are going up.

Right now the producers of 'Modern Family' have no idea how many people watch our show each week on all platforms, and nobody seems to want to tell us. If a disproportionate number of any show's viewers watch in alternative ways, then, under the current system, that show may not appear to be as strong as it actually is.

The financing of all TV shows is dictated by finding an audience between 18 and 49. I have now passed beyond 49, so probably, I am no longer a desirable commodity for TV. And I am at peace with that; that's fine.

I think people connect better with TV. stars over film stars.

Technology has changed, and we need to figure out how to improve the archaic way of what makes a hit, or how to determine how many viewers are watching beyond some people with Nielsen boxes in a small percentage of homes in random areas.

TV is still the place to grab the most eyeballs.

Television is really fertile ground, and it's because of platforms like Netflix and Hulu and, of course, the cable channels like HBO and Showtime.

There are younger people watching CBS, but their audience isn't 13 to 25. The CW specializes in that.

Network TV is such a difficult, competitive landscape.

You know how trends go with television. Next year, the networks might not be open to taking risks.

I started television in 2015.

Television is not an easy medium, as keeping the audience glued to the TV screens day after day is something which requires a lot of effort.

A lot of people make hay about 'American Idol's ratings and 'Empire.'

Advertisers like shows that viewers like to watch live.

TV always wants more people to be watching.

There's no such thing as 'too much TV,' unless we're all spending more and not watching more.

NBC programs great shows; it just doesn't have the eyeballs CBS does.

I love a lot of television and live-tweet a lot of TV.