Ernie Kovacs Quotes

Television is not a gimmick.

TV is one of the biggest mediums, and over time, it will get bigger.

Television is a medium because anything well done is rare.

The nature of television - it's quicker than both a play and a movie.

You never know what's going to happen with television these days.

I think TV is the only place left where you can have a midsize something.

There's not a lot of light on television.

I believe people will be watching their TV screens for a long time and that TV channels have a long-term life.

TV has changed everything.

Television is a very gratifying medium.

In 1949 there was a new thing called Television, to which my agency and advisers opposed as a performance medium.

Satire is what closes on Saturday night.

There's a great appetite for smart television. Every day I get up and there are interesting stories I want to do.

Television is such a mediocre medium.

A sitcom isn't usually the right tool for satire.

I seriously consider television to be the people's medium.

I haven't watched 'Mad TV' a lot, but I have seen some stuff on there that is truly funny. You have to have some sort of attitude toward the subject, and they seem to have it. It depends on how much blood you want to draw.

These days, you can do a TV series for five years and all of a sudden be on top of the business. Features don't even run in theaters very long anymore before going right to television.

Television is a golden goose that lays scrambled eggs; and it is futile and probably fatal to beat it for not laying caviar. Anyway, more people like scrambled eggs than caviar.

TV, in particular cable channels, has assumed the role of independent film.

Television is a service, but it's also a business.

Television is just another appliance–it's a toaster with pictures.

Sit down in front of your television set when your station goes on the air and stay there without a book, magazine, newspaper, profit-and-loss sheet or rating book to distract you—and keep your eyes glued to that set until the station signs off. I can assure you that you will observe a vast wasteland.

Producing, in television, we're in the business of voyeurism.

I think television's amazing, and I'm going to do more of it. I love it. I think it's a great place to be, but I'm still going to keep doing movies too.