Robert Rinder Quotes

The BBC produces wonderful programmes; it also produces a load of old rubbish.

I think 'Breaking Bad' is brilliant. Good drama in the U.S. is also so funny and blurs the line between light and dark.

Television can be a very fickle place.

Television is kind of a disappointment. I often want to watch it, but I find it quite hard - I don't like soaps, reality TV or celebrity chefs.

News events cannot be controlled, nor can newscasts be mapped out like entertainment shows.

Every TV show is a crapshoot, really. But every once in a while, a show gets anointed as 'the show.'

TV is like theater. You can't enjoy it without a program.

I read in the newspapers they are going to have 30 minutes of intellectual stuff on television every Monday from 7:30 to 8. to educate America. They couldn't educate America if they started at 6:30.

I think surprises make TV entertaining.

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

I'd been brought up on... American TV: 'Lou Grant,' 'Starsky & Hutch;' 'Gilligan's Island.'

Audiences are so much more sophisticated than they've ever been. They expect a lot more. I don't think because it's an hour of your Thursday night rather than an hour and a half of your weekend that you should be gypped at all in quality.

I can say without hesitation that there is certainly no greater show to be a contestant on than 'Price' - the prizes can be huge, and the whole world loves and watches the show. It's an American institution!

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.

What I like about the EMAs is that you will never know what happens.

The more films and TV shows I spoil for myself, the more I am convinced that truly interesting stories can't be ruined - the plot thickens with the viewing like a rich sauce.

Television, nowadays, is like doing really long films.

The first 'Interdimensional Cable' episode is amazing because it's filled with such absolute drunken nonsense.

Generally, I am losing faith in telly, as we do have good dramas but not as many as there should be.

When I watch television, I want to be surprised.

Nonsensical decisions are made all the time in football and then really sensible decisions are made all the time. It really is the maddest business but everyone knows that. We all love it.

The Simpsons is the best thing on American television.

TV's great. I think the best stuff is happening on television.

The great thing about Google is that you type in neuro-surgery and somehow you end up with Peter Sellers or watching Frank Sinatra. Google is a great resource.

I feel like there's a randomness in real life that too many Hollywood movies just shave off. It feels too intentional, and life just isn't that intentional. I like popcorn movies. I like entertaining movies. But, I feel like I could do something more in the real world.