NeNe Leakes Quotes

We've had a chance to be seen by viewers who had never seen us before, and we've kept a lot of them.

When you go to commercial, you want something to call the viewers back, and if you don't have a decent act out, the audience probably won't be there in the numbers you want when the show returns.

TV creates good viewership because it generates interest by being entertaining.

Even in the off season, people are streaming the show or buying the DVD sets, and new audience comes to 'Leverage' every year we've been doing it.

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.

Never underestimate the intelligence of the audience; make good programmes, and they will come.

I think everybody in news understands that the audience that watches for more than an hour is not your target audience - because those people are on life support.

There's certainly pressure to find your audience early. You need to paint the picture, but it's tough trying to find the balance between a show that people can tune in on any given week while still grabbing the people who are there every week.

TV's 'real' agenda is to be 'liked,' because if you like what you're seeing, you'll stay tuned. TV is completely unabashed about this; it's its sole raison.

I am very conscious of the viewer because that's where the art takes place. My work really strives to put the viewer in a certain kind of emotional state.

I think USA has a great handle on programming and content. They know their viewers and they know what works... Character driven programming!

When you play a show or festival, people know what they're getting; they want it. Then you're thrown onto a show where people are watching TV in their houses, and whether they ask for it or not, we're being played in front of them. There's a lot of negative feedback.

People say women's wrestling sucks and nobody wants to see it, but every time there are storylines and they invest in the women, people react and love it.

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.

TV always wants more people to be watching.

We're paid to care. That's what actors get their money for. But the main goal is not for the actors to be frustrated at the end of the show, but for the audience to be throwing their shoes at the television set. That's what we're trying for.

TV's not the same buzz. If someone tells you three million people watched the show last week, that's good but, when you walk out in front of 1,000, you think, 'Oh my God, this had better be good'.

Not a day goes by when we're not grateful to see that viewers seem to be responding.

You have to keep the audience glued by hook or crook.

My strategy isn't just to get the biggest audience; it's to get a loyal audience.

The only way to stop the erosion in network television is to come up with shows that are very popular.

I really focus on giving the viewers compelling television, and hope that more and more people watch.

The audience determines whether they still want to watch you or not.

I am obsessed with my viewers.

It's hard not to be affected by the live audience.