Martin Short Quotes

When 'Blue Collar TV' was on the 'WB,' we were their second-highest rated show, but they didn't know what to do with us. They had 'Reba,' which was number one, and we were number two, and they didn't want to be known as the hayseed network, so they kind of dropped us, even though we were pulling great numbers.

I don't think we've got much of a chance to tell you the truth. But our main problem is our audience skews a little older than most shows, and I don't think our people can stay up that late. I certainly can't.

I'm a regular part of the TV audience world, and I know that I like shows that I would watch. And this is a series that I definitely would watch. And some episodes are better than others.

Typically, only about 2 percent of the American populace tunes in to PBS's 'Nova' series - the most successful science show on the tube. 'Survivor' and 'X Factor' get twice the ratings.

'Parks and Rec' is definitely a mainstream show - the group that watches it on TV on Thursday night is small, but the audience that watches it on things like Hulu, Netflix, and Tivo is enormous.

I think there's going to be many special episodes of 'Blackish.'

Ninety-nine percent of television shows, I've never seen.

The reason for certain shows not doing well or as per expectations is that they were not aired on not so popular channels.

Reality TV has totally destroyed soap operas. They're gone. They used to be the biggest thing in the world - they're gone.

When it moved to Friday night it disappeared, when they find another show that can do what The Simpsons does, they will be delighted to do cancel The Simpsons.

I think most people who were involved with television will tell you, if given a season or given a 13-episode order and getting those episodes on the air, and if viewers don't come, I think most people will tell you they'd walk away. They feel they were given a fair shake, and if viewers didn't come, they didn't come.

You know what shows today are missing? Stars.

Good drama, challenging drama - and comedy for that matter - has a place in the daytime schedule.

I have no problem with television as a genre.

There's not a lot of light on television.

A lot of people watch 'Community,' but DVR viewings only count if you watch within a certain time.

Almost every woman I have spoken to about pregnancy has a story about her doctor giving her a hard time about her weight. Later in my pregnancy it felt like all of my time with my doctor was focused on how fat I was getting - so fat!

I love TV. I think I'd do a half-hour single-camera comedy.

My goal is for 'The Bill Engvall Show' to be a show the networks look at and say, 'Ooh, maybe we should get back to the family sitcom.'

I'm not in a position to tell heavy people anything.

I don't really know much about TV and what people want to see. I'm not that well-informed about it.

And the consumer doesn't care. They don't watch networks, they watch TV shows.

Film, schmilm. I'm telling you, television is so much harder.

TV's been good to me.

In the summertime, it's always hard to introduce new series; everyone's ready for that in the fall.