Television Trends Quotes

Television has shied away from being too dark, because so much has happened to us recently here in the West, and people are sort of wanting to see more uplifting sorts of things.

When we started with 'Big Brother' and created the reality genre, no one could ever foresee that there was so much space in the genre that it could deliver so many formats. There will be periods where there is not enough new stuff to keep the genre alive. But it will never die.

The quality of TV drama nowadays is getting better and better. They've had to invent a new term for it: 'high-end television.'

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

All shows need more twinks.

Every show on television has a downward trend because there are so many more things to watch. You can only deal with what is the benchmark of a hit series and 'Survivor' clearly remains a hit series.

Prime-time network television has become an island without religion in an ever-more-religious America.

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

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

When 'Supernatural' came out, there were a lot of procedurals and you were either a doctor or a cop or lawyer, otherwise the show didn't stay on TV. And then we came around, and I don't want to say we were trailblazers, but we found our niche.

Look at every show on television; it's derivative of another show that came before it. It was only a matter of time. So all you 'Mentalist' fans, it's okay to like the show, but don't be in denial of where it came from. Friday nights, U.S.A., basic cable-style baby.

I've got a lot to say about television. There's a lot going on in television right now and I feel like a huge part of television.

Back when we started this show, the hottest program on television was 'Keeping Up With the Gabors.'

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

I started on television, and on sitcoms, and loved them, but then they sort of seemed to be going through sort of an ice age, and they started dying off one by one, and I recognized that, and my representatives recognized that, and we said 'Well, let's look at dramas and other things like that.'

If there is a tendency in modern television I hate, it is the unstoppable march of the dramatic reconstruction to tell the stories of anything from an ancient Egyptian battle to the early life of Paul Gascoigne.

Speaking from personal experience, I watch zero shows when they air. The only shows I watch live are awards shows or sports. Shows like 'True Detective' and 'Game Of Thrones,' I watch every episode, but I don't watch them as they air, and I think that's becoming the case for people more.

The problem, when comparing contemporary television to television in 1974, is that TV has become not just bad but sad.

I feel like obviously the standard for what TV looks like changes all the time.

Every time you think television has hit its lowest ebb, a new program comes along to make you wonder where you thought the ebb was.

USA does such a great job sort of branding and packaging their shows and you know, they move and they sort of you got to keep up, you've really got to keep up with the train.

There's a new television generation coming in every five or 10 years, and the classic stories stand up to being redone.

I'm always interested in trying to stay on the cutting edge of television storytelling. To be slightly in front, pushing for the next new thing.

I think that we're moving into this new phase of television where audiences are really embracing stories with a beginning, middle, and end.

It saddens me to see the reality-television shows that are getting so much fanfare that are a celebration of stupidity and the degradation of women. And those women are consistently wearing too short, too tight dresses. I hope the trend of aging gracefully returns.