I have always said that 'The Real Housewives of New Jersey' has the most amazing and loyal fans on the planet.
We'll never see national shows with 45 shares again.
The media love coarse debate because coarse debate drives ratings and ratings generate profits. Unless the TV producer happens to be William Shakespeare, an argument is more interesting than a soliloquy - and there will never be a shortage of people willing to argue on TV.
Sometimes when I watch a TV season, your favorite shows die quickly. And then sometimes it's not your favorite, and they live on for 12 years.
It's definitely the highest rated pre-school show on Cable. It's difficult to mix markets that way in terms of ratings. It's hard to tell, you know, where channel 12, or Public Television, is.
What I can say that's different in American television... in Britain, they wouldn't cancel something after a couple of episodes. In the States they would. They would just decide it's not working, take it off and put something else in on the fall schedule.
People ultimately get what they deserve on TV. What people end up watching is what the advertising end up glomming onto and promoting.
I know that I do have influence over the people who watch me, and it's quite a pressure. I have to stay positive, and while I would never use the words 'role model', I am mindful of the responsibilities that come with a substantial viewership.
If people are given quality stuff to watch, they'll watch it.
I think what working in a short film online is that the response from the audience is immediate whether your short film or web-series works or not, it is immediate. You can see comments and you can also see how many people have viewed it.
As a creator, I want my content to be where people can watch it.
I mean, all the ratings wars are silly. But, I mean, someone has to be concerned about the ratings because it means, you know, it translates into revenue.
Everyone knows that there are more people watching any given show than is being registered by the Nielsen system.
TV is a level playing field, and you're competing for eyeballs.
I didn't realize how many people watched 'The Tonight Show.'
As far as I'm concerned, 'This Morning' has always pushed the boundaries.
Many people dismiss morning television as fluff, but the morning hours are where the money is.
Not every show needs to reach the same size of audience, or same width, of a 'Sopranos'.
The effort of every time I put out a video, it was like, 'Okay, I've got to put it on my Facebook, I've got to put it on my website, what's the view count now? What's the view count now? What's the view count now?' You get obsessive with it.
I still watch 'Idol,' and it's still the No. 1 show, so obviously I'm not the only one who loves to sit at home and be entertained.
I don't know enough about daytime, I think, to say anything.
The ad revenues still go up because nothing dependably delivers the eyeballs that successful series do.
Surely, AP or the coaches are all aware everybody has agendas. Anybody who's on TV has one. You know, that's viewership and ratings and those kinds of things.
Television is so cool. Television is proving that we can be sophisticated and that people will watch, if it's good.
The reason for certain shows not doing well or as per expectations is that they were not aired on not so popular channels.
