Television Industry Quotes

• The television industry doesn't like to see the compexity of the world. It prefers simple reporting, with simple ideas: this is white, that's black; this is good, that's bad.

  Krzysztof Kieslowski

  Simple, Ideas, White

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• The ethics of editorial judgement, however, began to go though a sea change during the late 1970s and 80s when the Carter and Reagan Administrations de-regulated the television industry.

  Roger Mudd

  Sea, Judgement, Television

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• The television industry claims they are only reflecting society with their programming and have no influence on behavior. If that is the case then why do businesses spend millions on TV ads that have no influence?

  Randall Wright

  Television, Tvs, Influence

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• Some years ago, not long after I moved to Los Angeles from New York, I attended a television industry party. When a man asked my profession, I told him that I was a writer. He sipped his drink. "Half-hour or hour?" he inquired. There was a long silence. "Lifelong," I replied.

  Carol Muske-Dukes

  New York, Party, Men

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• There used to be a huge snobbism between the film industry and the television industry. I produced and acted in my first - well way back - but the first thing that I produced and acted in was Sarah, Plan and Tall. And the only place to go at the time for really quality television was Hallmark Hall of Fame. And think how much television has changed since then.

  Glenn Close

  Thinking, Quality, Television

  "Glenn Close Embraces Damages". Interview with Evan Jacobs, movieweb.com. October 24, 2007.

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• It's not Comic Con any more. It's this huge marketplace for the motion picture and television industry. And the toy manufacturer's and the game people. One of the problems with International Comic Con is that tickets go on sale for the next year's event and the place is full of thousands and thousands of kids who have scraped together every dime to get admittance because they want to get all the freebies.

  Mike Royer

  Kids, Years, Games

  "Interview: Mike Royer Talks Classic Cartoons, Jack Kirby and Much More". Interview with Bryan Stroud, comicsbulletin.com. January 30, 2015.

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• Personally, I don't think the film and television industries are run as well as they used to be. Oh sure, we've got great digital effects now but... where are the visionaries?

  Bill Mumy

  Running, Thinking, Film And Television

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• I would make the movie industry more like the television industry. TV is more material driven. In TV, you can break new stars. TV can take more chances.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Stars, Television, Tvs

  IGN FilmForce Interview, www.ign.com. December 1, 2005.

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• A lot of the television industry is so cookie-cutter. In general, there are so many shows that are easy and bland to watch. You can tune in at any time and know exactly where you are in the story arc because it's pretty much the same every week.

  Adam Baldwin

  Watches, Cookies, Stories

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• Ive spent over 25 years in the television industry, the direct response industry. I met a lot of people and certainly learned the power of commercials and their brand building potential.

  Kevin Harrington

  Years, People, Television

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• I'm not much a TV reporter, as in someone who covers the daily machinations of the television industry, though I certainly follow it and weave it into my reviews and essays about the medium.

  Hank Stuever

  Television, Tvs, Reviews

  "What to Watch: TV chat with Hank Stuever". Live Chat, live.washingtonpost.com. November 12, 2015.

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