“It's the loneliest night of the week for network television and television in general.”
Mitch Metcalf
“They say 40 percent of the revenue from network television is on Thursday night, so we're talking about hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of millions at stake, ... Not to be accused of being cruel here, but `Joey' is down 59 percent from `Friends' in [advertiser-coveted viewers ages] 18-to-49. . . . 59 percent. OK?”
Leslie Moonves
“Last night was an incredible night for network television, with more people tuning in than on any night in more than three years.”
Randy Falco
“I don't know why people think that somehow the First Amendment applies to network television. It doesn't. It's like the way free speech doesn't apply at work. You can't just walk into your boss' office and say 'you're a fuckface and I'm gonna go back to work now.' No, you're not.”
Jon Stewart
“This is about realizing that the Olympics is more than about network television now, and the future is about being a content provider. In the future, it's going to be about going deeper with audiences, of finding ways to satisfy people in different ways.”
“This is an incredibly exciting evolution for CBS and network television — video on demand is the next frontier for our industry,”
“The network television is always worried about how many times you're going to say (blank) on the air. And they were very worried this morning because they heard Aretha was going to strip during the national anthem. But they needn't worry. Just calm down. Take life as it comes.”
Mick Jagger
