#levi

With the rise of cable, network is clearly floundering because the characters on cable are far more fascinating than they are on network. Network television is trying to figure it out. Network television really relies on story rather than character, and cable relies on character. ↗

— Dylan McDermott

#cable #character #characters #clearly #far

The thing about television is that you can't fake it. Your sense of discovery must be genuine; you can't pretend to be surprised. ↗

— Trevor McDonald

#discovery #fake #genuine #must #pretend

I don't think there is enough educational programming, but unfortunately, television is built around advertising and those shows don't get the big ratings. ↗

— Will McDonough

#around #big #built #educational #enough

I don't think we use television the way we should or the way the inventors intended. ↗

— Will McDonough

#intended #inventors #should #television #think

I was fortunate to be part of a very successful show on CBS in 1986. I switched to NBC for eight years and through these experiences have gotten terrific insight into television; it's a fascinating medium. ↗

— Will McDonough

#eight #experiences #fascinating #fortunate #gotten

The future is electronic. It's radio, television and the Internet; it's not really newspapers anymore. ↗

— Will McDonough

#electronic #future #internet #newspapers #radio

The one good thing about television is the money; you can make a lot more money than in newspapers. ↗

— Will McDonough

#good #good thing #lot #make #money

The two major things that changed the makeup of all professional sports are money generated by television and courts that players went to in order to win their freedom as free agents. ↗

— Will McDonough

#changed #courts #free #free agents #freedom

The wonderful thing about television is the immediate impact of pictures of current events. ↗

— Will McDonough

#current #current events #events #immediate #impact

For example, it's only about 20 years ago the people in that community would have got telephone lines, and it would be only about in the 1950s that electricity came to that part of the world. Television wouldn't have come till 1970. ↗

— John McGahern

#ago #came #come #community #electricity