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Some of the greatest shows in history - 'Seinfeld,' 'Everybody Loves Raymond' and 'House' - had puny starts but the benefit of schedule protection, increasingly scarce in today's DVR world. Cable nets can tolerate small ratings, building hits in progress like 'Breaking Bad,' or marathon their way to a 'Duck Dynasty.'

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Small, Some, Increasingly, Duck

The way television is done, you're kind of set on a certain path, and then episodic directors come in every week to try to recreate that.

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Week, Television, Set, Episodic

As the media landscape continues to evolve, 'Conan' will continue to lead the evolution of what a talk show will be in the digital age.

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Digital, Will, Conan, Talk Show

The one thing that I'm really obsessed with is multi-camera comedy. It is a form that is unique to network television.

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Comedy, Television, Obsessed, Network Television

It's always a good problem to have to hear people saying they want to see more.

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Problem, See, Always, Hear People

NBC, for me, is like the crazy ex-wife that I can't get away from.

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Away, Like, Get, Ex-Wife

When you get these franchises with some built in profiles and anticipation... I think the anticipation and the buildup can can exceed the delivery.

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Think, Some, Delivery, Exceed

The biggest move that put Fox on the map, from an entertainment perspective, was when 'The Simpsons' moved to Thursday night, and that was paired with 'Martin' and 'Living Single.'

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Living, Entertainment, Move, Simpsons

We're in the culture business. You are constantly monitoring cultural shifts, current events, shifts in mores, things that reflect society, and, at times, we try to drive it.

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Business, Current Events, Shifts

'Friday Night Lights' was never a break-out hit; I'll never regret doing that show.

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Regret, Doing, Friday Night, Never Regret

Pilots are useful. You just learn things during a pilot - the piece of casting that just wasn't right or things about the storytelling nature.

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Storytelling, Pilot, Pilots, Casting

Rather than make 20 things and throw them at the wall and hope you get 6 that maybe feel like keepers, why not focus?

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Like, Maybe, Rather, Why Not

'Surviving Jack' was actually a really nice show that was very well-run creatively.

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Surviving, Very, Actually, Jack

I remember coming up in the business and seeing how the grind turned some executives into grizzled cynics. And I vowed to never become that guy. I have always believed it's incumbent upon network brass to bring a wide-eyed optimism to the chairs they rent. Talent deserves that. And frankly, the jobs are just no fun otherwise.

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I Remember, Some, Turned, Chairs

Producing a one-hour show that has to reinvent musical numbers, and interpret those musical numbers with a large cast, is difficult.

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Reinvent, Cast, Producing, Interpret

I love my job, but I'd really love my job if I didn't have to live and die by ratings every day.

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Love, Die, Every Day, Ratings

Unfortunately, there is no 'X Factor U.S.A.' without Simon Cowell.

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Simon, X Factor, Factor

Is The 'X Factor' the mother of all shows? Absolutely!

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Mother, Shows, X Factor, Factor

'Glee' is produced with three people and written by three people. In my mind, I don't believe there's any other show on television that was written by three people. The fact is there are shows that have 14, 15, or 16 people writing them.

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Mind, Fact, Other, Glee

It's really the rare creator who can tell you where he's going to end the season of 22 episodes. That's not bad. That's part of the creative exploration.

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Exploration, Bad, Creator, Episodes

Whether Amazon is good at making and sustaining an entertainment business remains to be seen. But they certainly are 100% focused every day on optimizing the consumer experience and reducing friction.

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Sustaining, Certainly, Consumer

As an industry, when you're in the talent business, we are way too obsessed on the competition with each other and not enough with the consumer.

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Business, Other, Obsessed, Consumer

There are not going to be hundreds of cable networks doing original programming; they won't be able to sustain the model.

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Doing, Original, Going, Programming

I've respected the people that I've worked for, and they've been supportive and respectful of me.

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Supportive, Been, Worked, Respectful

What the hell is pilot season? It's an artificial boundary that makes no sense, and it makes you do things under duress.

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Pilot, No Sense, Boundary, Season

It used to be a given that the talent and the talent agencies would line up around the broadcast pitch season first and then take whatever was still available out to cable. I hate to say it, but it's just not going down that way anymore. There are things that are bypassing the broadcast networks altogether.

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Line, Available, Broadcast, Season

If what you're doing today isn't vital, you're certainly not going to have a seat at the table in determining what's going to happen tomorrow.

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Doing, Happen, Certainly, Table

The resilience of narrative storytelling and people's love affair with television is impressive.

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Love, Storytelling, Affair

Creative content is challenging, no matter what, and animation is particularly challenging.

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Matter, Particularly, Animation

I always believe that if you stick with quality and give people a chance at the time, that people eventually get on board with it. It's been my experience more than not. Once in a while, there's a show that you just can't seem to break through on.

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Through, Show, Been, Board

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