Subject: Entertainment » Television (Page 5)

I know what the public want because I am one of them.

(1906 – 1998) Russian-born English film producer & media mogul

I don’t want to say too much about illegal immigration; I’m afraid my views will be reported on the Cinco O’Clock News.

(1927 – 1997) Am. comedian & satirist notable for mock presidential campaign

The program you've been looking forward to all week will be preempted.

All television is children's television.

advertising expert & editor

If you have watched a TV series only once, and you watch it again, it will be a rerun of the same episode.

My Comedy Channel – Fox News

My News Channel Comedy Central

Sometimes cameras and television are good to people and sometimes they aren’t; I don’t know if it’s the way you say it, or how you look.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician

My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he could hate that too.

(1910 – 1993) editor & novelist

The one function that TV news performs very well is that, when there is no news, we give it you with the same emphasis as if there were.

(1920 – 2003) American television newscaster

Television: A medium; so called because it is neither rare nor well done.

(1919 – 1962) American comedian, actor & writer

Dictum on television scripts: We don't want it good – we want it Tuesday.

(1922 – ) English comedy writer & television presenter

You cannot turn on your television without seeing them, although sometimes you have to hunt around.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

Television is like the American toaster, you push the button and the same thing pops up every time.

(1899 – 1980) English filmmaker & producer

Television is a device that permits people who haven't anything to do to watch people who can't do anything.

(1894 – 1956) American radio comedian

I don't watch television, I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself.

(1957 – ) English actor, writer, journalist, comedian & film director

Television: A watching machine.

The cable TV sex channels don't expand our horizons, don't make us better people and don't come in clearly enough.

(1956 – ) comedian, television host, social critic & political commentator

The best that can be said for Norwegian television is that it gives you the sensation of a coma without the worry and inconvenience

American author

I don't know what was wrong with my television last night, but I was getting C-Span and the Home Shopping Network on the same station, and I actually bought a congressman.

(1951 – ) American comedian & writer

Isn't it possible for them to get a real fascist instead of this guy who plays one on TV?

(1927 – ) Canadian-born American comedian & actor

Then we figured out we could just park them in front of the TV; that's how I was raised and I turned out TV.

cartoon character in The Simpsons (Dan Castellaneta)