Quotes from Nancy Dubuc

Successful shows will always generate great business deals in the future.

With a strong foundation in scripted programming firmly established by 'Army Wives' and 'Drop Dead Diva,' Lifetime is aggressively expanding its drama series development plate with powerful programs from creative auspices who have strong pedigrees in producing stand-out programming.

When you look at the increase in the number of scripted series and the number of unscripted hours, the pool of producers hasn't grown at the same rate. So I think there's a bit of a creative tax on the system.

A lot of people make hay about 'American Idol's ratings and 'Empire.'

My interests were more extracurricular, more external, and more social than they were academic. My birthday is also in December, so I was one of the older kids. That meant I learned social leadership early on. I was always just much better in a team and work environment than I was in a classroom environment.

As a former college athlete, I know the importance of sports in the lives of women and girls, and I couldn't be more thrilled to join forces with NWSL and U.S. Soccer to ensure professional women athletes are elevated as the entire country can watch and be inspired by their strength and athleticism.

I have an innate passion and competitive streak to win and to create, and I want our team to be better than everybody else. Some people thrive in that environment, and some people don't.

We aren't afraid to take creative risks, which is the main ingredient in our recipe for change.

It never seems like a good idea to do something that's way out there. But usually, the thing that's way out there is where we are heading.

We knew in our gut that History needed to be more than a timeline.

If we can be changing some lives along the way, that's the holy grail on television.

It's always strange to get an honor from people who are the ones that should be honored.

Both of my grandfathers served in World War II, both in the Pacific. One wouldn't talk about it, and one would.

Live news teaches you some incredibly strong lessons: that every day is a new day, and it's never too late to fix something.

There's still too much filler, copycat programming that's out there. We work so hard to pioneer new ideas, and then those ideas are just regurgitated by other networks. That's not good for anybody, I think. That's not good for our business. That's not good for our audience.

We'd all like to be in the business where we don't have to report our numbers, too. You're dealing with a Netflix and an Amazon that don't have to report their viewership. They're not sharing those numbers, so how do you work with a creative entity to renegotiate future seasons when nobody has metrics?

'The Client List' represents everything we want to be - fresh, exciting, and original with attitude.

Historically, we've had to think in increments of 30 or 60 minutes. And now we have to think in increments of six seconds to six hours and everything in between.

I am here to tell you, TV is not dead. Rather, it is constantly evolving as we are. My view is that we are in the next Golden Age of content. If AOL, Google, Netflix, Amazon, and Yahoo felt TV was dying, they would not be so eager to play in our sandbox. It is, after all, TV content that's driving their business.

In this rapidly changing media environment, business transformations need to be closely linked to communications strategies.

Taking action against a show because of one individual's behavior could put hundreds of jobs in jeopardy.

You can never rest on what you did yesterday; it's old.

If you're going to be a media brand and not just a linear television brand, then you have to make sure you're speaking to all women and all interests, so it may mean that you end up smaller audiences serving individual pieces of content, but the aggregate is what's important and what we're paying attention to.

When I stepped into the Lifetime role in 2010, I did a listening tour of what was going on for women in this country. There was such a parallel in Hollywood with women talking about how there are stories that are not getting made and that talented young women are not getting the opportunity to direct and write.