Quotes from Channing Dungey

There was a point I felt like everyone was heading in that direction of 'How can we be darker than 'Breaking Bad?'

I think that the more that we can show onscreen men and women working together side by side with respect for one another, I think that that's a good message for us to be spreading.

We have a collective responsibility to do everything we can to make sure that everyone feels that the workplace is a safe and equal environment.

The truth of the matter is coming up with a title is one of the most challenging things we do.

What I love about 'American Idol' is that it's broad.

A big hook can be great; you'll have a big opening. But if you haven't got the right foundation, you're never going to keep that train on the tracks.

At the end of the day, broadcast television has many opportunities to inform the audience, to enlighten the audience, and to entertain them.

Stories let you be the hero, the doctor, the lawyer, the gladiator. They let you go on a journey.

'Nashville' is a show that I personally truly loved, and to not have it back was a little bit of a heartbreak for me.

What we love about the character Katie, played by Katy Mixon, is that she feels very universal and very relatable. And what we love about 'American Housewife' is that it feels like it could speak for housewives from New York to Los Angeles, from Boise to Miami.

I love to read, and TV seemed more like a good book, with these incredible series unfolding like chapters in a novel.

I am a fan of the Marvel shows. I think some of what they're doing and the work on Netflix is fantastic.

'American Idol' is a pop-culture staple that left the air too soon. ABC is the right home to reignite the fan base.

When I think about the shows that we have on our air, we've been known for a long time for shows that feature strong, dynamic, powerful women at their forefront. And we're going to continue with that kind of storytelling.

I think that there's a sense that procedurals, because they have more of a formula to the storytelling, it doesn't necessarily rate as high as some of the high-concept, big-idea, big-swing things that get the critics really excited.

I think it's intelligent, emotional, character-rich storytelling - at the core, I think those are the most important elements, and I think they can be found across all of our dayparts. That's what, for me, ABC really stands for.

We're very clear on 'black-ish' about how many opinions are voiced by Dre Johnson.

'Ten Days in the Valley' has everything: It's a thriller, it's a taut, exciting love story, and it has the kind of character our audience loves - a strong, powerful woman who is also dangerously flawed.

For those of you who are fans of 'Agents of SHIELD,' that show has continued to grow creatively every season. I feel like last season, Season 4, was its strongest creatively yet. I'm very excited for what we have planned for Season 5.

I would say I'm cautiously optimistic.

Tim Allen is a valuable part of the Disney ABC family and has been for a very, very long time.

I want ABC to be a fantastic home for creative, talented people with unique points of view and personal stories to tell and for us to be able to support them in bringing their ideas to the screen.

Our goal is to focus on the unique points of view of our show creators but make shows that have broad appeal.

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