Quotes About Television

We had a great run on 'Reno' - 87 episodes and a movie. Not too shabby.

'The State' had never done improv. We used to go over scripts for weeks and argue about every joke. But I don't know how we would have scripted 'Reno.'

When I was doing fringe theatre, my ambition was to do repertory. When I got to rep it was to do national theatre; then it was t,o get a couple of parts in television. I never had this great desire to overreach myself. I was too busy enjoying acting. I was just obsessed with it.

Guy Pearce played Mike in 'Neighbors'. I would fake illness to stay off school and watch the one P.M. show, and I would also watch it again when it was repeated at 5:25 P.M. Obsessed.

People have told me repeatedly of how scared they were of seeing me on television.

'MasterChef' delivers all the reassuring, cadenced repetition of an endless chore without any of the bothersome elbow grease.

I thought late-night was crowded... the format's repetitive.

We can watch only so many reality shows filmed in L.A. It gets boring and repetitive.

Anderson Cooper is fine. He is a smart, conscientious guy, and he seems to want his show to produce and highlight good journalism. But he also seems to want to replace Regis, or maybe even Oprah.

People on Twitter are saying I should replace Alex Trebek. Never honestly considered that, but... he's got a fantastic job.

NBC President Fred Silverman told me he would change my life, and proceeded to offer me a five to seven-year contract to replace Jane Pauley as co-host of 'The Today Show.'

A job in the television industry does not come with a guarantee. Your show might be axed, your character may get killed or you might be replaced.

Books had instant replay long before televised sports.

We're a new show. We can't afford instant replay.

I think television has always been one to replicate when something's successful. I don't think there's quite as much innovation.

I don't do cookery shows to show off, I do it to encourage people. What's the point in going on TV and doing a recipe that no one can replicate?

I think what's going to happen with linear television is it's going to become more linear. It's going to become more about events and more about award shows, live sports - all those things that, really, you can't replicate.

Initially when I was working on TV, people would ask why I'm not trying for films. My reply was that I was enjoying TV and had no reason to shift.

That's the reason I left the networks. I wanted to write and report and coanchor.

I still can't believe that I went on 'The Colbert Report' myself; for the appearance I wore a lot of makeup, my hair was curled like a poodle's, and I could barely breathe in my Spanx undergarments. But, hey - an authoress has to lean in, right?

I record the following shows on a daily basis and watch them when I have the time/inclination: 'The Daily Show,' Rachel Maddow, 'Hardball,' 'The Colbert Report,' 'The O'Reilly Factor,' David Letterman.

While anchoring at Boston's WCVB-TV, I reported on Mitt Romney's run for Massachusetts governor.

I actually felt like I was starting a new career as a news reporter while playing in 'Pinocchio.'

It is not entirely true that a TV producer or reporter has complete control over the contents of programs. The interests and inclinations of the audience have as much to do with the what is on television as do the ideas of the producer and reporter.