Quotes About Television

Television brought the brutality of war into the comfort of the living room. Vietnam was lost in the living rooms of America - not on the battlefields of Vietnam.

There's a bit of Ron Burgundy in every newsroom..

It's not common for a woman on television, especially if she's the mom of the family, to be funny. She's usually a straight man or foil.

For one thing, the shows and serials were trying to communicate accurately with the viewer. As far as I could tell, real humans usually didn't know what the hell they were doing.

When a major character died in the twentieth episode I had to pause seven minutes while it sat there in the feed doing the bot equivalent of staring at a wall, pretending that it had to run diagnostics. Then four episodes later the character came back to life and it was so relieved we had to watch that episode three times before it would go on.

As television beamed the image of this extraordinary gathering across the border oceans, everyone who believed in man's capacity to better himself had a moment of inspiration and confidence in the future of the human race.

But while so many white Americans are unaware of conditions inside the ghetto, there are very few ghetto dwellers who are unaware of the life outside. The television sets bombard them day by day with the opulence of the larger society.

Imagine what it would be like if TV actually were good. It would be the end of everything we know.

If it weren't for electricity we'd all be watching television by candlelight.

As we had no electricity we also had no "idiot box" and therefore felt no envy. Except

Games are subject to far more scrutiny than network television or Hollywood films and often are condemned by people who do not play them.

I can't say I'm happy to be talking about John Ritter and his passing. In my 21 years of Entertainment Tonight, this really was one of the most shocking and sad things to have happened.

The moment I saw the Count on TV…it was as if the room filled with color and I was able to understand things for the very first time.

If kids stay up late, it's very bad for their brain development...they said that on TV....You want to become a stupid girl, Yuuki?

People will continue to become excited When the days grow longer in the springtime It's the prospect of watching Television during extended daylight.

Television is a dirty business. To survive in it you have to be part weasel, part python, and part wolf. To succeed in it, you have to be 99.9 percent great white shark. The capacity for barefaced lying also comes in handy, particularly if you are freelance.

Your cable television is experiencing difficulties. Please do not panic. Resist the temptation to read or talk to loved ones. Do not attempt sexual relations, as years of TV radiation have left your genitals withered and useless.

We've got a bunch of new writers now who tell me they grew up watching The Simpsons. It's bizarre, and they're writing some very funny stuff.

I think 'Family Guy' and 'American Dad' have definitely staked out their own style and territory, and now the accusations are coming that 'The Simpsons' is taking jokes from 'Family Guy.' And I can tell you, that ain't the case.

Indeed, war and money seemed to be so popular on the news, it should more accurately have been titled The War and Money Show.

The news could be more accurately described as the war and money show.

TV is the ultimate leveling phenomenon. It makes everyone, rich and poor, equally incapable of dealing with reality. That

America is ceasing to be a nation, and turning into a giant television show. And this Republican race is our first and most brutal casting call.

Images of poor, inarticulate people are disturbing to audiences, especially upscale ones (read: people with disposable incomes who can respond to advertising). That's why we don't show poverty on TV unless we're laughing at it (Honey Boo Boo) or chasing it in squad cars (Cops).