Quotes About Broadcasting

Every telecast, I still have butterflies and a little bit of nerves. But I think the nerves help. It elevates my attentiveness.

I am no longer sure that when I go out there and do my job it'll even see the light of air, if the experience of my network colleagues is anything to go by.

My role, or anyone's role in network news, is to make the person on camera look good. You don't do that, you don't work there.

It used to be that you had to do a certain number of episodes to hit syndication in order to try to keep a show on, because it's important to the network because it sells good commercial time. That's really not how HBO does things.

You can't say whatever you want on network television.

I feel like the networks always end up doing similar stuff at the same time.

It was difficult being a neutral broadcaster - in the people's eyes - because of my association with the Celtics.

People don't realize what a hard job commentary is. It is so hard and one of the hardest jobs in the industry. I would never say never to anything, but I would need a lot of reps to be good at that job.

I've been on MSNBC and CNN and Fox News. Not just Fox News, not just CNN.

If they asked me, I did two shifts. I did sports, I did news, because I loved it.

CNN wants me to tell the news in a way that seems genuine and authentic. They don't want me to be Ron Burgundy.

I worked for CBS News in the aftermath of all the greatness. I actually brought coffee to Edward R. Murrow.

People essentially like local news better than network news.

I watch 'Al Jazeera.' They have news that you can't find anywhere else. They do great documentaries, too.

When I first anchored in 1970, I had never seen a woman anchor a news show.

News events cannot be controlled, nor can newscasts be mapped out like entertainment shows.

We would like to be the third-most-watched news channel in the U.K.

We do 32 episodes a season and will have shot 267 episodes by the end of the ninth season... It's impossible to sell that many episodes in the foreign market.

Many times, I would be on live television and have no idea what the next match is, and I'd have no clue who was coming out next. The last person to know is always the announcer, and it's always your fault if you make a mistake - even if you didn't know. I was always on top of everything and never said the wrong name or the wrong town.

I have no problem with television as a genre.

broadcasting from the Edificio Libertador in Buenos Aires. It's the headquarters for the Army and one of the most heavily guarded buildings in the country.

If they asked me, I did two shifts. I did sports, I did news, because I loved it.

A satellite truck arrived from one of the big three networks.

It's just unfortunate that a network only makes their profit off of live viewership because their hands are tied by advertisers. They may believe in the show and want it to continue, but they just unfortunately can't afford it.