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I don't know when network executives will get out of the Dark Ages.

The networks are business-oriented cowards.

Network operators need reasonable leeway to manage their networks.

I think that the problem with network television is that they cling to the whole business model like they are clinging to the side of a cliff.

The world is changing. Networks without a specific branding strategy will be killed. I envision a world of highly niched services and tightly run companies without room for all the overhead the established networks carry.

The fear for a network is the viewer gets tired of you. Not that you lost any credibility, but they get tired of you.

I'm probably a little too impatient with ensuring that the networks and organizations I'm part of are doing the right thing, and pushing the right thing the right way.

Look - this is the terror of being a founder & CEO. It is all your fault. Every decision, every person you hire, every dumb thing you buy or do - ultimately, you're at the end.

With the rise of cable, network is clearly floundering because the characters on cable are far more fascinating than they are on network. Network television is trying to figure it out. Network television really relies on story rather than character, and cable relies on character.

You know, people aren't watching a network: they're watching cable channels.