Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I think viewers are hungry for shows in which people say something meaningful.
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I think it's important for me, for my crew and for the audience to bring something new to each show. I have friends who have done the same act, word for word for word, for 20 years. I have a problem with that. I think the audience should see something new in each show.
I understand our audience loves to see some drama on TV, but even they have got bored with similar patterns of carrying out reality singing shows.
When I go on 'The View,' or any of those talk shows, you really don't get to say what you want to say.
When we make the show, we are always talking about how the show is really in between what we make and what the viewer thinks of it.
Network television is all talk. I think there should be visuals on a show, some sense of mystery to it, connections that don't add up.
I prefer more to kind of show people different things than tell them 'oh, here's what you should believe' and, over time, you can build up a rapport with your audience.
I think my viewers want smart, honest programming. They don't want to be told what makes them feel good.
Entertainment shows make a living on behind-the-scenes stuff that can now be doled out socially. When we see it, we're like, 'Uh oh.'
A lot of television stuff is mean-spirited, and I think that's how political advertising got so mean-spirited, to where people are throwing things at the television set every time we have an election.
The public's perception of your show is what it is, and you don't get to complain how people perceive your show or talk about it.