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.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I actually think there's a potential, a crazy potential, that network TV could become something valuable and worthwhile, just because of fear on the part of the networks.
If the television market collapses - and it will collapse - then, it seems, there is too much regulation, and that's not a good thing.
I don't think people realize the extent to which TV networks are hurt when they carry public broadcasting. I think the estimate is that they lose a half-million dollars for a half day's programming.
Network television has been attempting to lure viewers for years with its low-interest programming only to have those viewers discover later that their brains are bankrupt.
In day-to-day commerce, television is not so much interested in the business of communications as in the business of delivering audiences to advertisers. People are the merchandise, not the shows. The shows are merely the bait.
The problem with TV now is that there's so much competition, that you're always on the chopping block.
Television is ultimately a business of failure. You try a lot of things, and most of it fails.
There are moments when television systems are young and haven't formed properly, and there's room for lots of original stuff. Then things become more and more top-heavy with executives who are trying to guarantee the success of things.
Television can be a very fickle place.
You know, people aren't watching a network: they're watching cable channels.