What TV is extremely good at - and realize that this is 'all it does' - is discerning what large numbers of people think they want, and supplying it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There's not a lot of really great, deep, serialized television, and we can see from the data that that's what people want.
I don't really know much about TV and what people want to see. I'm not that well-informed about it.
While television is a good servant, it's a bad master. It can swallow up huge quantities of our lives without much happiness bang for the buck.
TV is a major force in our lives - a FORCE. It must be handled very carefully, both its censure and its artistic honesty.
Television enjoys a de facto monopoly on what goes into the heads of a significant part of the population and what they think.
I do love television. But the business is accelerating and people are not getting the chance to fail.
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.
I don't devour huge amounts of television. I'm more naturally inclined to watch movies, but given my job, I need to have an understanding of what's on TV.
What bothers me about TV is that it tends to take our minds off our minds.
I believe what makes great television is wanting to watch particular characters.