Garth Ancier Quotes (9 Quotes)

As much as we all love the show, we do have to run a business.

I'll be more specific. ...This year the show will lose 16 million for The WB, and that's with a license fee reduction from last year. At least to us, that's a big number.

John has distinguished himself with his sound judgment and great leadership skills. He will be a key architect in helping us continue as innovators as we chart our course to higher profitability. ... He always takes a big picture view to everything he does while bringing a great deal of wisdom, knowledge and patience to all matters he deals with qualities that make him the perfect choice to work side by side with me in running the business and operational areas of the network.

We hear it a lot - my 14-year-old daughter loves your network. I don't watch it, but it's really for her. We're trying to break that perception, because obviously our median age is not 14.

Even the biggest hits, even The Sopranos on HBO, even Desperate Housewives is 20 million viewers. We're in a country of . . . 297 million people, almost 300 million. That's a pretty small chunk of it.

They're articulating feelings that they don't know how to articulate yet, but a teenager can relate to that and an adult can relate to that,

They were just smart business moves to make. This network is a bit more agile and competitive when it is a smaller group.

I'll be more specific. The show will lose 16 million this season. . . . At least to us, that's a big number.

We're trying to make this a little bit of a hotter network, a little bit of a younger network.