Leslie Moonves Quotes (42 Quotes)


    In that original pilot, we basically shot what he wrote.

    Clearly there's a need for a different vision for CBS News. Obviously the evening news is one issue that has sort of been on hold for a while.

    You want the NFL, you want 'Survivor,' you want 'CSI,' you want David Letterman--you're going to have to pay us what you pay USA Network for, ... We have considered it one of the great injustices for many years that we never got paid for our signal.

    Craig has done everything we expected since taking over 'The Late Late Show,' ... He has attracted more young viewers to the time period and his show has proved to be a terrific companion to David Letterman's 'Late Show.'

    I am very pleased that the separation is completed, and we start the new year with clear decks and tremendous focus and energy. Since the split, we announced a 14 increase in our dividend to demonstrate our confidence in our ability to generate strong free cash flow, a measure which showed double-digit growth for us during 2005.


    This is an idea whose time has come. It's a scheduler's dream to have successful and critically acclaimed dramas ... comedies ... and reality series. We are going to have quite a schedule.

    You're in the fishbowl. Every day of your life, you get a report card. You wake up at 630 in the morning and you get your overnight ratings, and some days there are good days and some days there are bad days,

    He's shown great leadership. He's terrific in spotting and getting talent. It's very important that his shows be the best shows on the air, that qualitatively they are unparalleled.

    They say 40 percent of the revenue from network television is on Thursday night, so we're talking about hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of millions at stake, ... Not to be accused of being cruel here, but Joey' is down 59 percent from Friends' in advertiser-coveted viewers ages 18-to-49. . . . 59 percent. OK

    Steven Bochco has had the biggest hits of the '70s, '80s and '90s. And we hope with 'City of Angels,' it's the biggest hit of the new millennium.

    This new network will serve the public with high-quality programming and maintain our ongoing commitment to our diverse audience. It will clearly be greater than the sum of its parts, delivering excellent demographics to advertisers and building a strong new affiliate body.

    basic reporting was faulty, and her responses when questioned led others who trusted her down the wrong road.

    NBC has been the market leader for a long time. They didn't replenish their programming...and it gave us an opportunity and we took advantage of that opportunity.

    Despite what people think, network executives and network presidents to have feelings. To cancel a show that ... has been a popular show is a very difficult decision,

    This has been a very difficult year for CBS News, for Andrew, for other people in CBS News, ... I think it was a mutual decision. Andrew's been head of CBS News for a long time, longer than anyone else in many years. It was just time.

    CBS is very pleased to have forged this partnership with Mitsubishi that will give American television viewers their first sustained exposure to high-definition television, ... This agreement, which allows us to present the majority of our primetime lineup in the highest definition television format, represents the most significant step any network has taken in HDTV and further establishes CBS' leadership in the transition to digital broadcasting.

    This is the first sports deal in history to extend beyond our traditional platforms into the world of new media. The future of our core business demands that we continue to bring blockbuster events to major audiences our advertisers want to reach, promoting those events across the broadest possible media platforms.

    There is absolutely nothing about this show relatable to my story, in fairness. This is about a twentysomething-year-old guy looking for the love of his life. One of the things I love about my job is the naivet of people, thinking what things will affect me.

    But he was affected by it, if not in the way that Mr. Bays and Mr. Thomas anticipated. The only thing that I said, scary to say, is that this is like the best type of show in this genre that I have seen since I saw the pilot of 'Friends' back in my days at Warner Brothers, ... You don't want to build up expectations. But I think this is the show NBC was looking for all those years to be the next one.

    Mariano Rivera cost us more money than the Yankees,

    CBS Vision is a strategic way for us to get ahead of all the new technologies and challenges that are facing our industry, and to share our knowledge and these opportunities with our clients and partners.

    There was a general feeling that we needed a new vision, just a new way of looking at the news division.

    Everybody's basically putting their toe in the water. We're all aware how hugely significant this is going to become both culturally and financially in the next couple of years.

    Dan's 24 years at the 'CBS Evening News' is the longest run of any evening news anchor in history and is a singular achievement in broadcast journalism,

    The bottom line, this is a venture that benefits many constituencies from local stations to local communities, minority audiences to children, from Madison Avenue to Wall Street, and to the shareholders of the new CBS Corporation, Time Warner and the Tribune Co.. This is a great business and creative move for all three companies.

    Technology's our friend. Our goal Take the content and use it any way we can,

    Anyone who is aware of the reporting at the time and the independent report that followed knows quite well that the facts in this matter vary dramatically from Mapes' account.

    We're very happy with the hand we are playing now. We are not looking for an acquisition of that size.


    If the advertising model does come down slightly in the future, I think there's available resources to get the money back in other ways.

    The CW is going to be a real competitor, a destination for young audiences, diverse audiences and a real favorite with advertisers. The CW will be able to do something truly remarkable program already hit shows every single day of the week, programs that consistently rank number one or number two in their time slots in the most coveted young adult demographic.

    It was a difficult year with a lot of changes happening. The time was just right.

    Mark's a great, great producer. He's a terrific talent, so we're glad we're in business with him. 'Survivor' had a lot to do with changing the whole profile of this network, so we're indebted to him.

    Katie's someone we like a lot. But you know what Katie's been at NBC a long, long time. We'll leave it at that.

    Katie is simply one of the best in the business and represents a tremendous addition to CBS News.

    But any of you who have dealt with me at all know that slow growth and me don't go hand in hand so well together,

    One of the things we have done successfully at CBS is nurture talent, ... It will be an important part of my job to make these guys happy, and I think we will do that.

    Anybody that wants our content, we'll make deals with them.

    It's been our strategy to exploit content across as many platforms as possible.

    It's new revenue streams, and everything we do with our content has to be for new revenue streams. That's what the focus of the new corporation is all about.

    With this move, our news division takes yet another giant leap forward. Katie is one of the best in the business. ... Seasoned broadcasters who are at once respected, charismatic and known throughout this country and beyond are increasingly important in this fragmented media landscape.

    We're going to be a very stable company, but we're not going to be Con Edison.


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