Preston Beckman Quotes (13 Quotes)

Because we have 'Break,' 'House' and 'Bones,' we have clear targets for our dramas. Our development was informed by those shows.

We're at the point in the business where on any given night about half of the audience isn't watching broadcast network television. It's not about fighting each other, it's about bringing back that audience with great programming.

It's a much more competitive night.

With several shows like 'American Idol' and '24,' we have a commitment to the viewer to run them every week. We think it would be a disservice to the fans of those shows to put them on hiatus just because the Olympics are on.

I think we're relieved and a little shocked that it's showing such growth this year. For us, having maintained the ratings we had last year would have been a plus.

I think the thing with Thursday night is, it's not the daunting night it used to be. Everyone feels they can go in and make some noise.

Ratings for an event like the Olympics aren't necessarily drawn from the usual prime-time television audience. For us to suddenly program differently for those two weeks would be a mistake for our network.

Fox has a history of launching shows in the summer season.

Idol' has performed better than we expected against the Olympics, but we never took the Olympics into consideration. 'Idol' has momentum all by itself.

I think the Super Bowl is going to be in the next couple of years the difference between possibly winning or losing a season.

Summertime, in recent years, has become a testing ground for reality shows 'Survivor,' (CBS) 'Fear Factor' (NBC) and 'Dancing With the Stars' (ABC) all premiered in the summer.

The overwhelming number of people who are watching the Olympics don't watch Fox. For us to run away from it is goofy.

Yes, that's true. It's all part of the ongoing evolution in TV programming how to work with these facts, and events like the World Series and college (football) bowl games, and still maximize the appeal of our schedule.