Sean McManus Quotes (33 Quotes)

because he wants to be part of the NBC committee that picks Sunday night games.

All I can say is that it's relatively few (candidates), just because there are relatively few people out there that have the profile and the reputations and the experience to do the job. So,de facto, it's a very, very small number of people.

Tony is the idea person. Personally and professionally, he's as close to me as anyone I've ever worked with.

Bob is respected. He's trusted, and he's very, very comfortable giving the news. We think at CBS News that the news should be delivered in a respectful and a comfortable way, not as if you were preaching the gospel from Mount Olympus.

This is an enormously proud day for all of us at CBS News. Katie joining our team signifies not only her commitment to doing first-rate journalism, but our strong commitment to producing the highest quality work done by the best reporters, producers and writers in television news. She is a key ingredient as we work towards our goal of making CBS News the number one news organization in America. This organization was built on quality and integrity, and Katie and her CBS News colleagues will continue to carry that legacy into the 21st century. I would also like to offer our deepest thanks to Bob Schieffer for his outstanding work on the evening broadcast and look forward to his continuing role at CBS News.

I would much rather take a little extra time to make sure we do it right,

There are a number of different timetables. We have them, but I just can't, at the moment, talk about them.

The Web is a great opportunity in terms of revenue generation and for our correspondents to produce a lot of programming.

I think that having one person as your primary anchor is the way to go. I give ABC a lot of credit for trying a lot of new things. Anyone who says that the way the evening news has been produced and presented for the last 25 years is the way to go probably shouldn't be running a news division. Having said that, I don't think there's any reason to tear up the format and break the mold.

Maybe it's partially because of my sports background, but I am unbelievably competitive. Being in third place, whether it's sports, entertainment or news, is not acceptable.

If Bob wanted to do this, we probably wouldn't be having this discussion right now.

We signed the deal during the Internet boom, when people said it would surpass television and the movies. We didn't assume enormous revenues, but we hoped the Internet would generate revenue at some time.

For us, sports is a very challenging but successful business.

People of that age simply don't watch TV (news) or get their news in that way.

I have tremendous respect for Jim's talents and his accomplishments as leader of the broadcast, and he should be very proud of the job he did, ... Jim and I will continue to discuss his future role at CBS News.

Program-wise, this has grown as far as it can. We go on at noon that first Thursday and cover everything.

Bob Schieffer is having a resurgence. Bob is respected. He's trusted, and he's very, very comfortable giving the news. People are starting to appreciate that, and that's part of the reason for our improved numbers.

I want to figure out what the evening news will look like -- and for the long-term as well, ... The biggest challenge It's to get more people to watch it.

I would have liked more close games, obviously. We switched around a lot. It was a clean, good start. I hope we get better games tonight and I'm hoping with the marquee teams we have tomorrow and going into the weekend, we'll have closer action on the court.

It's not acceptable to be No. 3. I'm not going to rest easily until we improve both the quality and the ratings of all our shows.

I hope to prove these people wrong very, very quickly.

Jim, Lara and Byron are three of the most dedicated reporters and skilled storytellers in the business. These high-profile assignments signal the depth of our commitment to covering Washington, international news and the national scene.

The decision has not been made.

I'm pretty good at doing Super Bowls and Final Fours, ... I understand those are different from elections or conventions, but there are more similarities than differences. I pride myself on really good storytelling. We do a lot of really good reporting, although the subject matter may be different, steroids or coaching changes.

We are the only network news telecast right now to be up in viewers. We're up over 200,000 viewers for the season to date. The other two networks are both down over 700,000 viewers. We're the closest that we've been to ABC in five years (8.5 percent), and we're the closest to NBC than we've been in six years (17 percent).

I think we can invigorate the place, just like we did at CBS Sports eight years ago,

Having a roster of the best on-air talent in the business remains a top priority at CBS Sports. James Brown is a viewer favorite in terms of knowledge, credibility and likeability. His return to CBS Sports improves the team in the studio and in the field.

We can spend whatever we want to acquire rights. But at a minimum, we have to make 1 on the deal.

The amount of money that we pay to the anchor will not have any effect on the amount of money we spend on other resources. There is not a direct comparison between how much money we pay an anchor person or a correspondent of CBS News and our resources around the world.

The anchor would have to be someone with a wealth of credibility in terms of the news.

There should be at any time at any network a small group of people who ... can fill in the (anchor) job quite admirably, but we quite honestly are not in that situation at CBS news.

We believe this is an important step toward establishing 60 MINUTES as the news magazine of the future.

I always enjoy watching the machinations of the television sports industry. But I do it with a feeling of relaxation because we have gotten our guys lined up for the next six years. We went through the same process NBC and FOX are still going through, only we did it six months to a year ago.