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Then cable TV entered the picture and suddenly there was a lot more competition. Nowadays, we have premieres coming practically year-round from somebody, whether it's the networks or on cable.Tim Brooks
There's been a lot of hand-wringing in the business about when viewers are going to say, 'Enough's enough,' but they haven't, ... It may never be that commercials drive people away from the set, but it makes them pay less attention to avoid the irrelevant interruptions.
Tim Brooks
In 1961, Jackie Gleason, who was then at the height of his fame, premiered a game show called 'You're in the Picture.' It was so bad that Gleason came back the next week, sat down on a stool on a bare stage and apologized to the American public for that terrible show.
Tim Brooks
No, I think George Johnson had to march to the beat of the drum -- that was very much in the hands of white America at that time.
Tim Brooks
High culture has never had much of a place on American television.
Tim Brooks
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