The content defines the platform, so whereas when I was working at ABC from '66 to '76, people … - Henry Blodget

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But, if you believe we should go around the world overturning regimes to make little United States, I don't agree with that, because I don't think we're capable of doing that.

Henry Blodget

The content defines the platform, so whereas when I was working at ABC from '66 to '76, people said it was the "great wasteland. " It was the least-objectionable program that succeeded. It was, if you could get behind "All in the Family," you were successful.

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This sounds crazy, I know, but you can make a billion dollars - very few people do - but you can make a billion dollars on a product. It can be "Lion King," it can be "Simpsons," it can be "Family Guy," who knows what it is. Or you can make zero. But you can't make a billion dollars if you don't own it.

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Television is like the movie business. It's not the least-objectionable program - it's the best program that gets positioned. Same in the movie business. It's not just everything automatically gets done by the "in" crowd.

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Almost any show that has reviewers behind it, Rotten Tomatoes behind it, will find a way to survive.

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Television is not hurting. Television is in fantastic shape. It's just a golden age for other people.

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It's very hard to be good. It is self-destructive thinking to think that there is too much good.

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