People have been predicting the death of television for 20 years now, and so far it's been entirely … - Henry Blodget

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As a player leaving early, you always look back and wonder what could have been. But you have to be happy with your decisions, because you ultimately have to live with them.

Henry Blodget

People have been predicting the death of television for 20 years now, and so far it's been entirely wrong. But it does seem viewership habits are starting to change.

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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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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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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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