It's a kind of storytelling that we think will appeal to a Latin audience, but we think that our audience will enjoy it as well. |
It's all a big experiment. |
It's always smart to have a healthy balance of traditional and non-traditional. |
It's like a papal page-turner, |
Look, ... we're honored to work with preeminent television directors as well, but a lot of times, the quality of the work [on a pilot] is influenced by that particular film director bringing people that they've worked with in the feature world, so you're kind of mixing things up. I think the byproduct is exciting. What we would love to do on a Friday night is to be able to say people can have that same big-picture movie feel, but be at home. |
Once creators hear that you're trying something like that, they're more inclined to come to you with even more outrageous ideas. |
Our attitude is: There is something for everybody, and the audience seems to be onboard, |
Shes an incredibly multi-talented performer whose comedic skills and energy promise to deliver an Emmy Awards broadcast to remember. |
So you haven't admonished them at this point? |
That (move) took 'Close to Home' from the verge of being canceled to being a successful show on Friday night. |
The bosoms may not heave as much. |
The bosoms may not heave as much. There's a lot of hyperbole and there's a lot of melodrama. I think we're going to modify it for our audiences. |
The truth is, you can't sort of bottle and prepackage a show like Desperate Housewives. But I think the nice thing is, we know that audiences are making a commitment to serialized drama. And absolutely, we're going to continue to develop in that genre. |
These series are the foundation of a schedule that is broader and deeper than any on television. |
These series are the foundation of a schedule that is broader and deeper than any on television. From the start of the night through 11 p.m., from Monday through Sunday, CBS is populated with successful programs on every night and in every time period--many of which are number one in their time period, and some even number one on the entire night. |