'Desperate Housewives' proved there was a thirst for it, |
[ABC's Thursday night lineup is a] nice step forward for us, ... We want to be in business on Thursday night. |
A lot of people had not seen the shows because they were not English speaking but were TV watchers, and were enthralled with them and wanted more. |
Alias is not going to wind down as it comes to an end, it's going to rev up, and we're going to make it the event it deserves to be, |
Alias is not going to wind down as it comes to an end, it's going to rev up, and we're going to make it the event it deserves to be. |
Alias. |
Are we looking to win Thursday night? |
Creatively we just did not get the show to where it needed to be. All of us tried really hard. I think you have to measure your patience based (on the creative direction of the show). And there we felt like, unfortunately, it was not going to get better. |
Creatively, we just did not get the show where it needed to be. All of us tried really hard ? producers, network, studio ? but it just never got on track. |
Desperate is such a specific voice that I think it would be a mistake to think you can do those (kinds of) shows again. |
Desperate' and 'Lost' are not shows that you can rip off. |
Given the fact that the Olympics is an 800-pound gorilla for the next two weeks, we're happy to see that we can perform against them. |
He needed the content. It all starts with the shows. |
I do think that the younger audience watches older people, but I think when you have stories they can access easier, that's certainly going to bring them in more. |
I think there is a danger, when shows succeed, that people start to try to pick them apart and find out the secret to them, ... And the fact is that a lot of it is lightning in a bottle. It the combination of a multitude of a elements. |