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. |
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. |
We're seeing the end of an era many of us grew up with and the beginning of a new era where people get their news from many different sources. The days of the uber-analyst like Walter Cronkite and Peter Jennings... are gone. |
You don't go over there and survive a war and come here and not have the attitude, 'Gee, I can do anything; I just survived a war. |