That, of course, was the thing about the fifties with all their patina of familial bliss: A lot of the memories were not happy, not mine, not my friends'. That's probably why the myth so endures, because of the dissonance in our lives between what actually went on at home and what went on up there on those TV screens where we were allegedly seeing ourselves reflected back.
When I was younger, I didn't want to be on TV.
I love... anything in black and white. Just put it on the TV, I'll watch.
What I really see myself doing is late-night TV. No woman has ever done it.
Reruns are my favorite things on TV.
If you're someone who's making film or TV or music, or any kind of art form now, there's a billion outlets and they all have an opinion.
I'm going to write a whole pilot and see if anyone's interested, and if not then I'll just live out the tortured life instead of showing it on TV.
I'm on the Internet a lot more than I watch TV and most everybody I know is, and yet if you watch most late-night talk shows, it's as if it doesn't even exist.
Entertainment Weekly said that Parks and Rec is the smartest comedy on tv. Call me when it's the funniest.
I don't like any nastiness on tv unless it's coming from me.
This final sprint of Breaking Bad is like nothing I've ever seen. It's TV as a crescendo, as a magnet, as a wave. These episodes aren't ending so much as they're gasping for breath.
TV was my hobby. I loved the glitz. I loved how hot everybody was.
I love 'Top Chef.' I think it rewrote the book on how food shows are presented on TV.
All I've ever tried to do is get the best out of people and to bring a bit of humour into it. Unlike, say, 'The X-Factor,' which may be great TV, but has no humour at all.
It's a big part of my life, listening to music and watching TV.
Novels often have leisurely openings; a TV drama needs an arresting opening.
Reality TV, although I'm a part of it, I think reality TV is a terrible thing.
I've been addicted to TV since I emerged from the womb.
At home, Danes try to resolve their problems amicably so it's just surreal to see these violent pictures on TV. But as the prime minister, I can't be controlled by my emotions.
I'm not a standup, but I play one on TV.
There's so many more better TV shows than films coming out, in my opinion.
TV is all about speed. TV is fast and furious. It's gunslinger territory.
You were doing a TV show - you don't realise that you're also making social commentary at the same time.
I did theater before I got into TV and everything I did was serious, so it was definitely fun for me to pull out those chops, I definitely wanted to do a movie that just wasn't comedy.
With reality TV, sometimes it's amazing chemistry and you get these gems that turn out to be everything you hoped, and the camera loves them and they just blossom on the show. And then sometimes it's not all you envision.
