I dont think democratic Series Television has ever been stronger. Theres no longer this theory of what popular entertainment must be. Who are the heroes . The people who watch this show. This is the week when the Major Broadcast Networks unveil their fall lineup of shows. And every executive in hollywood knows how well the sopranos is doing on cable, which is a network problem. I think hbo altered everything for this reason alone, is there was no commercials. We are dependent on sponsors. Theres so much we can do in terms of language, in terms of violence, in terms of sex. To a large degree, a lot of executives were just sanding off the edges of what was ooh ooh sky interesting. I think hbo is looking at the world and going, okay, how can we matter . For quite a long time, movies and boxing were the bread and butter of hbo. People watch a show because youre partly a [ bleep ]. I think what we learned through shows like the Larry Sanders show or oz is that we could do serious television
And give it some chili pepper. Advertising is based on one thing, happiness. Is there any taboo that you wouldnt break . Not if there was a funny idea. What is wrong with you . Theres so much different storytelling and so many different stories being told about so many different people. I dont think dramatic Series Television has ever been stronger. Theres no longer this theory of what popular entertainment must be. Incoming who are the heroes . The people who watch this show. This is the week when the Major Broadcast Networks unveil their fall lineup of shows. And every executive in hollywood knows how well the sopranos is doing on cable, which is a network problem. I think hbo altered everything for this reason alone, is there was no commercials. We are dependent on sponsors. Theres so much we can do in terms of language, in terms of violence, in terms of sex. To a large degree, a lot of executives were just sanding off the edges of what was interesting. I think hbo is looking at the
The people who watch this show. This is the week when the Major Broadcast Networks unveil their fall lineup of shows. And every executive in hollywood knows how well the sopranos is doing on cable, which is a network problem. I think hbo altered everything for this reason alone, is there was no commercials. We are dependent on sponsors. Theres so much we can do in terms of language, in terms of violence, in terms of sex. To a large degree, a lot of executives were just sanding off the edges of what was interesting. I think hbo is looking at the world and going, okay, how can we matter . For quite a long time, movies and boxing were the bread and butter of hbo. People watch a show because youre partly a [ bleep ]. I think what we learned through shows like the Larry Sanders show or oz is that we could do serious television. Theres something in the air. And it aint love. Oz was cutting edge in what it was willing to share with the audience. Hit me. Hit me. Hit me in the face, brother. Co
Storytelling and so many different stories being told about so many different people. I dont think dramatic Series Television has ever been stronger. Theres no longer this theory of what popular entertainment must be. Incoming who are the heroes . The people who watch this show. This is the week when the Major Broadcast Networks unveil their fall lineup of shows. And every executive in hollywood knows how well the sopranos is doing on cable, which is a network problem. I think hbo altered everything for this reason alone, is there were no commercials. We are dependent on sponsors. Theres so much we can do in terms of language, in terms of violence, and in terms of sex. To a large degree, a lot of executives were just sanding off the edges of what was interesting. I think hbo is looking at the world and going, okay, how can we matter . For quite a long time, movies and boxing were the bread and butter of hbo. People watch a show because youre partly an [ bleep ]. I think what we learned
24 was really the first binge show, if you think about it. There were a lot of people in the later years of 24 that would only buy the dvds. You think hell come after you . Yes. And a lot of the subtleties and complexities, its a, my god, this is blowing my mind, i can see it because i just watched three in a row. Battlestar galactica was a show from the 80s. Years later, scifi channel looked at it and said, what if we take it seriously . Madam president , we have to eliminate the olympic carrier immediately. There are 1,300 people on that ship. Star wars feels like fantasy and fable in the best possible sense. This felt like war. Do it. The photography was shot very much like world war ii combat cameramen work. Fire on my mark. No frackin way, lee. Lee, come on it was as if someone was floating in space with an old world war ii film rolling and oh, here comes a cylon, i want to get this shot. I really was riveted by it. Its classic scifi in that its using the robots and the spaceships