Anita Hassanandani Reddy Quotes

In every writers' room I've been in, the first 15-20 minutes of the day are spent discussing water cooler moments from last night's big shows.

I find America falling in love with a TV show flattering and interesting, but at the same time a little sad.

I humbly apologise for reality Television.

Life goes on, and I'm moving on to the next thing, but I hope the soaps that are still running will thrive. They have millions of loyal viewers.

The entertainment industry is vast and is a reflection of the society we live in.

'The Piano' ended up on television. Everything ends up there anyway.

I think TV shows have usurped films!

I still watch 'Idol,' and it's still the No. 1 show, so obviously I'm not the only one who loves to sit at home and be entertained.

I've sort of closed my mind off to reality shows: I just don't watch them, don't care about them, don't know who the characters are, but they're all in general usage.

Does 'Jersey Shore' make me sad for humanity that this is what's passing for entertainment? Well, this is a business, and if that's what millions of people want to watch, I can't fault someone for producing it.

It's funny: We have so many shows and so many channels and so many things to occupy people as entertainment, especially with a show like 'Scandal,' which is clearly a hit, with a lot of heat around it - but every once in a while, people will say, 'What are you doing?' and I'll say 'Scandal,' and they'll have no idea what I'm talking about.

I like to watch all those shows that shouldn't be on the air - reality shows.

Peak TV has resulted in beautiful shows that have nothing in particular to tell us about humanity.

We have got offered some shows in America, but really dopey shows - like reality shows.

It is exciting to see the different genres that audiences want to watch. The response to a show like 'Mirzapur' last year and to Delhi Crime earlier this year was so encouraging and a proof that good content is the new formula.

People have always said since TV was invented what a cultural wasteland it is but I think it is the worst and the best. It is the golden age of television.

Your average pop song or film is a very sophisticated item, with very sophisticated ways of listening and viewing that we have not really consciously developed over the years - because we were having such a good time.

Nobody seems to know yet how television is going to affect the radio, movies, love, housekeeping or the church, but it has definitely revived vaudeville.

When a television show like 'Scandal' becomes the biggest show in recent history, suddenly advertisers and networks want to jump on that. And what it's showing is that people want to see diversity.

Conservatives are routinely pilloried on television. A&E likely greenlit 'Duck Dynasty' in the first place because executives believed Americans would laugh at the redneck antics of the self-described 'white trash' family.

Savvy observers occasionally note television's resemblance to the weather: Everybody loves to complain about it, but nobody can do anything to fix it.

Television has lifted the manufacture of banality out of the sphere of handicraft and placed it in that of a major industry.

Let's be real: It's just TV; it's just entertainment.

I seriously consider television to be the people's medium.

TV has grown so much. It is like a powerhouse medium.