Brian Roberts Quotes

I don't have a television. No. So, I don't watch anything.

I had kind of sworn off network TV a while ago.

I don't even own a television. I don't watch network television.

I don't have television so I don't watch TV.

I believe people will be watching their TV screens for a long time and that TV channels have a long-term life.

People already have tons of regular TV. They don't need more of that.

I don't have TiVo, and I actually don't watch a lot of TV, honestly.

Well, certainly I think American television is - that's proper TV.

I barely watch TV. Somehow, I make it work with just the Internet. On TV, there's always so much crap, and you have to flip around.

Historically, more media has been consumed sitting in front of the television than any other device. Controlling this screen has been the goal of major technology, consumer electronic, and telecommunications companies.

TV is one of the biggest mediums, and over time, it will get bigger.

You would obviously like to be on BBC2, BBC1 all the time.

I've never seen American Idol but I am grateful to them. That show is one of Fox's biggest moneymakers, and some of that money goes to pay for shows like Prison Break. Simon Cowell's been signing my paychecks and for that I say thanks.

In the old days you could do re-runs, and people would have to watch that because there's nothing else. But with Netflix and Amazon, Hulu, Xbox, as well as premium and regular cable, it's very hard to do that.

I don't really watch television, and I don't watch these shows that promote shows.

You get to that age where you're watching a lot of television, and who doesn't want to be on television?

I don't watch that much television.

Television: A medium. So called because it's neither rare nor well done.

Consumers can choose from hundreds of channels today, including dozens for kids. At a time of dwindling resources, we don't need to be subsidizing PBS. It's time for Big Bird the mooch to compete with 'Dora the Explorer' and 'Bob the Builder.'

The future of American film lies on television.

You never know what's going to happen with television these days.

I think TV is the only place left where you can have a midsize something.

These days, you can do a TV series for five years and all of a sudden be on top of the business. Features don't even run in theaters very long anymore before going right to television.

Television is a golden goose that lays scrambled eggs; and it is futile and probably fatal to beat it for not laying caviar. Anyway, more people like scrambled eggs than caviar.

Two hundred channel choices in most homes certainly gives you the world of choice. And so slicing it, dicing it, and offering someone their favorite thing - by the way, if it's not good enough, make it yourself and post it.