Declan Donnelly Quotes

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

If there's room for 30 reality shows, surely there's room for two amazing costume dramas.

I wasn't a huge fan of reality shows, because I'm like 'they're taking away from the actors,' but sometimes mindless is just wonderful.

I get tempted to do a reality show because I enjoy them so much.

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.

At a very basic level, I think television exists for game shows, and I think it always will.

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.

But reality television is here to stay.

When reality television really hit, I just had a backlash towards reality. It seemed like a cheap way to make a product. And then when music reality and 'Idol hit,' I just didn't watch it, it seemed novelty. And of course the story of 'Idol,' this is one of the greatest stories in television history.

You know what shows today are missing? Stars.

Everybody knows that I'm not a snob when it comes to pop culture, obviously. I love reality shows.

Now we've gotten accustomed to reality shows where the goal is to see people acting foolish.

I've seen 'X Factor' but I don't watch it. I don't watch 'Takeaway' either.

I have got lots of offers from networks for more reality shows.

Oh, I love reality shows.

The reality television shows are a big hit with the masses with their Bollywood songs. Even if these TV shows are scripted, people are watching them.

After my show and others like it began airing on TV, network executives started to see that there was a market for outrageous, over-the-top content.

The BBC is a very confident broadcasting organisation and it needs brands like 'Top of the Pops' and 'Top Gear.'

I was offered 'Bigg Boss' twice but I can't do such shows.

Reality TV has taken over.

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 U.S., there are around 300 shows in different networks, so there's a lot of work here.

I humbly apologise for reality Television.

I like transformative TV.