Channing Dungey Quotes

FX does a great thing with its comedies where they give them a slow push out there.

We want to create content that our fans will like but at the same time stretches us creatively, with our own little touch.

We are extremely proud of our 'ABC funny' brand. We think that we have a very distinctive brand of family comedies.

Sitcoms are like summer stock. You put it up in three days, and then you do it in front of an audience, so it's a really great transition from theatre into camera work.

I think that cable TV is a great venue to do something interesting.

How do you do something where you're able to be specific and edgy enough to compete with what the cable networks are doing and, at the same time, appeal to a broader audience? That's the line that everyone in network television is trying to tread.

One of the biggest misconceptions about me is that I'm a comedian, which I'm not. A comedian is someone who can stand up in front of an audience and make you laugh. I've never done stand-up and I never will. I'm a comic actor. My comedy comes through my characters.

You don't create a magazine for your readers. You don't take a poll, you know, like the politicians do, and find out what they're thinking and what they want... You're supposed to be telling people what the hell you think is exciting and dynamic and thought-provoking, and do it - and do it your way.

As a family comedian, it is so wonderful seeing everyone from kids through to grandparents being entertained by you.

The reason 'The Carol Burnett Show' did so well in the ratings is because people were looking for that comfort zone when the whole family sat around and watched television and enjoyed it.

NBC gives comedies a chance to find their legs.

Good drama, challenging drama - and comedy for that matter - has a place in the daytime schedule.

I think USA has a great handle on programming and content. They know their viewers and they know what works... Character driven programming!

We're all comedy fans in my family. My parents mainly wouldn't let me watch stuff that was either annoying to them, or just garbage. My dad wouldn't let us watch 'The Flintstones' if he was home, because he said it was a rip-off of 'The Honeymooners'. But he would let us stay up really late in the summer and watch old 'Honeymooners'.

R-rated comedies make as much money as PG-13. And I think the audiences wanna be shocked. Especially with comedy.

Growing up, there were TV shows that were very funny but very traditional. Classic things like 'Fawlty Towers,' obviously, and 'Blackadder' were pretty traditionally shot. And then there were the ones that start to break the mold or be really ambitious. The ones that spring particularly to mind would be 'The Young Ones.'

It was a deliberate decision to act in family entertainers like 'Govindudu Andari Vadele' and 'Bruce Lee.'

'Cinnamon Girl' is a game changer for our network and is exactly the type of show we want to deliver.

I watch the comedy shows like 'Married With Children,' 'Friends,' 'Family Guy,' and 'Everybody Loves Raymond.'

I want to see better quality of comedy on TV.

I'm not toeing the line when I say BBC3 is an incredible channel - it has evolved and found itself.

National Lampoon lost its audience when it went from monthly magazine to bimonthly to quarterly to annual to just making movies.

HBO does something that most networks don't do which is give a show a chance to find their voice.

The thing is to be brave and move the audience with you, instead of cater to the lowest common denominator, you know, slipping on a banana peel and falling on your ass. You got to move the audience a little further ahead in terms of their appreciation of what is comedy. It's complicated.

Teach yourself freedom with the same zeal that the world has taught you limits.