13 Quotes by Tim Brooks

Then cable TV entered the picture and suddenly there was a lot more competition. Nowadays, we have premieres coming practically year-round from somebody, whether it's the networks or on cable.

In 1961, Jackie Gleason, who was then at the height of his fame, premiered a game show called 'You're in the Picture.' It was so bad that Gleason came back the next week, sat down on a stool on a bare stage and apologized to the American public for that terrible show.

In those very early days, they had some respectable stuff. What they didn't have was the owned-station lineup.

High culture has never had much of a place on American television.