All the world's combined knowledge is at our fingertips. But the same technology that makes this possible is robbing us of deeper insight. John Landgraf More Quotes by John Landgraf More Quotes From John Landgraf I know that the cast and crew loved John Said as much as we did, and that We Met are heartbroken over Fox News on Monday. John Landgraf entertainment Information technology and the Internet are rapidly transforming almost every aspect of our lives - some for better, some for worse. John Landgraf some better internet technology Who owns the future? This is the question at the heart of every stock market. John Landgraf stock-market question future heart I want the humans to be able to hold their own against the strength of the machines. John Landgraf against own strength want Television shows are not like cars or operating systems, and they are not best made by engineers or coders in the same assembly line manner as consumer products which need to be of uniform size, shape, and quality. John Landgraf uniform best quality television I believe really deeply in the pilot process because you learn things about tone and casting. Even some of our best shows have had substantial re-shoots and reworking before they've gone on the air. John Landgraf pilot best you believe Silicon Valley has infinite access to capital and can lose money indefinitely. John Landgraf valley lose infinite money As incredible as television has become, it often feels like a sideshow in what has become a daily three-ring media circus. John Landgraf daily like media television As much as I very much want audiences to watch FX's carefully curated and highly contextualized television shows, I'm now glad when anyone takes the time to watch even our competition's television series, as long as it demands their sustained attention and challenges their knee-jerk perceptions. John Landgraf competition challenges time long You look at who's actually created shows for FX that have succeeded, and there are a lot of first-time showrunners - Ryan Murphy, Denis Leary, Louis C.K., the 'It's Always Sunny' creators, Kurt Sutter, Joe Weisberg, Pamela Adlon, Donald Glover. John Landgraf look you always sunny I have a lot of faith in our showrunners. John Landgraf lot our faith Perhaps storytellers don't need to care as much about the future as executives and investors do. After all, isn't it possible that technology will enable storytellers to connect directly to their audience without the need for anyone to share the programming decisions or the profit in between? Don't bet on it. John Landgraf will future care technology I'm an Amazon Prime member. I subscribe to Netflix and Hulu, and they have great user interfaces and some excellent original programs. But what truly distinguishes all three of these services is the utility of their vast libraries of acquired content, which also is a part of what makes each a platform, even if it has a 'house brand,' too. John Landgraf brand great three house I'm not interested in world domination. I'm interested in running a nice little brand that takes care of its own and does really good work. John Landgraf good care work world You can't be in a certain business and not sell to Amazon or not sell to Wal-Mart. You have to reckon with them, because even though there are other buyers, they're the only buyers that matter. John Landgraf only you business matter I don't want artists to find themselves in a situation where there are only two buyers. That just doesn't seem like a good outcome. John Landgraf find good situation want Was there ever anyone more ill-suited for being the showman of the year than me? John Landgraf more year being me I think of myself as a shy, modest, relatively unassuming person. John Landgraf person myself think shy Even good shows can fail to find an audience because they're drowned out by the noise and the sheer volume of everything that is being made. It's one of the downsides of there being, as I've argued, too many shows. John Landgraf find everything being good We are the only animal that tells stories. John Landgraf tells only stories animal
