Unfortunately, there is no 'X Factor U.S.A.' without Simon Cowell.

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'Friday Night Lights' was never a break-out hit; I'll never regret doing that show.

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Fox was the challenger to cable before there was cable.

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Success is often built on the shoulders of failure - from which new configurations emerge.

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Whether Amazon is good at making and sustaining an entertainment business remains to be seen. But they certainly are 100% focused every day on optimizing the consumer experience and reducing friction.

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I love talent because they are passionate. They can be emotional and irrational and unpredictable... and that's okay, because all we want is something exciting on the page and on the screen.

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We're in the culture business. You are constantly monitoring cultural shifts, current events, shifts in mores, things that reflect society, and, at times, we try to drive it.

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When you start to feel you're not coming to work with the same enthusiasm, maybe you shouldn't hang onto that job.

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I love TV. Always have. Since my mother told me to stop sitting so close and watching so much.

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I remember coming up in the business and seeing how the grind turned some executives into grizzled cynics. And I vowed to never become that guy. I have always believed it's incumbent upon network brass to bring a wide-eyed optimism to the chairs they rent. Talent deserves that. And frankly, the jobs are just no fun otherwise.

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While I felt like we potentially had something really huge in 'Gotham,' you're always nervous that it won't live up.

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When you get these franchises with some built in profiles and anticipation... I think the anticipation and the buildup can can exceed the delivery.

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Before there was cable, Fox was cable.

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Trying to make programs that are all things to everyone is not going to work.

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I've spent a lot of time encouraging, corralling, protecting, and sparring with creative people.

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One of the things I truly enjoy about my job is the dynamic nature of having a foot in each world - the world of the talent, who create our product - and the world of our business in which we market, distribute, and monetize that product.

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If what you're doing today isn't vital, you're certainly not going to have a seat at the table in determining what's going to happen tomorrow.

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I still love a great pilot as much as I did the day I started at NBC.

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As the media landscape continues to evolve, 'Conan' will continue to lead the evolution of what a talk show will be in the digital age.

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'The Walking Dead' is an extraordinary thing.

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There are not going to be hundreds of cable networks doing original programming; they won't be able to sustain the model.

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