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“We are extremely proud of our 'ABC funny' brand. We think that we have a very distinctive brand of family comedies.”
“I feel like there's always a lot of curiosity about what happens in America.”
“What I love about 'American Idol' is that it's broad.”
“What we love about the character Katie, played by Katy Mixon, is that she feels very universal and very relatable. And what we love about 'American Housewife' is that it feels like it could speak for housewives from New York to Los Angeles, from Boise to Miami.”
“I think it's intelligent, emotional, character-rich storytelling - at the core, I think those are the most important elements, and I think they can be found across all of our dayparts. That's what, for me, ABC really stands for.”
“Advertisers like shows that viewers like to watch live.”
“I've been a TV junkie for a long time, since I was a kid.”
“I want ABC to be a fantastic home for creative, talented people with unique points of view and personal stories to tell and for us to be able to support them in bringing their ideas to the screen.”
“In terms of CBS, I think that the consistency for them, it feels like they have a really clear sense of who they are and what they want, and they're able to keep delivering very consistently on their brand, which is really terrific, and I think NBC has taken some really smart and interesting routes in the things that they've done.”
“I love the physical movement and beauty of dance.”
“Our goal is to focus on the unique points of view of our show creators but make shows that have broad appeal.”
“Diversity is enormously important to me.”
“The truth of the matter is coming up with a title is one of the most challenging things we do.”
“There was a point I felt like everyone was heading in that direction of 'How can we be darker than 'Breaking Bad?'”
“Stories let you be the hero, the doctor, the lawyer, the gladiator. They let you go on a journey.”
“We're going to continue to focus on family comedies because that is something that our audience really comes to ABC for. But at the same time, we're going to push the boundaries of what a family comedy actually means.”
“I think that there's a sense that procedurals, because they have more of a formula to the storytelling, it doesn't necessarily rate as high as some of the high-concept, big-idea, big-swing things that get the critics really excited.”
“I feel like Fox did 'Grease' really right, I thought that was fantastic - it was so well mounted, well-executed, the performances were great, and it had a real sense of fun.”
“A big hook can be great; you'll have a big opening. But if you haven't got the right foundation, you're never going to keep that train on the tracks.”
“Tim Allen is a valuable part of the Disney ABC family and has been for a very, very long time.”