Mike Darnell Quotations

I can get my homework done and hang out with my friends.

Last year was the fourth or fifth attempt to get fall launched till 'American Idol' comes in January. To be honest, the reality programming we had on last year was considered filler until we could get to the good stuff. It was meant to hopefully get us to January andor to November. To get past baseball. But (it) didn't work very well.

Having a true New York icon like Regis ring in the New Year from Times Square is something that we are already celebrating.

Thanks to women like Ivana Trump, Demi Moore and Cher, the social norms are changing, and mature women are finding that true love can happen with younger men.

This is a scrappy bunch of blue-collar players. I'd say it's going to take a lot for us to win the state this year. We have to catch some breaks. Last year, we didn't have to. This year, we have to catch a break and don't panic if we don't. We've played better than I thought we would.

Idol' is still the driving force of the network.

For years, rich older men have traded in their wives for pretty young women with bigger 'attributes'.

I swear, it must (have been) 13 hours a day, ... And I still do. It's on all the time. I was sort of hypnotized by it as a kid, I think. I just loved it.

I don't think anyone would assume the biggest show on TV would keep growing. It's become a national phenomenon.

No doubt there will be plenty of falls, bruises and scary moments.