Kevin Reilly Quotations

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Look, we knew there was going to be a fallout because advertisers take a cautious approach to risky shows. We've been through it before. Our competitors have been through it. If the show performs, we find that people get comfortable and advertisers come back.

Last year was horrific. We don't have the rocket fuel right now to lift us to the next level, but things are genuinely happening, and some of these shows are definitely moving in the right direction.

Simon has his finger on the pulse of pop culture. This show will be a shot of adrenaline to the variety format with Simon's gift of discovering untapped talent, both great and uniquely not so great.

One of the things I was most excited about when I came back to NBC was repopulating the schedule with cutting-edge comedy. Win, lose or draw, these two shows are clear markers of where we want to go with the network.

People were a little stunned, a little beaten up at the end of last (season).

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NBC is stable and our vital signs are encouraging. Most predictions were that we were going to go from bad to worse this year, and that hasn't happened.

I'd ask the same question: 'Why do you have two of them on? It feels a little odd,' ... we wanted to get Martha on the air. She's hot right now.

Given the environment that I'm in right now, I can't imagine more support than I'm getting from NBC and from GE,

For me, the main thing about Andy is that he's got that great combination of everyman with a subversive side to him, ... I think he's a guy you can relate to and pull for and yet he can be completely sarcastic and backhanded, and you totally love him for it.

The people of Wisconsin deserve to have absolute confidence in how their public university system teaches students, performs outreach and research, and conducts its day-to-day business.

We take the long view together in the partnership. Would he prefer that ('Law & Order') not move? Probably.

Katie O'Connell was a top draft pick when she joined NBC last year and she's done a terrific job turning the lights on in our New York development office.

It is a bittersweet moment for all of us at NBC to confirm that this will be the final season of the comedy Will & Grace .

I think we've got to see when it comes back on the air.

I think Americans need a little bit more hope than the British.

Stability is the first step toward recovery. Alright, let's go outside and smoke and drink coffee.

Some of the best shows on TV start with the perception of controversy, which is usually not an issue if it's backed by quality. The intent with 'The Book of Daniel' is to make a high-quality show that is both highly entertaining and thought-provoking.

Look, I'm realistic about this time period, and we're asking 'Law & Order' to do a lot here. But everyone knows there's no more resilient show on all of television. And we take the long view of the brand. In the spring, we'll figure out where this show is going to live for the next 16 years of its life.

I think serials are particularly tough on Friday. And that is one lesson I've learned.

It is blatantly unlawful to terminate a public sector employee and give those duties to someone else and justify it by saying the title is different.

The Apprentice' continues to be a top performer for NBC so we're pleased that the show and Donald Trump will continue to play a key role in this network's future through a fifth and now sixth cycle, ... We think viewers will agree that a California back-drop, with Donald's West Coast business interests and relationships, will provide an exciting new flavor for the series next season.

Win, lose or draw, these two shows are clear markers of where we want to go with the network in the future.

We came out of last year believing in our charismatic lead and seeing real evidence that an audience was sticking with the show. We think with some creative adjustments, stability is going to pay off in this time period.

We don't have any plans for Joey right now. We'll get into March and see how the schedule settles in and reassess to see where Joey can come back in.

We are not going to slip quietly into spring. With these exciting new shows in our re-configured schedule, we will be very competitive -- and given the promotional momentum of the Olympics, we can give these promising shows the launch they deserve.

We will continue to engage them. We're not completely deaf to it.

This year will kick off with Joey finally making it in Hollywood. The same character now has lots of people looking at him, the spotlight on him. He's now not the worst client of Jennifer Coolidge. He's the best.

This show has caught on so fast with audiences and has consistently lifted us at 8 p.m.. The fast pace and the potential for a true reversal of fortune has attracted a lot of people for us in that crucial time slot, and we look forward to seeing more of the same with these new episodes.

We wanted to send the show off with dignity.

We're struggling on the comedy side. Everybody is, ... I cannot believe that the country does not want to laugh at this time, with the news only going from bad to worse.

This season may not see a turnaround for us.

Those two really clicked. When we sat down and Robinson started telling his story, we just could see it. We could see the show.

You either get on the train, or you get rolled over by it.

We're developing 365 days a year now. So we're picking up fewer pilots than expected because we will keep developing for spring and summer 2007 throughout the year.

Both Donald and Mark Burnett expressed concern about having to go on back-to-back nights,

There's going to be some natural attrition, I think, in areas, probably some freezing in areas where we would maybe have added heads.

The strength of the ratings and performance and the quality of these two shows make this a very easy decision. We are confident that these comedies will only continue to increase in popularity.

The show has done a pretty good job over on Monday. I think it's creative. It's got a very loyal audience. A number of (science fiction) genre shows came out. I actually think that this one has fared the best on its own, having to self-start at 7 o'clock.

Put a show in its time period, leave it in its time period, start it on time.

So we're going to get into March, see how the schedule settles in, and then we'll reassess as to where 'Joey' can come back on.

Although this show was against mostly repeats in December, the strength it showed across the week and the build that it showed within each episode was indicative of a genuine appetite for the show.

There was some skepticism: 'Oh, this show is funny, but does it fit on NBC?' ... Earl has done what I hoped it would do, and that's rare.

There's a point when you look at the ratings and say, it feels like it's time.

It's an interesting phenomenon now, that some of these shows that stay off the air, kind of absence makes the heart grow a little fonder when they come back on. So we're committed to it by leaving the hour on there to really continue to see it build on itself.

It's no secret that the ratings have been tough for the last couple of seasons. There's a point where you want to send a great show off with dignity and with some semblance of success.

It's the comedy conundrum right now. You hear from the audience that they want something more than 'stupid' sitcoms. The young audience wants different form-breakers, but it's hard to get a mass-appeal show that breaks the form too much.

It just doesn't make sense. The feeling is that America needs to laugh now more than ever.

It showed us that audiences could connect to a guy so deeply flawed as to be a murderer.

It's a very high-octane show with a pace that we've never seen in the 'Law & Order' shows before -- very kinetic, and very young, ... I don't want any assumptions (by the viewer) that it needed to adhere to the 'Law & Order' conventions.

It's been a struggle to find that next evolution of comedy. Earl was our highest-testing show in 15 years, which was kind of a surprise. But we definitely need cutting-edge comedies like that.

It's not entirely analogous, because those movies were ready-made products you could go and acquire. With this, at best, there's probably something that's going to be a presentation for something that becomes a pilot for something that could eventually become a series.

The best place to be is where you're desperate enough to take chances. That's why I took the job (in May 2004) -- I knew what I was in for . . . That's when you can do something fun -- what have you got to lose?

It's been tough sledding on the advertising front, and it's something that we anticipated going in and would be willing to weather if the audience in fact embraced the show.

It literally took any residual sense of entitlement, or complacency, at our company and blew it out,

It was more a statement about the network and our mandate to move forward, ... a very clear sign in the ratings that it was time to move on.

It will definitely be on in the fall.

It's not dead, but I don't have any plans on it.

I'm very heartened by the fact that there has not been this pouncing, coming in with a dull knife to start hacking away. We have thrown a lot of revenue to them over the last decade and there's an acknowledgment that this is a down cycle.

I really do believe we have the potential to hit the jackpot next fall.

Genre (shows) are tricky, but when it hits, it can hit huge. Part of my plan coming in the door was, 'Let's do some bigger ideas.' Lost kind of beat us to the punch with that a little bit by making one stick.

I can't believe the country doesn't want to laugh at a time like this.

This is one of those shows that sizzled from pitch to script to finished pilot. Michael Dinner directed a pilot that you can't take your eyes off of. It will certainly be one of the most compelling new Fall series, so we wanted to express our confidence in it now and give the producers the extra lead time to develop the series.

The idea is to help people make life choices. The award from the Big Lottery Fund will allow us to continue and expand on these services and training packages.

The four-comedy block plays to the history of the night.

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