Stacey Koerner Quotations

One of the big headlines is that network TV is strong. Overall, television usage among total viewers is up about 4 percent ... and the growth in cable is not coming at the expense of the broadcast networks.

What you're seeing is the drama genre, which has been dominant, needing to diversify. Unfortunately, they've all diversified into science fiction.

Her fans are her fans. Even if they do want to see any of these new shows, they're not going to leave her show.

I think a lot of the 'Joan' fans are attacking the show in the chat rooms.

People have relationships with these programs. They are like their close friends or relatives.

I think Judge Judy is, like Oprah, sort of the star of her genre. She lays it on the line and she doesn't let you get away with anything. ... She stands out as an ethical voice that speaks to the common man.

I think Judge Judy is, like Oprah, sort of the star of her genre.

We know that viewing levels increase in September because the weather starts getting a little cooler, it gets darker a little earlier, viewers are already conditioned to be looking for new programming.

This year there was no Winter Olympics to precede it, so there was a little bit of loss in the hype in the anticipation of the Summer Olympics.

Tuesday and Wednesday at 9 are probably the toughest battlegrounds.

Viewers are conditioned to expect a big premiere week at the end of September.

Every network has something that it can talk about.

Every year they come back with less of an audience, ... so the more they can do to sustain themselves (in summer), the better.

Every year, the networks lose a little more audience, and cable gains in the summertime.

People who had heard about it had a chance to ... catch up and see what they missed over the summer. Also, it's got an extraordinarily strong fan culture around the show. ... There's lots of subtext, which is what fan cultures love.

You still are getting a very large audience. It's not as if it's not an event simply because ratings aren't as high as they used to be.

They have developed a real expertise for synchronous Internet applications linked to TV content.

The most buzz or conversations about TV shows are about the actors associated with these projects. NBC shows have the lion's share of the conversation. This is a good time for them. They've created shows and stars that people are interested in, which is a good sign that they will get some sampling when they premiere these shows.

It's been a slowly building situation, ... and there's a lot of pressure on them to come up with something that will work.

They've lost some of their core properties and now they have to struggle the way everyone has to struggle when they lose their core properties,

I looked at the data for the show and it was No. 1 in terms of positive buzz, ... I said, 'Ah, shoot, this thing doesn't work.'

You could say in many ways it is a breakout,