Kevin Reilly
Kevin Reilly
bad believe cannot comedy country everybody laugh news struggling
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.
audience breaks comedy form hard hear wants
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.
comedies comedy definitely evolution next struggle
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.
bold comedy compelling drama project
This project is a noisy, compelling combination of bold drama and laugh-out-loud comedy,
comedy confirm final grace moment nbc season
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 .
block comedy history plays
The four-comedy block plays to the history of the night.
comedies confident continue easy increase performance quality ratings shows strength
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.
best came genre good job loyal number shows
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.
leave start time
Put a show in its time period, leave it in its time period, start it on time.
both burnett concern donald expressed mark
Both Donald and Mark Burnett expressed concern about having to go on back-to-back nights,
either
You either get on the train, or you get rolled over by it.
days developing expected fewer picking pilots spring summer throughout year
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.
added areas freezing maybe natural
There's going to be some natural attrition, I think, in areas, probably some freezing in areas where we would maybe have added heads.
lesson tough
I think serials are particularly tough on Friday. And that is one lesson I've learned.