Robert Greenblatt
Robert Greenblatt
Robert "Bob" Greenblattis an American television executive and currently the chairman of NBC Entertainment...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryUnited States of America
broadcast cable mainstream shows subject tend
The shows you can do in cable are just more buzzworthy and are about subject matter that's more unusual or dark. And broadcast shows tend to be more mainstream or middle-of-the-road.
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I always thought it was a better fit for a cable network than a broadcast network.
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We have to figure out the right deal between the two companies, which is complicated and takes longer than you'd ever imagine.
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We felt that 'Sleeper Cell' is a special television event whose themes have never been more relevant than they are today,
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We're very interested in making it work for us.
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These characters are becoming more accepted once audiences see that they live, love, yearn, get hurt, struggle with family and love and their work in the same ways as everyone else.
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I think it would be the equivalent of an X rating if it were going in front of the MPAA.
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I think it would be the equivalent of an X rating. And rather than try to figure out how to cut it and make it work for us, we decided it's probably better not to butcher Takashi's vision.
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Usher is, without question, the biggest thing in the music business right now, and we're thrilled he wanted to do his live concert with us.
people
Look, we're all for controversy and doing things that make people feel uncomfortable; it's a part of who we are.
dream run studio teenager
My dream as a teenager was to run a movie studio, as in the old studio system.
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We knew that once our subscribers started watching this compelling drama they would be hooked.
diversity proponent shows
I've just always been a proponent of having a lot of diversity in the shows I've done. I just think that's the world we live in.
beauty cable program
The beauty of cable is you could program for 18-year-old twins and get a hit show on cable.