Robert Greenblatt
Robert Greenblatt
Robert "Bob" Greenblattis an American television executive and currently the chairman of NBC Entertainment...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryUnited States of America
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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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We knew that once our subscribers started watching this compelling drama they would be hooked.
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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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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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My dream as a teenager was to run a movie studio, as in the old studio system.
people
Look, we're all for controversy and doing things that make people feel uncomfortable; it's a part of who we are.
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We're having productive conversations with Twentieth, but we're a step shy of closing a deal.
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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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I think the show is only worth continuing if Mitch Hurwitz was at the helm running it. I think he's the genius behind it. And he hasn't yet come to that decision to continue the show.
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I think it's an incredibly bold and original show. And if only a small fraction of the loyal audience that's on Fox came to Showtime, it would be one of our highest-rated shows.
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I always thought it was a better fit for a cable network than a broadcast network.
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When we have this much equity in a show, and the audience responds as rabidly as they did this year, it's a big success for us. This is and will remain one of our signature shows. A pickup was a no-brainer.