Stephen McPherson
Stephen McPherson
almost audience beyond bring country dive half language million mostly move spanish watch
We wanted to move beyond toe-dipping and really dive in. Almost half of the 41 million Hispanics in this country watch only or mostly Spanish language television, and we want to bring that audience to ABC.
beyond dive move
We wanted to move beyond toe-dipping and really dive in.
applaud both continue creative gone great network ratings shows tremendous work
These shows are great additions to our network and continue ABC's creative and ratings momentum. I applaud all the tremendous work that has gone into making both of these series.
embrace fact
We are going to embrace the fact that she's pregnant.
exactly love obviously turned
This one has been a real battle, and it's obviously not turned out exactly the way we'd like. But we love Geena, we love the show, and we wanted to give it another shot.
believe gut love passionate stuff
You know what? I really believe in that show. You've got to go with your gut and just love the stuff that you do and be passionate about it and try to find a place for it to work.
against fact given gorilla happy next olympics perform
Given the fact that the Olympics is an 800-pound gorilla for the next two weeks, we're happy to see that we can perform against them.
few last ticking
Obviously, we're disappointed in 'Commander' ticking down the last few weeks.
based believe cast felt five life measure needed patience quick saw
You have to kind of measure your patience based on how you believe in the creative, and there we felt like, unfortunately, it was not going to get better. We needed to make a quick change, and we saw life in The Bachelor, which is cast better than it's been in five years.
silly week
This week is kind of a silly week,
desperate mistake shows specific voice
Desperate is such a specific voice that I think it would be a mistake to think you can do those (kinds of) shows again.
rip shows
Desperate' and 'Lost' are not shows that you can rip off.
hard needed studio tried
Creatively, we just did not get the show where it needed to be. All of us tried really hard ? producers, network, studio ? but it just never got on track.
based creatively direction felt measure needed patience tried
Creatively we just did not get the show to where it needed to be. All of us tried really hard. I think you have to measure your patience based (on the creative direction of the show). And there we felt like, unfortunately, it was not going to get better.