Warren Littlefield
Warren Littlefield
Warren W. Littlefieldis an American retired television executive. He graduated from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York, and was awarded a BA in Psychology...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth11 May 1952
CountryUnited States of America
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When we developed the 'Seinfeld' show, we took a bet on Jerry Seinfeld, who was not a household name. But Jerry had a voice. He was appearing on 'Late Night', on 'The Tonight Show', had some commercials out there, his voice of observational comedy, looking at the world around him, that voice was really starting to come into its own.
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You don't know what the country is ready for unless you're pushing that envelope, and I was told that I couldn't develop 'Will and Grace'.
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It was absolutely outrageous, it was smart, it was funny. When they said what the subject matter was, I said, 'Oh my God, how can they do that?' And they did - they pulled it off.
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Read everything. Watch everything. Know your business. It's the squeaky wheel that gets the attention.
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Our D.V.R.s make up the schedule of the shows that we're passionate about. You want Jon Stewart? You've got it. Your D.V.R. will give that to you, as opposed to making the destination and the choice to spend that evening with a network.
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I think if you're not comfortable with change, you're in the wrong business, ... It's all about change.
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My last series was on A.B.C., a one-hour called 'My Generation'. Critics liked it. I was on for two weeks, and that was a tough one.
blows people
Now, she blows away people with her talent. But first, she had to get to know the business.
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One way in which 'Friends' did resemble 'Seinfeld' is that it really found its audience over the summer of 1995 in reruns. That's when the main title song, 'I'll Be There for You', by the Rembrandts, exploded, too.
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'Friends' played in this territory of being funny, and then also just grabbing your heart. And not afraid of that. It was a comedic soap opera. Not being afraid to have an audience feel something, laugh and cry, was quite extraordinary and quite wonderful.
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'A Different World' didn't have the blazing success that 'Cosby' had, but it was on for seven seasons, and we got a lot of awards, and a lot of faces came out of that show and have had great careers.
family issues
While 'Friends' was about a 20-something population and what they were going through, they were also dealing with issues with their family.
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There's no reason that there has to be a fringe network that illuminates an urban or a multiethnic experience.
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The writers and actors on 'Friends' were notoriously particular about what made it onto the air.