Quotes for All
They don’t show Olympic boxing on TV in prime time. They haven’t done that since 1988. In 1992, they showed one: Oscar De La Hoya. In 1996, they didn’t show it. In 2000, they didn’t show it. In 2004, they didn’t show it. In 2008, they did not even mention boxing at all. You would … Read more
Someday we’ll learn the whole story of why George W. Bush brushed off that intelligence briefing of Aug. 6, 2001, ‘Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S.’ But surely a big distraction was the major speech he was readying for delivery on Aug. 9, his first prime-time address to the nation. Frank Rich
Digital media are biased toward replication and storage. Our digital photos practically upload and post themselves on Facebook, and our most deleted e-mails tend to resurface when we least expect it. Yes, everything you do in the digital realm may as well be broadcast on prime-time television and chiseled on the side of the Parthenon. … Read more
No other group (traditional Christians) is so consistently maligned on prime-time television. These defamatory portrayals betray a deep-seated hostility. Don Feder
Last night, President Bush gave a prime-time press conference. It was such a big deal that Fox decided to preempt American Idol. Which made sense to me, you don’t want too many amateurs on in one night. David Letterman
The major parties could conduct live human sacrifices on their podiums during prime time, and I doubt that anybody would notice. Dave Barry
I have always wanted to do daytime television, but past handlers and agents had steered me away from it because they would say to me, Darius, you have already passed that mark in your career. You have done prime time and feature films and continue to go upward, and I go, Are you kidding me?. … Read more
Religion is rarely mentioned in current prime-time dramas or sitcoms that supposedly reflect the way we live now. Dan Wakefield
It’s immoral to parent irresponsibly… And it doesn’t help matters any when prime time tv, like Murphy Brown, a character who is supposed to represent a successful career woman of today, mocks the importance of the father by bearing a child alone, and calling it just another lifestyle choice. Marriage is probably the best anti-poverty … Read more
Failing to support children one has fathered is wrong. We must be unequivocal about this. It doesnt help matters when prime-time TV has Murphy Brown, a character who supposedly epitomizes todays intelligent, highly paid professional woman, mocking the importance of fathers by bearing a child alone and calling it just another lifestyle choice. Dan Quayle