television

7 statements across 6 episodes · 2 bullish · 2 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Brian Grazer · across every show →

Everything said about television, oldest first

Jan 2, 2019 bearish
Disclosure
Grazer: Poor economics drove my shift from theatrical films to television
“I mean, I can get them made just through, just sheer physics, just the force of me, like, but it's not attractive, so it's mostly what you just said, and for the most part, that's why I've kind of, I've shifted my focus or balance into television.”
Brian Grazer Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 9:21 a16z Podcast | The Future of Entertainment and What David Petraeus and the Olsen Twins Can Teach Us
Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Contradicted
Thompson: Original scripted TV shows have grown sevenfold since early 2000s
“Since the early 2000, the number of original scripted shows on television has grown by a factor of Seven.”
Derek Thompson Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 5:31 a16z Podcast | Addiction vs Popularity in the Age of Virality
Apr 1, 2019 positive
Insight
Koppelman: Pitching Rounders today would be a TV series, not a movie
“No, you would pitch the world of the underground card rooms for television, because I think a lot of that, that's where this stuff lives, and that would have been, I think, a fascinating thing to see also.”
Brian Koppelman Apr 1, 2019 ▶ 42:48 a16z Podcast | For the Billions of Creatives Out There
Dec 17, 2019
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Quality character-driven storytelling shifted from film to television around 2003
“It literally was at 2003 or four when I sat down and said, oh, all the good character driven stuff can be made on television.”
Shonda Rhimes Dec 17, 2019 ▶ 18:58 Scaling Creativity with Marc Andreessen and Shonda Rimes
Dec 17, 2019
Insight
In television the writer fires the director, unlike in feature films
“In film, we always say the director fires the writer, and in television, the writer fires the director. Like, and that's always been the way it's been.”
Shonda Rhimes Dec 17, 2019 ▶ 19:13 Scaling Creativity with Marc Andreessen and Shonda Rimes
Mar 16, 2020 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Riccitiello: Video game streaming will rival television in audience size
“It is a massive medium and it's a medium that Is an in and of itself in time will rival television, which is completely crazy from any historical perspective.”
John Riccitiello Mar 16, 2020 ▶ 19:33 How Gaming is Changing the Media Landscape
Jul 25, 2025 negative
Opinion
Andreessen: Television formats inherently impoverish viewers intellectually
“I think the jury's in now. I think you can make the claim television makes you dumb in a really fundamental way. Cause like literally it cuts off all the interesting conversations, right? As they're about to get, get interesting. It kind of has to be intellect…”
Marc Andreessen Jul 25, 2025 ▶ 1:20:16 Marc & Ben on the Collapse of Traditional Media - Podcasts, Politics & the New Media Playbook
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