Quotes by Doug Herzog

“With all due respect to Jay and Dave and everybody out there, theyre doing very similar kinds of shows in formats that are nearly as old as television. I do believe those traditional formats are growing tired, and younger viewers are growing tired of them.”

“I was at Comedy Central when we launched the first season of South Park and I am thrilled to see them continue through 2008, ... Matt and Trey are creative geniuses and a huge part of the Comedy Central family and we look forward to continued success.”

“At the very least, were hoping to stretch the audience The Daily Show attracts — which is a very fair amount of people by cable standards — later in the night,”

“Its always nice to see fans passionate and getting behind shows. But at the same time, these are characters and trademarks that belong to someone else. So its not exactly all kosher.”

“We dont want to be strictly a teen network. We dont think theres a good business for us in that,”

“Its a sensitive issue and well be keeping our eye on it, no question about it.”

“When . . . little, tiny Comedy Central is on the cover of Newsweek magazine -- whos battling Time magazine for the rights to do the cover -- thats pretty significant, ... That says, bigger than just hit cable television show. That says, cultural phenomenon.”

“The audience has been telling us for a long time that they want to see more, so we thought wed try and give them what we have.”

“We have repeatedly tried to get Dave to figure out what hed like to do with this stuff and it hasnt really gone anywhere.”

“We have to do this because we have no idea what the future foretells. He hasnt been able to articulate what he would like to do, so were moving forward.”