Quotes by Leslie Moonves

“They say 40 percent of the revenue from network television is on Thursday night, so were talking about hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of millions at stake, ... Not to be accused of being cruel here, but `Joey is down 59 percent from `Friends in [advertiser-coveted viewers ages] 18-to-49. . . . 59 percent. OK?”

“Marks a great, great producer. Hes a terrific talent, so were glad were in business with him. Survivor had a lot to do with changing the whole profile of this network, so were indebted to him.”

“Katie is simply one of the best in the business and represents a tremendous addition to CBS News.”

“The bar is very high. Youre going to have to be very good to get on our network.”

“Were very happy with the hand we are playing now. We are not looking for an acquisition of that size.”

“There is absolutely nothing about this show relatable to my story, in fairness. This is about a twentysomething-year-old guy looking for the love of his life. One of the things I love about my job is the naiveté of people, thinking what things will affect me.”

“[But he was affected by it, if not in the way that Mr. Bays and Mr. Thomas anticipated.] The only thing that I said, scary to say, is that this is like the best type of show in this genre that I have seen since I saw the pilot of Friends back in my days at Warner Brothers, ... You dont want to build up expectations. But I think this is the show NBC was looking for all those years to be the next one.”

“You want the NFL, you want Survivor, you want CSI, you want David Letterman--youre going to have to pay us what you pay USA [Network] for, ... We have considered it one of the great injustices for many years that we never got paid for our signal.”

“But any of you who have dealt with me at all know that slow growth and me dont go hand in hand so well together,”

“Technologys our friend. Our goal: Take the content and use it any way we can,”

I take great pride in all the tremendous success weve enjoyed at CBS. And the good news is that I feel even more enthusiastic about what my terrific team and I will accomplish going forward.