Quotes by Nina Tassler

“Comedy was really our first priority heading into development season, and we wanted to reinforce Monday. And with Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Jenna Elfman, we have two big star vehicles for midseason.”

“Shes an incredibly multi-talented performer whose comedic skills and energy promise to deliver an Emmy Awards broadcast to remember.”

“Comedy was really our first priority heading into development season, and we wanted to reinforce Monday. And with Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Jenna Elfman, we have two big star vehicles for mid-season.”

“Its like a papal page-turner,”

“We look to our audience to tell us when theyve had enough.”

“We trust our producers to be creative in their storytelling and follow their creative path,”

“So you havent admonished them at this point?”

“The truth is, you cant sort of bottle and prepackage a show like Desperate Housewives. But I think the nice thing is, we know that audiences are making a commitment to serialized drama. And absolutely, were going to continue to develop in that genre.”

“Clearly there is something in the zeitgeist ,”

“I think, clearly, there is something in the zeitgeist, ... but for us, it was based on producing the best pilot scripts that we had. . . . We dont literally go out to the community and say, Because that particular show is successful on another network, please bring us that. We encourage writers. We encourage producers. We encourage directors. . . . They dont necessarily look to develop only based on whats successful at other networks. They sort of listen to their own inner voice.”