What Must-See T.V. was all about was one network, one night, for one decade. And a third of the country would come and watch Must-See T.V. And you didn’t dare go to work the next day, because if you hadn’t watched, you would be left out of the conversation, that water-cooler conversation. Warren Littlefield Read Quote
When we developed the ‘Seinfeld’ show, we took a bet on Jerry Seinfeld, who was not a household name. But Jerry had a voice. He was appearing on ‘Late Night’, on ‘The Tonight Show’, had some commercials out there, his voice of observational comedy, looking at the world around him, that voice was really starting to come into its own. Warren Littlefield Read Quote
I loved growing up in Montclair… I think it’s grown and changed and embraced change. Warren Littlefield Read Quote
You don’t know what the country is ready for unless you’re pushing that envelope, and I was told that I couldn’t develop ‘Will and Grace’. Warren Littlefield Read Quote
When you’re still in the broadcast business, you’re still trying to reach tens of millions. You’re trying to still aim for a broader audience, and I think that’s a more difficult task to spread yourself across that audience, connect with them, as opposed to a very, very small, pinpointed audience. Difficult to do. Warren Littlefield Read Quote
Friends’ played in this territory of being funny, and then also just grabbing your heart. And not afraid of that. It was a comedic soap opera. Not being afraid to have an audience feel something, laugh and cry, was quite extraordinary and quite wonderful. Warren Littlefield Read Quote
While ‘Friends’ was about a 20-something population and what they were going through, they were also dealing with issues with their family. Warren Littlefield Read Quote
My job was to find interesting material that would give us a quality television show. Warren Littlefield Read Quote
A Different World’ didn’t have the blazing success that ‘Cosby’ had, but it was on for seven seasons, and we got a lot of awards, and a lot of faces came out of that show and have had great careers. Warren Littlefield Read Quote
