I'm not one of those who thinks there is something inherently bad or inferior about watching television.
I don't think you can read poetry while you're watching television very well.
When I was young, it was television that was taking off, and so you had people worried that people were spending too much time watching television.
Television is a medium because anything well done is rare.
Prestige podcasts, like prestige television shows, tend to have an audience that believes itself literate, well-informed, and reasonable. Listening to podcasts, in this model, is a form of virtue.
I guess at the age of 15 was the first time I made a goal of wanting to be on television, and I didn't get a series until I was 23, which was 'The West Wing.'
Germany is probably the richest country in Western Europe. Yet they wouldn't take any television with Duke and Ella, their reaction being that people weren't interested in it.
On the one hand, the press, television, and movies make heroes of vandals by calling them whiz kids.
All comic-book artists secretly want a successful television or movie project because of the wider audience.
In film and television we are oftentimes so pampered that the truths are withheld.
Reality shows like 'SaReGaMaPa' are a huge platform for young talent. Thanks to television, they have more exposure than we could even imagine.