Subject: Entertainment » Television

I can’t watch TV longer than five minutes without praying for nuclear holocaust.

(1961 – 1994) comedian

Television: A medium; so called because it is neither rare nor well done.

(1919 – 1962) American comedian, actor & writer

Why should people go out and pay to see bad movies when they can stay home and see bad television for nothing.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

If the World Series goes seven games, it will be NBC's longest running show this fall.

(1925 – 2005) television host

TV is chewing gum for the eyes.

(1867 – 1959) architect, interior designer, writer & educator

Television? … The word is half Latin and half Greek; no good can come of it.

(1846 – 1932) British journalist, publisher & politician

The cable TV sex channels don't expand our horizons, don't make us better people and don't come in clearly enough.

(1956 – ) comedian, television host, social critic & political commentator

Enraged by Bristol Palin on ‘Dancing,’ Man Shoots TV, Prompts Standoff

For those of you watching who do not have television sets, live commentary is on Radio 2.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

We produce more failed pilots than the French air force.

(1958 – ) American actor & producer

You might be a redneck if… an episode of Walker, Texas Ranger changed your life.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

Television has brought back murder into the home – where it belongs.

(1899 – 1980) English filmmaker & producer

I know what the public want because I am one of them.

(1906 – 1998) Russian-born English film producer & media mogul

Nobody can ever learn our military's secrets — unless, you know, they happen to have the Discovery Channel… then, it's pretty easy, just tune in for a few minutes.

(1974 – ) American stand-up comedian & actor

It was so beautiful today that I only watched four hours of “Law & Order” in my apartment.

(1982 – ) American comedian, actor, writer & producer

I don't know what was wrong with my television last night, but I was getting C-Span and the Home Shopping Network on the same station, and I actually bought a congressman.

(1951 – ) American comedian & writer

If it weren't for the fact that the TV set and the refrigerator are so far apart, some of us wouldn't get any exercise at all.

(1911 – 1999) comedian, author & columnist

Marriage is like having cable with one channel.

(Nathaniel Stroman) (1963 – ) American actor, voice artist & comedian

This is good because up until now, the only channel to find 24-hour coverage of the NFL players was Court TV.

(1963 – ) television host & comedian

I wish there was a knob on the TV so you could turn up the intelligence; they got one marked “brightness” but it don’t work, does it?

(1946 – ) American comedian

In honor of the late George Carlin, here are seven more words you can't say on TV: "And the Emmy goes to Bob Saget."

(1965 – ) American stand-up comedian, actor, director & author