44 Ted Sarandos Quotes for You to Enjoy

Ted Sarandos

American Businessman

Been Great People Think World You

Related authors: Bill Gates Henry Ford Jim Rohn Les Brown Peter Drucker Stephen Covey Steve Jobs Warren Buffett

I feel like if we can use the combination of basically data-driven hunches and bet on really first-class talent to deliver the shows, that I think we could do as well as the networks do, who basically have a 75 to 80 percent failure rate for new shows anyway - even after all that development and pilot work. Ted Sarandos

Work Failure Pilot Think Bet Percent Rate Networks Could Deliver Development Feel Combination New Talent Like Well After Anyway Really Use Who Even Shows Basically

There's no such thing as 'too much TV,' unless we're all spending more and not watching more. Ted Sarandos

Too Much Too Unless Spending TV More Much Thing Watching

The major international appeal for 'House of Cards' was kind of a surprise because it's a very American show. What we learned is that American politics is very American, but greed and corruption and all of that is very global. Ted Sarandos

Politics Corruption Greed Kind Major Global House House Of Cards Learned Because Surprise Very American American Politics Show Appeal International Cards

Within the U.S., you could have argued that most people who watch 'Mad Men' would watch 'House of Cards.' But the viewing is much more on par with the large-scale mainstream things like 'The Walking Dead.' It was much younger than we thought. Ted Sarandos

You People Thought Men Par Mad Mad Men Would More Could Argued Mainstream Like Most House House Of Cards Dead Within Walking Than Walking Dead Younger Much Viewing Who Large-Scale Things Watch Cards

The television business is based on managed dissatisfaction. You're watching a great television show you're really wrapped up in? You might get 50 minutes of watching a week and then 18,000 minutes of waiting until the next episode comes along. Ted Sarandos

I really loved the 'Sopranos' but didn't have HBO. So someone would send me tapes of the show with three or four episodes. I would watch one episode and go: 'Oh my God, I've got to watch one more.' I'd watch the whole tape and champ at the bit for the next one. Ted Sarandos

God Me Three Bit Would Someone More Sopranos Got Go Tape Tapes Send Oh Oh My God Loved The Sopranos Really Episode Next Episodes Show Whole Champ Four Watch

The longer people watch Netflix and the longer they stay members - they're the criteria of success for us. Ted Sarandos

Success People Criteria Members Stay Netflix Longer Us Watch

Typically on a TV series, the writers on a show are writing for their life almost every episode. When someone sits down to write a Netflix show, they know there's going to be a 13th hour. Ted Sarandos

Life Writing Down Every TV TV Series Someone Netflix Write Writers Almost Hour Know Going Episode Show Series

When we started looking at the bigger television ecosystem, you see that there's not that many serialized TV shows being made for TV. The economics are lousy: They don't sell into syndication well; they're expensive to produce. Ted Sarandos

You Made Economics Looking Television TV TV Shows See Ecosystem Well Sell Lousy Expensive Being Bigger Produce Many Shows Started

We try to guide with a light touch. Sometimes we can be helpful, and my goal with my team, both on the series side and on the film side, is that the collaboration should always be invited. In other words, we're not looking to impose our view on the filmmaker; we hire a storyteller because we love the story, and we love their ability to tell it. Ted Sarandos

Love Words Sometimes Light Try Looking Other Side Our Collaboration Guide Tell Ability Touch Both Invited Because Always Hire Impose Goal In Other Words Story Storyteller Should View Team Helpful Series Film Filmmaker