One of the reasons why when Elvis dies or the Son of Sam is captured ABC News' ratings go up is because people who don't normally watch news are watching then. The question is, do you want to attract people who don't watch network news or fight over the people who do? Roone Arledge abcattractcapture share on social
But unlike the setup in most organizations, where there's an administrator on top and creative people or doers underneath, I'm basically a doer and I like to have administrative people underneath me. Roone Arledge administrativeadministratorbasically Change image and share on social
I'm sensitive about my image of being hard to reach. Roone Arledge hardimagereach Change image and share on social
Most of what we report from Congress they don't care about unless it affects them directly. Roone Arledge affectcarecongress Change image and share on social
If you don't have the rights, you can't do the show. Roone Arledge rightshow Change image and share on social
In the past ABC has made half-hearted efforts or, worse, cosmetic efforts, to do something about news and I wasn't certain about what their real aim was - nor am I now. Roone Arledge abcaimbadly Change image and share on social
I respect the game that goes on of putting this against that, but I don't respect, nor do I enjoy, an awful lot of the actual programs that go on the air. Roone Arledge actualairawful Change image and share on social
Television is a powerful medium that has to be used for something better than sitcoms and police shows. On the other hand, if you don't recognize the forces that play on what people watch and what they don't then you're a fool and you should be in a different business. Roone Arledge businessfoolforce share on social
I want everybody in the news business to think of ABC before they go any place else. If it costs us an extra few thousand dollars to do that, what does it mean? Roone Arledge abcbusinesscost Change image and share on social
The current wisdom now is that if the three networks are covering the news the same way the difference is the anchor people. I think that won't be true in the future. Roone Arledge anchorcovercurrent Change image and share on social
