I don't think any industry was ever as closely scrutinized and written about and constantly in the public eye as television.

- Roone Arledge

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…

- Roone Arledge

People essentially like local news better than network news.

- Roone Arledge

In fact, I had a series of offers which would have brought me a lot of money to make films and package TV programs. There were people who said to me,…

- Roone Arledge

I don't think people realize the extent to which TV networks are hurt when they carry public broadcasting. I think the estimate is that they lose a h…

- Roone Arledge

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 do…

- Roone Arledge

One of the towering people in this industry said, why don't you go and make a five-year contract with somebody, make yourself several million dollars…

- Roone Arledge

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 …

- Roone Arledge

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 watc…

- Roone Arledge