Television has changed a child from an irresistible force to an immovable object. – Author Unknown

Every time you think television has hit its lowest ebb, a new type program comes along to make you wonder where you thought the ebb was. – Art Buchwald, "Adding Insult to Injury," Have I Ever Lied to You?, 1966

The television, that insidious beast, that Medusa which freezes a billion people to stone every night, staring fixedly, that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little. – Ray Bradbury, The Golden Apples of the Sun

Art is moral passion married to entertainment. Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television. – Rita Mae Brown