Quote by Dick Wolf
When it went on the air, the sales department hated it. It was the

When it went on the air, the sales department hated it. It was the highest advertising pullout show in the history of NBC. At the early focus groups, people were saying, Who are these people? Why should we watch them? – Dick Wolf

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The most positive step is to try to expand the employment base by making it, if not economically friendly, at least not economically disastrous, for studios to take on deficits. – Dick Wolf

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It was like in Samoa when theyd put up a movie screen on the beach and show movies and the locals would run behind the sheet to see where the people went. It was pretty grim. – Dick Wolf

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I do love television. But the business is accelerating and people are not getting the chance to fail. – Dick Wolf

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