A conversation about the state of television with William Baker

with William Baker
in Business, Books, Movies, TV & Theater
on Thursday, May 14, 1998 * * * * *

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A conversation with William Baker, President and CEO of Thirteen/WNET, about his book Down the Tube: An Inside Account of the Failure of American Television, which explores the quality and current state of television.

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Down the Tube
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    1. Abdel Basheer  05/07/2007 04:27 AM Report

      I for one appreciate the honesty and candor in Baker's statements throughout this interview. Baker says, "In a business this powerful (television), to aim for the bottom line is simply to aim too low." Lets not forget that this generation (children) are raised by HBO, NBC, TBS etc..