My dream as a teenager was to run a movie studio, as in the old studio system.

I think it's an incredibly bold and original show. And if only a small fraction of the loyal audience that's on Fox came to Showtime, it would be one of our highest-rated shows.

I have throbbing headaches about a lot of things, and Howard Stern isn't one of them.

I think it would be the equivalent of an X rating. And rather than try to figure out how to cut it and make it work for us, we decided it's probably better not to butcher Takashi's vision.

I think it would be the equivalent of an X rating if it were going in front of the MPAA.

The shows you can do in cable are just more buzzworthy and are about subject matter that's more unusual or dark. And broadcast shows tend to be more mainstream or middle-of-the-road.