Everyone knows that there are more people watching any given show than is being registered by the Nielsen system.

There are more people dying of malaria than any specific cancer.

Hippos kill more people in Africa annually than any other wild animal.

Self-righteousness has killed more people than smoking.

The public's perception of your show is what it is, and you don't get to complain how people perceive your show or talk about it.

Eight o'clock is hard no matter what network you're on because people have to make a decision to sit down and start watching TV. Every other time slot is a time slot that happens after someone's watching something else.