When Katrina struck we sat down and we talked about the timing of airing it.

When I talked to evacuees, one of the things that struck me was that so many of them were saying, 'As terrible as this was, this may have given me the opportunity to reassess my own life and to think differently about what opportunities are available to me,' ... That, to me, is the great untold story.

It was a major inconvenience and definite cause for concern when more than 200 people show up unexpectedly on the set of a television show,

The bottom line is that it's good to have fans. Sure, there are some days when they're a double-edged sword. They do on occasion post inaccurate information, and we worry that they're misleading consumers.

We don't encourage it and the artists, in fact, have very little time at the podium to begin with for their acceptance speeches. But we don't edit for commentary, only for matters of indecency.

This was strictly a business decision. With so many outlets covering it, we weren't giving the viewers anything unique.