Bonnie Hammer Quotes

United States, Businesswoman
1950

Bonnie Hammer is an American businesswoman and network executive. As Chairman of NBCUniversal Cable, Hammer oversees the leading cable brands USA, The Sci-Fi Channel, E!, Bravo, Oxygen, Esquire Network, Sprout, TV One, Chiller, Cloo, and Universal HD, as well as production entities Universal Cable Productions and Wilshire Studios.

With 'Battlestar Galactica,' we had such resistance from the fan base to changing it. The upshot was, we ultimately won them over.

Bonnie Hammer
The biggest challenge to thriving in the marketplace is identifying the strategic moves that will keep us ahead of the competition.

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- Challenge
- Competition

We couldn't own Sci Fi; it's a genre. But we can own Syfy.

Bonnie Hammer
I'm a chick. I like shopping.

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- Shopping
I bobbed and weaved through my career. And in hindsight, though I'd like to say it was a plan - it was not - the bobbing and the weaving gave me a broad base from which to become an executive who could say, 'OK, I've done this, and I've done this, and I've done this.' And nobody could BS me, because I'd done most of it.

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- Done
- Career
I will never not take anyone's phone call.

Bonnie Hammer
Some mentors are more challenging than others.

Bonnie Hammer
Realistically, guys who are into gaming are not necessarily watching television.

Bonnie Hammer

Channel brand is so key.

Bonnie Hammer
Sci-fi is speculative fiction. 'Field of Dreams' is sci-fi.

Bonnie Hammer
I read a lot of sci-fi when I was younger. Loved it from the literary point of view.

Bonnie Hammer
Getting to a 1 rating in households is a sign that we're building momentum. It gives us bragging rights.

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