“I'm gonna blow my brains out right on the air, right in the middle of...” – Howard Beale, Network ... Movie Quotes Database

Howard Beale

I'm gonna blow my brains out right on the air, right in the middle of the seven o'clock news.

Max Schumacher

Well, you'll get a hell of a rating, I'll tell you that. A 50 share, at least. We could make a series of it. "Suicide of the Week." Aw, hell, why limit ourselves? "Execution of the Week."

Howard Beale

"Terrorist of the Week."

Max Schumacher

I love it. Suicides, assassinations, mad bombers, Mafia hitmen, automobile smash-ups: "The Death Hour." A great Sunday night show for the whole family. It'd wipe that ****in' Disney right off the air.

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Frank Hackett Mr. Jensen is unhappy with Howard Beale and wants him discontinued. Diana Christensen He may be unhappy, but he isn't stupid enough to withdraw the number one show on television out of pique. Frank Hackett Two billion dollars is not pique! That's the Wrath of God! And the Wrath of God wants Howard Beale fired. Howard Beale The American people are good people: Democrats, Independents, Republicans and others. Under no circumstances will I, and I hope no others, capitulate to those that want to undercut what's all good in America. [This quote is from a clip of President Ford that is broadcast right before Howard Beale announces that he is leaving the network.] Narrator It was a perfectly admissible argument that Howard Beale advanced in the days that followed. It was, however, also a very depressing one. Nobody particularly cared to hear his life was utterly valueless. By the end of the first week in June, The Howard Beale Show had dropped one point in the ratings and its trend of shares dipped under 48% for the first time since last November.