The closest thing we’ve ever heard to a television exec telling the truth was when a certain ABC V.P. sighed and told the showrunner of a very popular ABC show, “Okay, go ahead and do it your way. But if anyone asks I’ll say I told you not to.”
And, yes, the executive did just that, with the showrunner standing beside him.
Still, though, we want to believe what execs like the guy below say. Especially when they say things like this: