We just made a programming decision that we don't take visually impaired people.

"It's not an ethnic thing; it's a clear programming decision which we had to make," he said.

She said the programming decision was being reviewed daily.

But they said it had not yet affected any programming decisions.

Then the sassy television remote started making programming decisions.

In addition, some of these stations became Fox affiliates and were no longer able to make independent programming decisions during prime time.

He said he would continue to make most of the important programming decisions.

If you do so, the people responsible for making programming decisions can become better informed about audience opinion.

"I don't know what our ad guys say when they talk to the studios," he said, "but none of that impacts any programming decisions."

Not that ratings justify anything except advertising rates, but, in this case, they support the programming decisions.