Skip to main content

Daily Inspiration Quote by Gregory Harrison

"I got a series with the WB next year. We start shooting in July. It's going to be called Safe Harbor, and it's an hour show. It's a Spelling show and will follow 7th Heaven"

About this Quote

Career talk rarely sounds poetic, but that is exactly why Gregory Harrison's line lands: it captures the late-90s/early-2000s TV ecosystem in its most revealing shorthand. He isn't selling a character or a story; he's selling placement. "With the WB" and "follow 7th Heaven" function like a set of cultural coordinates, instantly signaling the network's brand of glossy, family-safe melodrama and the valuable real estate of a lead-in audience. The intent is straightforward industry signaling: I'm booked, I'm bankable, I'm in the pipeline.

The subtext is a quiet lesson in how television prestige worked then. "It's an hour show" says "drama", not sitcom; it carries a certain seriousness even when the content is geared for broad appeal. Dropping "Spelling show" is even more pointed. Aaron Spelling was less an auteur than a reliability stamp: efficient production, network-friendly tone, a factory that could turn out hits. Harrison is aligning himself with an institution that translated into steady work, visibility, and a specific kind of mainstream legitimacy.

Context matters: the WB was built on audience flow, not just individual titles. To "follow 7th Heaven" wasn't merely a scheduling detail; it was a promise of captive viewers and a hint at the show's moral temperature. Harrison's quote is not artistry-talk. It's survival-talk, delivered with the pragmatic optimism of an actor navigating a system where the timeslot is part of the script.

Quote Details

TopicNew Job
SourceHelp us find the source
Cite

Citation Formats

APA Style (7th ed.)
Harrison, Gregory. (2026, January 17). I got a series with the WB next year. We start shooting in July. It's going to be called Safe Harbor, and it's an hour show. It's a Spelling show and will follow 7th Heaven. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-got-a-series-with-the-wb-next-year-we-start-60852/

Chicago Style
Harrison, Gregory. "I got a series with the WB next year. We start shooting in July. It's going to be called Safe Harbor, and it's an hour show. It's a Spelling show and will follow 7th Heaven." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-got-a-series-with-the-wb-next-year-we-start-60852/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I got a series with the WB next year. We start shooting in July. It's going to be called Safe Harbor, and it's an hour show. It's a Spelling show and will follow 7th Heaven." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-got-a-series-with-the-wb-next-year-we-start-60852/. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.

More Quotes by Gregory Add to List
Gregory Harrison Announces Safe Harbor Series
Click to enlarge Portrait | Landscape

About the Author

USA Flag

Gregory Harrison (born May 31, 1950) is a Actor from USA.

24 more quotes available

View Profile

Similar Quotes

Jai Rodriguez, Actor