It would be disaster to let this situation go on another week. By then, he'll be down 16 points and the trend irreversible, if it isn't already.

8 seconds sound clip from the Network (1976) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:45:59.381 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- That's him? Jesus. Turn him off!

- I've got three more, but you've already seen the best ones.

- I've got a guru from Spokane and two more hellfires who see visions of the Virgin Mary.

- Look, we're not gonna find a replacement for Howard Beale, so let's stop kidding ourselves. Fully fledged messiahs don't come in bunches. We either go with Howard Beale or we go without him.

- My reports say we'll do better without him.

- It would be disaster to let this situation go on another week. By then, he'll be down 16 points and the trend irreversible, if it isn't already.

- I think we should fire Howard.

- Arthur Jensen has taken a strong personal interest in the Howard Beale Show.

- I'm having dinner with him tonight.

- Let me have another crack at Jensen and then let's meet in my office at 10:00 tonight.

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