The network has insisted that neither the foundation nor the White House had any say in the content of the program.
The network is insisting that Larry do commercials on the air within the show, something unheard of since the early days of live television.
But the network also insisted on an option to buy the whole enterprise should Getty sell out.
When the upfront market began in mid-May, all the big networks insisted they would hold firm and not cut rates.
The networks also insisted that you could not have a character who works in show business on a successful television series.
But the network insisted on sticking with the parting sea.
Initially, all the networks and most local broadcasters insisted that they would seek cash compensation from the cable operators.
The network insisted that it start on time at 8.
The major networks insist that that's how people, especially older white people, like it.
In its court papers, the network insists that the financial assumptions backing the Sept. 8 offer are goofy and unrealistic.