“The centerpiece of 'Law and Order' is the crime, and it starts with the writing. There's a beginning, a middle and an end. It allows the audience to watch any given episode and can drop right in and not feel lost. I think the stark, raw structure has a lot to do with its longevity.” ThinkingFeelsWritingEndsLawOrderLostGivenWatchesAudienceMiddleCrimeStructureEpisodesLongevityStarksLaw And OrderCenterpieces Author:Danny Pino
“There wasn't an episode of 'Will & Grace' that didn't begin with my voice saying, 'Will & Grace' is taped before a live studio audience.” VoiceAudienceGraceStudiosEpisodes Author:Eric McCormack
“All Internet comedy is niche comedy. If you do an Internet video about Halo, every Halo fan will send it to every other Halo fan. But if you did an episode of a network comedy that parodied Halo, most of your audience wouldn't even get it.” IfsAudienceComedyFansInternetVideoEpisodesNicheHalos Author:Ricky Van Veen
“My show is sort of a short-film anthology, and I'm able to tell little stories that don't necessarily carry a whole episode in terms of narrative. I like the audience not being sure what they're getting. I think it's more fun to watch something when you're discovering it as you go along.” ThinkingLittlesWholeStoriesShowsAbleFilmFunTermWatchesAudienceNarrativeDiscoveringEpisodesAnthologyShort Films Author:Louis C. K.
“I love my situation as a spectator. The actors are only a little bit ahead of the audience. The audience discovers the episode when it's screened, but we actors only discover the episode when we get the script, two weeks ahead of shooting. Until then, we know nothing of the evolution of our characters.” KnowsLittlesTwoCharacterActorsBitsSituationAudienceWeekEvolutionLittle BitScriptsShootingEpisodesSpectatorsTwo Weeks Author:Richard Sammel
“Plan for each episode to be a satisfying experience, but still leave the audience thinking, 'Oh, my God! Now what?” ThinkingStillsAudiencePlansSatisfyingEpisodes Author:Andrew Davies
“It was hard to find somebody who could juggle both. And so we were really just focusing more on that. We figured, okay, if we're lucky enough to find somebody then, you know, the audience will get over it in one episode.” IfsKnowsHardEnoughAudienceLuckyOkayOver ItEpisodesGet Over Author:Debra Messing
“There's really no way of ever knowing how the audience is going to respond to any episode or change.” WayAudienceKnowingEpisodes Author:Stephen Nathan