“One of the tricky things about running a TV show is that you just never know how good the guest stars you cast on a weekly basis, how good they're going to be in the episode. Sometimes they surprise you in good ways and sometimes they surprise you in disappointing ways.” KnowsWaySometimesShowsRunningStarsKnow HowTvsBasesSurpriseCastsGuestsEpisodesTv ShowsTrickyGood WayDisappointingGuest Stars Author:Shawn Ryan
“One of the great things about a TV series is that it's different to a movie - in a movie you obviously know the beginning, the middle and the end of what you're going to do. With a TV series it's unfolding, and you're discovering with every episode.” KnowsDifferentEndsMiddleTvsSeriesGreat ThingsDiscoveringEpisodesUnfoldingTv Series Author:Dylan Walsh
“I read the papers, I surf the Web. At the beginning of the year, I try to see at least two episodes of every show on our network. Am I surfing? All the time. I'm aware of the landscape. I'm a competitor, so I have to know whom I'm competing with.” KnowsTryingYearsTwoShowsPaperLandscapeEpisodesCompetingPapersCompetitorsSurfingSurfSurfing The Web Author:Leslie Moonves
“I like a decent funeral, and God knows in my family we've seen enough of them. Looking through family photographs now is like watching an episode of 'Dad's Army.” KnowsEnoughDadMy FamilyArmyPhotographDecentFuneralEpisodesGod Knows Author:Matt Roper
“I feel like it's a dangerous and dark world if 'Sunny' becomes mainstream comedy. If you were to turn on CBS at 8 o'clock on Thursday and see an episode of 'It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia,' I don't know if I want to live in that world.” IfsKnowsWorldWantFeelsTurnsDarkComedyDangerousClockMainstreamEpisodesTurn-onSunnyPhiladelphiaThursdayDark WorldAlways SunnyAlways Sunny In PhiladelphiaSunny In Philadelphia Author:Rob McElhenney
“I still run into people in the business who skip over any other credits I have and say, 'I loved 'Hey, Dude!'' This was back in '88, '89, '90. It was a goofy show about kids working at a dude ranch in Arizona. We did 65 episodes; I wrote 13 of them. We didn't know what we were doing, but it was writers' boot camp. It was great.” PeopleKnowsStillsShowsRunningKidsCreditHeyCampsBootsEpisodesSkipArizonaGoofyBoot Camp Author:Graham Yost