“On TV, stories and events are finalized in 30 or 60 minutes, or neatly tied up after a season or two. The best stories are the ones that force us to come to our own conclusions and to explain why we believe in our conclusions.” BelieveTwoStoriesForceMinutesEventsTvsSeasonsConclusionTiedTied Up Author:Lurlene McDaniel
“The Wire,' I was such a fan of that show the first season - I think that's the best-written show on TV.” ThinkingFirstsShowsWrittenFansTvsSeasonsWire Author:Amy Ryan
“Sometimes when I watch a TV season, your favorite shows die quickly. And then sometimes it's not your favorite, and they live on for 12 years.” YearsSometimesShowsDiesWatchesTvsSeasonsYour Favorite Author:David Spade
“We Americans commercialize everything. Look at what we did to Christmas. Christmas is Jesus' birthday. Now, I don't know Jesus, but from what I read he was the least materialistic person who ever walked the earth. No bling on Jesus. He kept a low profile and we turned his birthday into the most commercial day of the year. In fact we have a whole Jesus birthday season. And then at the end of it, we have the nerve to have an economist come on TV and say what a horrible Jesus birthday season we had.” KnowsYearsLooksPersonsEndsWholeFactsEarthJesusTvsLowsSeasonsHorribleNervesEconomistProfileMaterialisticDays Of The YearBlingMaterialistic Person Author:Chris Rock
“If someone can watch an entire season of a TV series in one day, doesnt that show an incredible attention span?” IfsShowsAttentionWatchesTvsOne DaySeasonsSeriesIncrediblesAttention SpanTv Series Author:Kevin Spacey
“Even before 2007, this half of a small island was the richest football country on earth. In 2005-2006 the Premiership's total revenue was about £1.4bn, 40 per cent more than its nearest rival, Italy's Serie A. That was before take-off. Now foreign television channels are sending so much cash that the Premiership is expected to take in nearly £1.8bn this season. Even the team that finishes bottom of the table (Wigan might be a good bet) will get £26.8m from TV. That's more than all of Argentine or Belgian football put together.” CountryMightEarthTogetherHalfTeamTelevisionFootballTvsSeasonsTablesBottomExpectedSoccerAnalysisIslandsCashCentsRevenueRivalsBelgiansWigan Author:Simon Kuper
“There's something inherently more appealing about the idea that you could reveal and tell stories about characters over the course of a TV season - 13 or 26 episodes, whatever it might be - than in the course of one two-hour movie. You can do so many more novelistic kinds of things on a TV show - with time, with gradual development of relationships, and so on - than you could possibly do in a movie. And that is very appealing.” KindTwoIdeasCharacterStoriesShowsMightCoursesCan DoHoursTvsDevelopmentSeasonsEpisodesTv Shows Author:Michael Chabon
“When I approached Volume 1 of "Lucid," I realized I could tell something that only exists in four issues or I could roll the dice a bit and approach this as Season 1 of a TV show.” ShowsBitsIssuesFourTvsApproachSeasonsI RealizedVolumeTv ShowsDice Author:Michael McMillian
“The accomplishments in college and even in the pros are more in my mind because you constantly see Duke on TV during basketball season. You constantly see the NBA.” MindCollegeTvsBasketballSeasonsAccomplishmentNbaDukes Author:Grant Hill
“I don't really like to arrange shows by best performances. That's why Emmy season is kind of a chore for me. Unlike movies, where it's easier to decide who was the best performance, a TV show goes up and down, including characters/portrayals.” KindCharacterShowsTvsEasierPerformancesSeasonsIncludingTv ShowsUp And DownChoresEmmysPortrayalBest Performance Author:Hank Stuever
“It's easy to leave people wanting more after the first episode, but it's hard to leave people wanting more after the 24th episode. And it's my job, more than anybody else's, to keep that in mind. One season, in TV terms, is nothing. You need to hit it for three or four seasons, and then you're doing well, in TV terms. Then, you've done your job.” PeopleNeedsMindFirstsWellsHardDoneJobsThreeEasyTermFourTvsSeasonsEpisodesWanting MoreFour Seasons Author:Bruno Heller
“A couple of months ago, I was down in Florida for the Food and Wine Festival. And this journalist grabbed me and said, 'How does it feel to be a TV guy? You're no longer in the restaurant business.' And I laughed. I asked him, 'How long do you think it takes me to do a season?' He said, 'Well, 200 days.' And I was like, '200 days? Try 20!'” ThinkingFeelsTryingWellsLongDoeSaidGuyTvsMonthsCoupleSeasonsWineJournalistRestaurantsTake MeLaughedFloridaFestivalsFood And WineRestaurant Business Author:Tom Colicchio
“Josh [Friedman] and I have been friends for years, and he said, "Hey, if you ever want to do a TV show, I can take it over and run it," and I was like, "Yes!" He's always been so busy that I never dared to ask that, but it just worked out, time wise, that this was the season where we could probably do it, so I jumped at it. So, even though I'm busy with other stuff, I'm excited to be writing this.” IfsWantWritingYearsHas BeensSaidI CanShowsRunningAsksStuffWiseTvsSeasonsBusyExcitedHeyTv ShowsJosh Author:John August
“I had a career before the Stern show, on Mad TV. I was on the first two seasons of that and I got kicked off it because of possession of cocaine.” FirstsTwoShowsCareersTvsSeasonsMadPossessionCocaine Author:Artie Lange
“I'm most proud of our son, having suffered several miscarriages before having him. As for the next mountain, it takes so much to maintain what's already going on that I don't have time to think about it. But I want some more seasons of the TV show, I'd like to write another book, and eventually, I'd like to retire and take vacations with my husband like my mom and dad do.” ThinkingWantWritingBookShowsNextSonTvsMomProudDadHusbandMountainSeasonsMy MomMy HusbandRetiringVacationTv ShowsTime To ThinkMom And DadMiscarriage Author:Wendy Williams
“I really like the spooky twists and the intense mystery. I think the various plot devices work really well for TV, but they are still also in the spirit of Pretty Little Liars as a whole. I also really liked Spencer's breakdown in the previous season after Toby betrayed her. The girls have had breakdowns of sorts in the books, so it was fun to see that on-screen.” ThinkingWellsLittlesStillsBookWholeSpiritGirlFunMysteryTvsSeasonsVariousScreensIntensePlotDevicesLiarsBetrayedTwistsBreakdownSpookyToby Author:Sara Shepard
“The wonderful thing about a TV show is if you get picked up for another season, there's no happily ever after.” IfsShowsWonderfulTvsSeasonsTv ShowsWonderful ThingsHappily Ever AfterEver After Author:Guy Branum
“Writing for television is a great job. And it's a job. Most people watch TV and have a comment about one or two moments of an episode - whether they love it or hate it or something in between. To come up with every moment of an entire season of a TV shows is heavy lifting.” PeopleWritingTwoMomentsShowsJobsHateWatchesTelevisionTvsSeasonsCome UpHeavyCommentEpisodesTv ShowsLiftingGreat JobHeavy Lifting Author:Steven C. Harper
“I'm not looking for a series. I love TV. I love developing characters over a long amount of time. I think for an actor it gives you so much material and every season it gives more background and interest and richness. So I would definitely do another series. I'm just waiting for the right thing to come along.” ThinkingGivingLongCharacterActorsWaitingInterestMaterialsTvsAmountSeasonsSeriesBackgroundsDevelopingRight ThingRichness Author:Christina Hendricks
“I've only done two other TV shows [instead of Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll], one was Rescue Me and the other was a show called The Job, which was at ABC and only on for two seasons.” TwoDoneShowsJobsSexRocksTvsDrugSeasonsRescueTv ShowsRescue MeSex Drugs Author:Denis Leary
“My grandfather used to say 'Eat the biggest crabs first, that way you're always eating the biggest crabs.' In making a TV show, that means if you have a big funny or smart idea for an episode or a scene or a joke, go for it. Don't save it for another season or another episode, because you may not have the right time again. It's good advice for television, but truly stellar advice for eating crabs.” IfsWayFirstsMayMeanIdeasShowsBigsUsedAdviceTelevisionTvsSceneEatingSmartJokesSeasonsGrandfatherEpisodesTv ShowsRight TimeMy GrandfatherGood AdviceCrabsStellarAlways Eating Author:Jonathan Groff
“You come out into the world after a season of TV and you're just swearing and saying mean things to people and they're looking at you like, Who are you? And oh yeah, you think, I have to reacclimate to the way people genuinely treat each other.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayMeanTvsTreatsSeasonsYeahSwearing Author:Maria Semple
“After college, I shot a pilot for a show on Lifetime, which was basically House of Style for a TV lover. I think I got paid $1,500, and I was like, "Mom, I'm moving out! I made it!" I did two seasons of that, but I felt like a talking head and wanted to do more.” ThinkingMadeTwoShowsWantedMovingHouseFeltTalkingStyleCollegeTvsMomLoversShotsSeasonsPaidLifetimeMade ItPilotsMoving OutTalking Heads Author:Tracee Ellis Ross
“I've never been on a TV show for more than a season and you have to continually keep it interesting and you have to keep it connected, even as you change.” ShowsInterestingTvsSeasonsConnectedTv Shows Author:Ian Somerhalder
“Plays close, movies wrap and TV series eventually get cancelled, and we were cancelled in three season.” PlayThreeTvsSeasonsSeriesMovieWrapsTv Series Author:George Takei
“If Mitch McConnell were a TV show, he would be ‘Mad Men,’ treating women unfairly, stuck in 1968 and ending this season.” IfsMenShowsWould BeTvsSeasonsMadStuckTv ShowsMad Men Author:Alison Lundergan Grimes
“As the 'Batman' TV series was returning to ABC for its second season in 1967, the TV bosses decided to take Catwoman into another direction... lucky for me.” TvsLuckyDecidedSeasonsSeriesBossTv SeriesCatwoman Author:Eartha Kitt
“Gardening is about communication, relationships, routines and life-enrichment. Gardens are places that connect us to the seasons and the life cycle. They're a vehicle for talking about esoteric and - as far as TV goes - alien topics such as beauty and fulfilment.” TalkingTvsCommunicationGardenSeasonsAliensCyclesVehicleGardeningTopicsFulfilmentEsotericEnrichment Author:Costa Georgiadis