“I've never been on a show that's run for more than a season.” ShowsRunningSeasons Author:Sarah Paulson
“The idea of being on a show where each season stands alone, and you can come back the next year and show an entirely different aspect of your personality or your talent or your anything is an enormous gift that you rarely get in television.” YearsIdeasDifferentShowsNextTalentTelevisionPersonalityAspectSeasonsEnormousNext YearStand Alone Author:Sarah Paulson
“I'm a sucker for gag reels and teaser trailers for new seasons. One of the great parts of panels, especially on a show like 'Supernatural,' which can be so dark, it's fun to get up there and laugh and remember we're only telling a story. Seeing Eric Kripke and Ben Edlund up there being so funny always makes me laugh.” StoriesShowsRememberFunDarkLaughingSeeingSeasonsGet UpSuckerEricTrailersMake Me LaughGagsTeasers Author:Jared Padalecki
“One of the real worries I had before the first season of 'Treme' aired was that, man, people in New Orleans really hold movie and television shows up to a high standard in how they depict the city.” PeopleMenFirstsRealShowsCitiesWorryTelevisionStandardsSeasonsNew OrleansTelevision ShowsHigh StandardsOld Movie Author:Wendell Pierce
“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
“If you trust that the people making the show love the source material and the characters, and it's a different medium and there are different requirements for long-form storytelling that will hopefully carry over a number of seasons, then it's exciting.” PeopleIfsLongDifferentCharacterShowsFormNumbersMaterialsSourceSeasonsExcitingStorytellingMediumsHopefullyRequirements Author:Greg Bryk
“The most important thing that I think we've done this season is to show navy and gray in a very new way. Most men understand navy and gray as a navy blazer and a gray flannel trouser, but today, we're taking that very traditional color palette and putting it in a more modern shape.” ThinkingMenWayImportantDoneShowsTodayModernColorShapesSeasonsImportant ThingsTraditionalGrayNew WaysNavyPaletteBlazersFlannels Author:Joseph Abboud
“I'm quite proud of what I anticipated about reality television from my books in the early '90s, which I based on the early seasons of 'Cops' and on the amazing stuff I had read about happening on Japanese shows and the British 'Big Brother'.” BookShowsBigsRealityStuffTelevisionBrotherProudHappeningsSeasonsBritishCopReality Television Author:William Gibson
“I understand some of the people's impatience with the show last year. I think that Lisa's (Lili Taylor) story line (marrying Nate with minimal motivation in season three) became a little bit of a diversion - and that happens. It happens in every show.” PeopleThinkingYearsLittlesStoriesShowsHappensLastsMotivationThreeBitsLinesLittle BitSeasonsLast YearImpatienceMarryingDiversion Author:Chris Albrecht
“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
“I mean, I gotta say one of the greatest victories on that show was when we got picked up for the back nine of the first season, and they made it a full order.” FirstsMeanMadeShowsOrderVictorySeasonsNineMade ItGreatest Victory Author:Will Arnett
“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
“In between shooting for Awake, I was attempting to have my own pilot season. The audition for Anger Management actually came during a week that I was already testing for a couple other shows and we werent really letting any other shows into the mix.” ShowsMy OwnWeekCoupleSeasonsManagementShootingAwakePilotsAuditionsTestingAttemptingAnger Management Author:Daniela Bobadilla
“Its such a process to get a show off the ground initially. And then, to already have a second season announced is a dream come true for any actor.” ShowsDreamActorsProcessSeasonsDreams Come TrueShowing Off Author:Nicky Whelan