To This Day, Nothing Makes Me Happier

I Don't Ever Want To Have A Weak Episode Of Television With My Name On It.

The Worst Thing You Can Do Is End Up With A Network Show On Cable Or End Up With A Cable Show On Network.

When You Start A Tv Show, You're Not Necessarily Thinking, "are We Setting Up What We Need For Season Seven?" You're Just Trying To Stay On The Air, And You Try To Learn Your Job As You Go, And Do What You Can.

There Are Story-room Sessions Where You Think About The Big Picture, Like A Novel, But Once You Have Certain Things In Place, You Have To Treat Each Episode Like An Hour Of Tv, And Think That Maybe This Will Be The Only Episode That Anyone Will Ever Watch. You Want To Have Some Sort Of Beginning, Middle, And End To The Episode, Even If You Have Storylines That Are Carrying Over. You Still Want It To Feel Like A Cohesive Hour Of Entertainment. And You Can't Think About Both At The Same Time.

Obviously There Are Different Standards And Practices That Are Allowed On Cable Versus Network. You Just Have To Embrace What Your Network Is Going To Allow.