People recognize certain things, like 'D' means 'this dialogue stinks.' We're dealing with shows that are written here, shot in New York and posted back here. Accurate communication is a necessity.

The agendas on the management side of the table now are not in sync like they used to be because you have vastly different entities supplying programming to networks.

I don't think you can really make television based on what you think audiences want. You can only make stories that you like, because you have to watch it so many times.

I hardly see myself as a futurist.

Everybody knows things are not the same. The people running the TV end of a major vertically integrated company know how much money a successful show can make.

Their argument is that most shows are losers, which is true, but it's also disingenuous to say, 'We are not going to take the risk unless it is totally covered by the few successful shows that are out there.'

If the scripts are not good, I'll tell somebody, 'This isn't good.