There are other options out there, after all, like read a book, go on the Internet, rent a movie.

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.

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.

Advertising is the art of the tiny. You have to tell a complete a story and deliver a complete message in a very encapsulated form. It disciplines you to cut away extraneous information.

There was an interesting article in Los Angeles Magazine about women directors. A woman director makes one bad independent film and her career is over. Guys tend to get an opportunity to learn from their mistakes.

The environment doesn't change that radically. You are still going to go home at night and NBC is going to be there, ABC and CBS will still be there.

The heart and soul of network programming is series programming, the weekly repetition of characters you like having in your house.