[My] dream writers room: "'Naked City.' Because it still holds up as the absolutely quintessential New York pure cop procedural."

I would say that if you really wished to be a working member of the community, don't go out on strike because then there's no work and no potential of work.

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

I consider myself one of the luckiest people in the history of show business.

[My] dream writers room: "'Naked City.' Because it still holds up as the absolutely quintessential New York pure cop procedural."

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.'

The most positive step is to try to expand the employment base by making it, if not economically friendly, at least not economically disastrous, for studios to take on deficits.