Kids aint supposed to be grateful! They're supposed to eat your food, break your heart.
People simply don't make eye contact anymore.
A show is going to be good and fun to work on, if the research is interesting.
Beyond all our Blackberries and iPhones, we're dangerously separated from our food and water supplies.
When I am kicking around show ideas, or really any idea, usually an image comes to me. I don't really start with a character or a logline like, "What if the electricity turned off?"
It's always better to go personal and painful than to go big.