We started gearing our content more to what makes us laugh and stories we wanted to tell, and we had to decide, early on, to not be precious about it.
Mitchell HurwitzFor the most part you are dealing with jealousy, you are dealing with love, you're dealing with hatred, you are dealing with revenge and all of these sort of classic things.
Mitchell HurwitzChance favors the well prepared. The more stuff you throw in, the more chances you have of looking like, 'I did that.'
Mitchell HurwitzViolence has not really been an issue. Even in my wildest hopes, I wasn't trying to get violence in.
Mitchell HurwitzAt the time, I used to say, "We should market this like Everybody Loves Raymond. It's just a guy dealing with his family." Instead, it was irresistible to show all these funny people. So, I actually think this could be more inviting to a new audience because they can just watch one character, find out what's going on in his life, and then meet another character and find out what's going on in her life, and then see how it intersects the other one.
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