The worst thing you can do is end up with a network show on cable or end up with a cable show on network.

Cheers was one of the first shows where I paid attention to the writers because their [work] was better than everything else I was watching. The writers weren't afraid to let a joke fall slightly flat if it advanced the characters.

Series finales have that responsibility to leave you feeling good about entire series. You want to feel like the viewer closes the book satisfied. And if you strike out on the finale it skews how you feel about the entire series.

I don't want my writing to be recognized.

I've spent a lot of time thinking about what the audience would want. That's my job, is to anticipate ahead of the audience.

I have no problem at all going back and forth between cable and network.

I still feel driven to try to make great shows and to make each episode great.