I really hesitate to say that any of my shows influenced other writers.
The character's attitude is more important than plot.
I never waited for my Irish Cream coffee to be the right temperature, with a storm happening outside and my fireplace crackling ... I wrote every day, at home, in the office, whether I felt like it or not, I just did it.
Failure in school does not mean failure in Iife.
A lot of making TV is lightening in a bottle.
I'm hoping that these series, that originally aired in the 80's and 90's, prove to be as entertaining online and on portable devices as they were when first broadcast on network television.