Even though shows like NYPD Blue are soaps in my opinion, but they're individualized to an extent that you can still follow what's going on if you miss a week.

Networks don't want a show with a continuing story. There's no backend potential.

If you watch Cheers, in 12 years they didn't age a day.

Even though shows like NYPD Blue are soaps in my opinion, but they're individualized to an extent that you can still follow what's going on if you miss a week.

I try to watch only real things, which basically amounts to C-Span for me. I like real people in real situations. I learn from that.

Clint Eastwood is aging beautifully. But someone like Burt Reynolds and others are practically destroying their faces in the amount of work they have.

It worked well because Don Murray didn't want to be on Knots anymore.