Nothing makes me happier than to have a smart person tell me why the show is smart, especially if I didn't intend that. I tend to be a very instinctual writer, and I don't plot shows out like, "This is my thesis and this is how I'm going to subtly sneak my thesis into this episode." I just approach it from, "We know these characters well, here are the situations that they're in, now how would they behave? What would the consequences be?" And it's always fun to see how people interpret that and dissect it afterward, and make me and the other writers seem probably smarter than we really are.
Obviously there are different standards and practices that are allowed on cable versus network. You just have to embrace what your network is going t… - Shawn Ryan
Obviously there are different standards and practices that are allowed on cable versus network. You just have to embrace what your network is going t…
- Shawn Ryan
Series finales have that responsibility to leave you feeling good about entire series. You want to feel like the viewer closes the book satisfied. An… - Shawn Ryan
Series finales have that responsibility to leave you feeling good about entire series. You want to feel like the viewer closes the book satisfied. An…
I'm perfectly happy to color within the network lines when I have to. - Shawn Ryan
I'm perfectly happy to color within the network lines when I have to.
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. - Shawn Ryan
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.
Nothing makes me happier than to have a smart person tell me why the show is smart, especially if I didn't intend that. I tend to be a very instinctu… - Shawn Ryan
Nothing makes me happier than to have a smart person tell me why the show is smart, especially if I didn't intend that. I tend to be a very instinctu…
I always think it's better to take your time and go through a lot of ideas - and dismiss a lot of ideas - before figuring out where to land. It's a g… - Shawn Ryan
I always think it's better to take your time and go through a lot of ideas - and dismiss a lot of ideas - before figuring out where to land. It's a g…
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 writ… - Shawn Ryan
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 writ…
I still feel driven to try to make great shows and to make each episode great. - Shawn Ryan
I still feel driven to try to make great shows and to make each episode great.
I have no problem at all going back and forth between cable and network. - Shawn Ryan
I have no problem at all going back and forth between cable and network.
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