When you start a TV show, you're not necessarily thinking, "Are we setting up what we need for season seven?" You're just trying to stay on the air, and you try to learn your job as you go, and do what you can.
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 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.
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…
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 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…
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.
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 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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