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

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

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'm perfectly happy to color within the network lines when I have to.

- 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…

- Shawn Ryan

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

- 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…

- Shawn Ryan

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

- Shawn Ryan