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I like shows that are surprising and not predictable. That have deep, rich characters that are fully formed.

I like shows that have some level of intelligence to them. When it's not as predictable, when you don't know what's coming at you.

So much of television is incredibly predictable. You watch the first five minutes and you know where it's going to go. If you can just create an element of surprise in both the storytelling and tone of a show, you're going to be way ahead of the pack.

You can't predict a show, that is the damndest thing, you can't predict if a show is going to work or not until it's on the air.

With a first season, you never really know how viewers or the network are going to react to a show.

There's not much TV these days where you really get that element of surprise. There are so many spoilers all the time.

I hate when the major event of a show I watch is spoiled for me. And I'm wracked with guilt when/if I spoil something for someone else.

I've learned through experience that you can't ever predict what's going to happen with any show. When I signed on to 'Ugly Betty,' I just prayed that I wouldn't get fired after the pilot, and four years later, I was still doing it.

That's the kind of TV I like to watch, where you just don't know what's going to happen.

What I find frustrating about scripted television is that it's rare that you are surprised by how you feel about the character, or how you feel about the show.