When it's something you really adore, I think you don't want to be the one who accidentally writes a crap episode.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I think if you're not offending somebody somewhere, then your show is probably just very bland and boring.
I think your average fan probably just assumes that the same person directs every episode of their favorite series, week in and week out.
I think you have to love the characters that you write. I don't know how you could possibly write a TV show where you didn't love the characters.
I don't ever want to have a weak episode of television with my name on it.
You have to be careful what you say in front of comedy writers because they will absolutely make fun of it in the next episode.
In this fragmented world, with such short attention spans, you've got a couple of episodes to make an impression. And if you don't, you start to lose your audience in a big way.
This idea that you can watch a show like 'True Detective,' and it was awesome, but is it really ruined for you if the finale is not your favorite episode of it? It's just odd to me.
You can watch any episode you want and have a compelling story being told.
I just write what I think is funny. I don't care who watches it.
I honestly feel like we never had a bad episode by TV standards. Every week I felt there were so many strong components of the show, especially the writing.