I'm Perfectly Happy To Color Within The

Obviously There Are Different Standards And Practices That Are Allowed On Cable Versus Network. You Just Have To Embrace What Your Network Is Going To Allow.

There Are Story-room Sessions Where You Think About The Big Picture, Like A Novel, But Once You Have Certain Things In Place, You Have To Treat Each Episode Like An Hour Of Tv, And Think That Maybe This Will Be The Only Episode That Anyone Will Ever Watch. You Want To Have Some Sort Of Beginning, Middle, And End To The Episode, Even If You Have Storylines That Are Carrying Over. You Still Want It To Feel Like A Cohesive Hour Of Entertainment. And You Can't Think About Both At The Same Time.

In Order To Appeal To A Wider Audience On Network In Order To Survive, Generally Your Characters Need To Be, At A Base Level, A Little Bit More Likable.

I'm Perfectly Happy To Color Within The Network Lines When I Have To.

There Are Certain Economics Involved In Making A Network Tv Show That You Want To Amortize The Costs Of That, So The More Episodes You Make, The Cheaper They All Are Individually.