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I've Worked In Network And Cable On And Off For A Number Of Years, And You Just Understand What Your Parameters Are. A Lot Of Times, I Think The Best Work That My Team Has Come Up With Comes From Having To Deal With Certain Boundaries.

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 Writers Weren't Afraid To Let A Joke Fall Slightly Flat If It Advanced The Characters.

Working As A Showrunner Has Made It Tougher To Watch Other Shows And Movies.

Series Finales Have That Responsibility To Leave You Feeling Good About Entire Series. You Want To Feel Like The Viewer Closes The Book Satisfied. And If You Strike Out On The Finale It Skews How You Feel About The Entire Series.

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.