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Can I Have Him Return May 21, 2009

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It's awfully hard, sometimes, in this business, to know exactly why someone is calling you. Which is odd, because there are really only two choices: they want to give you money, or they want to you to give them money...

Hide Away May 14, 2009

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Whenever someone feels the need to say "I am not a geek," you can count on on thing: That person is a geek. So: I am not a geek. But I do have geeky attributes...

Wrap May 07, 2009

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You never really know when you're finished with something in this business. Well, that's not strictly true – I mean, when the network president calls you and uses his or her sad, regretful voice to tell you that your show is cancelled – well, then I guess you know you're finished...

Dials Up Apr 30, 2009

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Do me a favor: for the next four minutes, pretend you have a small computer mouse-shaped thing in your hand, and pretend there's a dial attached to the thing. Now, mentally, because I know a lot of you are driving, when you're enjoying what you're hearing, turn the dial up, that's clockwise. And when you're not, turn it down, counterclockwise...

The Grey Apr 23, 2009

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When I was a kid, in the late 1970's – yeah, I said it. That's how old I am. I was a kid in the late 1970's. You want more detailed math, you're going to have to wait for my obituary. Anyway, when I was a kid in the late 1970's, one of the most popular shows on the air was Happy Days...

It's a Privilege Apr 16, 2009

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The test of any good writer is how well he complains. Some writers are great with dialogue, some are great with story, some can create electric, three-dimensional characters out of thin air – good writers are good at different stuff. But all writers, if they're any good, must be able to complain...

The Vanishing Apr 09, 2009

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Childbirth, like producing a hit TV pilot, is painful, takes too long, requires muscle relaxants and ultimately involves more people than is strictly efficient. And also afterwards, the brain tends to forget all about the struggle. That's so you'll want to do it again...

Guess Who? Apr 02, 2009

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A friend of mine tells this story about a pilot he did years ago. It was a pretty simple premise – single dad raising a kid; kid's smart; dad's weirded out by getting into the dating world; you know, that show – and the network was pressuring him to cast a certain actor in the lead role, an actor who was really hot at that moment, who was a major star on Broadway...

The Gates Mar 26, 2009

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The first time you drive onto a studio lot, the first time the gate lifts and you glide your car into the little fortress of money and cool and casual assurance, you feel like you've...won.

No TV on Your TV Mar 19, 2009

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Boxee allows the user to recreate the Hulu experience on the television. And that is a sentence that would make no sense to anyone three or four years ago. Maybe even one year ago. And maybe it makes no sense to most people right now.

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