The concept of doing holiday episodes is a huge part of what's fantastic about doing TV. And viewers agree; you see the numbers going up for holiday episodes.

When you watch the sitcoms that were the big hits when I was growing up, TV was still just TV. It was allowed to just be TV. There were three channels that were competing for the whole family and you couldn't take your business elsewhere.

The adulation from viewers is a huge stimulant for me, and it keeps me going.

TV in all its ugliness can be a beautiful thing.

I don't think it's going to be possible for the next generation of writers to tell stories without telling stories about telling stories.

Eight o'clock is hard no matter what network you're on because people have to make a decision to sit down and start watching TV. Every other time slot is a time slot that happens after someone's watching something else.