TV Genre Quotes

Gimmicks come and go; the cop show seems one genre that will never leave - not as long as people like to sit at home in the suburbs and see what awful things go on in the cities.

With 'Dawson's Creek,' I wasn't a fan of '90210,' and that wasn't particularly my genre of show. 'Fringe,' on the other hand, is right up my alley.

I don't believe, in a show like ours, that you really want to see character growth. That's just my opinion. Maybe to a small degree, but nothing serious. To that end, it doesn't have the same importance that it would have, if you were on an hour-long show. I think an audience gets really hungry for a character to grow and change on an hour-long show, and I think I would be more antsy.

I loved television. 'Starsky and Hutch' was my show. 'SWAT.' Both Aaron Spelling shows. Loved 'em.

I like the sitcom, as a structure.

If I write a cop show, it's not up to me to decide how different it is from 'Law & Order.' I had screenwriters go on and on and on about how their cop show isn't like any other cop show on TV. They made very good points, and it absolutely doesn't matter. It's entirely up to the audience to decide.

I've been saying for about 20 years, 'When am I going to get my cop show?'

I'm not a fan of reality TV.

It is a different genre - a show about something other than doctors, lawyers and cops. Teachers are something completely different. I think it makes for very interesting television.

I love crime series.

One thing I won't do in television is a sitcom. I find that world to be so neurotic and bizarre.

There are lots of procedural shows that I love, but I never really wanted to be a doctor on 'E.R.' - which I'm just picking as an example - or be on a crime procedural.

I've been watching 'Two and a Half Men.' That's my number one. Then 'Gossip Girl' and '90210.'

'FlashForward' is definitely not a sci-fi show. It doesn't have the mythology of 'Lost.' We have one major event that happens that you are asked to buy into. After that, you're dealing with very human ripple effects - how people deal with it and how they come to terms with it.

We have got offered some shows in America, but really dopey shows - like reality shows.

I believe that reality TV should be called 'not reality' TV; it's fiction.

I'm not a huge fan of very plotty shows. I'm much more of a fan of character-driven stories.

The best TV that I watch, I always feel safe when I'm watching it. And that could be like 'Homeland' or 'The Americans'; by 'safety,' I mean the show knows its parameters.

I just don't like reality TV.

The original reality show.

I think, very often, we're addicted to procedurals, those good guy/bad guy shows, and the 'problem' with procedurals is they all follow the same formula: The bad guy does his thing, the good guy goes after him, and in most cases, the good guy figures out who did it and catches him.

I don't like reality television, but it pays so much money.

I appreciate some people enjoy reality TV and enjoy being a part of it - and I do watch it - but it isn't for me.

'Atlanta' changes genres a lot per episode.

Every sitcom needs their straight man or straight woman.