Shawn Ryan

I've spent a lot of time thinking about what the audience would want. That's my job, is to anticipate ahead of the audience. ↗

— Shawn Ryan

#ahead #anticipate #audience #i #job

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. ↗

— Shawn Ryan

#audience #base #bit #characters #generally

The payment for certain sins can be delayed. But they can't be avoided. ↗

— Shawn Ryan

#certain #delayed #payment #sins

The payment for sins can be delayed. But they can't be avoided. ↗

— Shawn Ryan

#delayed #payment #sins

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. ↗

— Shawn Ryan

#cheaper #costs #economics #episodes #individually

There will always be economic pressure to make hits, identify hits, and then exploit hits. And you're going to exploit them with as many episodes as you probably can. ↗

— Shawn Ryan

#economic #episodes #exploit #going #hits

To this day, nothing makes me happier than finding a TV show I really love. ↗

— Shawn Ryan

#finding #happier #i #love #makes

TV is just such a fast-moving medium that you do what you can do, and what you can't do, you don't worry about too much. ↗

— Shawn Ryan

#just #medium #much #such #too

Working as a showrunner has made it tougher to watch other shows and movies. ↗

— Shawn Ryan

#movies #other #shows #tougher #watch

You can make a good show, but you still need some magical alchemy to get people to watch. ↗

— Shawn Ryan

#get #good #magical #make #need