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"This show is made possible thanks, in part, to viewers like you."
"It wasn't so much the hosts themselves or the natural charisma they had fostered together over the years as it was everything else they brought to the table: the cars, the stunts, the guests, the specials. Everything came together in this perfect package that you cannot easily replicate."
"By preserving the creative integrity of a program and by prioritizing quality, a show can end but never really die."
"Doctor Who's future secured with Russell T. Davies taking over."
"Authenticity matters. It's either keep the shows authentic or start authentically from scratch with diversity."
"This was a sweatshop, this was a horrible experience, and what they ended up creating was one of the most original things on TV."
"She-Hulk with the show where no expense was spent."
"The kids are really really smart and i think kevin put that into his scripts and i think we got to put that onto the screen and we never talked down to the people that were watching it."
"All of the cliches of television filmmaking... it's a device to make up for the content they didn't get."
"It's the most fun I've had making the show in a very long time, definitely."
"Debbie Allen did an amazing job revamping the show taking creative risks and making it more meaningful and separating it from The Cosby Show."
"You should do a show the way we think it should be done."
"I think we can safely assume Nymeria and ten thousand ships is being seriously backed by HBO."
"The action directors were the stars of the first season, inspiring and one-upping each other constantly."
"Discovering the next Game of Thrones has been the Holy Grail of television."
"Just keep doing more of what you did with Season 2."
"It's been a glorious life on the road. We're almost done filming a full season of this new show and it's Christmas time, heading home for a few days of R&R."
"This past week has been easily without a close second the most difficult but yet also rewarding week in the show's history and probably in my entire career."
"Thank you for those who are paying it forward because it does allow us to do future seasons."
"Well now looks like HBO they thought they had a winner in there too because they put their money where their mouth is according to reports that are coming out now the last of us has a higher budget than the first five seasons of Game of Thrones."
"Using Turbojet proved the creators were willing to take risks to break new creative ground."
"Bendis was kept on board and I think we have him to thank for a lot of MTV Spider-Man's good storytelling."
"It's a Christmas miracle! We didn't have any front credits, so I'm like, what? It was just starting."
"I'm so proud prouder than I have ever been genuinely and I just love it I love the show and I'm really enjoying it."
"I want to see a live-action TV show... I want to see what the potential of the material is."
"Season four is already done and written and ready to go."
"This production is shaping up to be an absolute masterpiece of television."
"It is very hard to sell a show to a network. You got to sell it. You got to get the pilot made. Pilot's got to be picked up."
"You try to do a show that just is a good show with good characters."
"There's some behind the scenes, there's some director commentaries on the shooting of Survivor Man Amazon jungle and I hope you enjoyed it."
"It's gotta be an adventure and it's gotta be something, it's all in part of, if it, if you knew now that everything you've done on that series, if at the beginning on day one somebody said to you this is the task, this is what you're going to do."
"I think with me creating this show and being an executive producer on the show this just feels very personal like why wouldn't they want me to be a part of what I created?"
"Massively disappointed but... a huge thank you to the crew."
"It's just been wonderful to work on this show because like it's the best sandbox that I've ever gotten to play in."
"We want to be able to authentically fit them into this show."
"Just what a cool group of people we had working on this show."
"The show's art direction has a level of polish that's often picturesque."
"Any family that places their children on air for profit and allows producers to make their children cry for content... it's inappropriate."
"Season one feels like they didn't really know what kind of show they were making in regards to the direction of the plot and the characters."
"They've made a She-Hulk show that is almost bursting at the seams."
"I'm starting to gain respect for Alan Miles, the creators of the show."
"It was one of those moments where we hit a point, kind of like last season, where you see something happen and you're like, 'Oh, this is gonna work, like this season is going to work.'"
"The goal was always to make a show that makes us laugh."
"Filming Jane the Virgin was probably one of the best, most awesome experiences ever."
"House of the Dragon has done some really impressive things with how accurate these medieval elements are."
"The frozen lake battle sequence took a whopping five weeks to shoot."
"Even if it was uncomfortable for the Stranger Things cast at times."
"The finished product: hard not to be impressed with the Stranger Things production team. They love to build as many practical pieces as they can."
"We don't make anything up as we go on this show. That is scripted. There is something written on my wall, it just says 'don't make it up as you go, you idiot.' It's like a motivational poster."
"It's cooler when a TV show brings the behind the scenes."
"A show isn't made on visuals alone even when they're this polished we also got a super likable cast of characters with Ginny, Tuck, Brad, even Sheldon in small doses."
"But at the end of the day I think we want the show to be supremely entertaining."
"Reasonable people who want to be honest and present factual news are actually doing really well."
"This was the juiciest season of all seasons, it was really, really good."
"Netflix just was like kid from stranger things who makes us lots of money do you want to have a show and he's like cool."
"Dan Harmon Justin Roiland and the rest of the Rick and Morty team started writing season six in the first half of 2020."
"Reality shows have big cast and a limited time to introduce viewers."
"I could just see CBS's crew cutting out pilots of that championship game and showing them before or after commercials."
"Overall, Damon's armor making given that he's one of the main characters who's going to be spending a lot of this show in armor fantastic."
"Babylon 5 was a pioneer in the use of computer-generated imagery for its visual effects."
"Even with a five-year plan, renewals for each season were not guaranteed."
"This was a creator who wasn't afraid to make a show that was different."
"We care about the show and our focus is just being committed to making sure the show is genuine and stays grounded."
"The powers that be on this show... were very adamant on who they brought into this job." - Nicholas
"The only way to make the show work was to do it as a pop art camping comedy."
"They confirmed they're doing multiple seasons."
"I really think it was such a great decision for the writers and for the show runners and for the whole team to focus on the cast as a whole as an ensemble again."
"There was absolutely nothing Vince McMahon wouldn't put on TV if an idea seemed funny."
"Our goal is to shoot seasons two through seven in the next three and a half years."
"We were on a track to potentially not be able to release season two until perhaps Easter of 2021."
"Danny Phantom was the first show to be produced by my very own company billion-fold incorporated."
"Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David worked super hard to get there."
"I'm going to make a show about this, this sounds like a very interesting book."
"Inside Number Nine doesn't put this restriction on itself."
"That's what happens when you have different writers every week."
"Casting is everything. If you're asking in effect was not casting stars, well generally speaking one doesn't on Doctor Who."
"John Favreau and Dave Filoni are just doing an amazing job with this show."
"I think everyone just loves doing this show and because of that I think everyone keeps raising their game."
"WWE is planning to film shows in advance over the next few months from a closed set Performance Center."
"Not every show that gets made that's adult and animated is gonna be BoJack Horseman, okay?"
"It's a brilliant way of making a show because this is not a superhero show that is reliant completely on characterization and storytelling."
"Stranger Things Season 4, scale was as big as anything I've seen."
"Here it is John, okay I hope our viewers indulge us on that part, this is a tremendous amount of work."
"The smoothness of the transitions and the overlay of sound and image is what allows this show to cover so much ground in such a natural feeling way."
"Diesel and Merrell will not be returning to Showtime. It's been a good run. Thanks for being part of the journey. Proud of the show my staff made. Big things soon come."
"When they completed the season 1 finale, they weren't entirely sure they would be back for another season."
"Maybe because Pedro Pascal and the creative team had this falling out halfway through filming, they needed new exciting characters that would make up for the loss of a fan favorite."
"I want this piece to be completely eye-opening, you know, something that's never been on the show before."
"It's like the stars aligned on a lot of things for the show."
"Nickelodeon passed on Adventure Time multiple times."
"Sometimes it's okay to end a show. You don't need to go seven seasons." - John Campia
"I never wanted a moment of this show to be anything other than emotionally grounded for the characters."
"Ryan Murphy flexed his producing muscles with Dahmer exploding as one of the biggest debuts ever for Netflix."
"When Talent isn't over scripted over produced it's always better TV."
"It's that time to create a new vehicle for season 12 of All 4 Adventure."
"If not, then there'll only be season one, you know."
"I love how these very complicated shows come together in such a short period of time."
"You guys hear that the Powerpuff Girl pilot was so bad that they have to redo it? How does that make you feel?"
"JG Quintel initially didn't think Regular Show would last more than two seasons."
"Because everyone on TV wants everything to be evenly-lit and bright."
"How long till the series gonna be over? Is a question that were asked a lot." - Joe Flanigan
"The cast and the creators at the time made it work - the story was a good one that didn't take itself too seriously but was also earnest."
"The latin used in this tv series is spectacular."
"Continuity is fantastic to keep TV shows are usually pretty good at it for the most part and it gives you a sense of you can rely on the fact that the people who are making it care about everything they've said and done before."
"Listen, they've got to do with these numbers. They've got to be talking season two with the numbers they're having."
"House of the Dragon season two is now in production, and it is just one of Simply the most incredible shows in the past couple of years." - John Campia
"I'm glad I contributed to part of what you wanted for the show."
"The scale and scope of it is like nothing we've seen on TV before."
"China withheld key information about COVID from their alleged colleagues."
"Just make a Star Wars show that everybody could enjoy."
"Favreau and Filoni are doing one hell of a job with this series."
"Clarkson now had a license to heavily influence the direction of the show... it seemed he was less interested in developing his fashion style."
"That's what good TV production is all about, knowing where to draw the line."
"...you have to think on your toes or else you might end up coming out with some pretty boring television."
"Diesel Brothers was created when a production company was looking for a relatively exceptional Automotive customization business along with distinctive characters that they could feature in a reality TV series for Discovery Channel."
"I have never, ever felt, or believed, or thought, that Berman or Pillar EVER saw or knew about the B5 information."
"In these cases the production team made use of outside broadcast vans, which were originally designed for news broadcast."
"For those who haven't seen it, so it's essentially like, all the research and the filming and how expensive it was, and prestige television and all those kinds of things. So there you go."
"Andrea was supposed to end up being the leader of Woodbury's people. However, this was changed three weeks before the shooting of the season finale began."
"We're not content creators we're TV show producers because people are waiting for it."
"...NBC had turned down the Star Trek pilot but in an amazing turn of events they requested another pilot they'd never done this before."
"Yellowstone's always been very important about having everything be realistic and genuine and authentic."
"I am proud to announce something that none of them know, and that is we will start production on season two of Iron Fist."
"Television shows do not happen overnight. It takes time to develop a series, cast, people write scripts, produce, set scripts, filming, editing, get approval by censors."
"For all the fans who were saddened by the shortened season, this really does show that there's an urgency from Dana and the rest of the crew."
"The intricacies of television production often prioritize certain narratives or characters for various reasons."
"I produced those shows along with Jason Hervey, long after I left Ted Turner, and I had nothing to do with Turner Broadcasting. That was our money, that was our business. It wasn't funded by anybody else."
"When you learn the theory and the formulas that work consistently, you have a unique opportunity, as I had, to get a glimpse into the world of creating and producing television that can be competitive."
"This is your program. This is our program. This show won't work without you two gentlemen and our producers who make everything flow so seamlessly, so shout out to all four of you because you make my job easy."
"I'm about to produce a series with Reese Witherspoon."
"I think this has been the best Doctor Who has ever looked, loving the sets, character designs, and the CG looks great."
"I want to give all the credit in the world to like everybody who worked on this show."
"For any of you who complained that it was too many commercials in the first top of the show, guess what? That was zero commercials, over 9 minutes, commercial free!"
"Television is at its best when it's a group of people, enthusiasts, who know what they're talking about."
"A TV show is like a freight train; once it leaves the station, it gathers an unstoppable and relentless momentum."
"Breaking Bad really raised the level of TV production."
"This season was able to utilize its cast much better through having a much more balanced edit and some better production decisions along the way."
"I really like the new editing style of the show."
"I don't believe that there are mistakes because our show was so serious, especially in the first few seasons. Our behavior was an expression of how humans need to explode and laugh."
"It is so fun to do multicam sitcom; it is my favorite thing in the world."
"Producing a television show like Farscape is a collaborative art form."
"Every time they do a week's worth of television in AEW now, they will be spending as much money as we used to run Smoky Mountain Wrestling lock, stock, and barrel for four years."
"Think about something like Game of Thrones that is so involved when it comes to CGI and everything; it all has to come together perfectly for it to be believable and look realistic."
"This show is not fully dead, but weekly, it's dead."
"The show's production and distribution were meticulously planned."
"Everything else HBO makes is great, they seem to just make bangers."
"We're gonna start filming season 10 in a month."
"It's my intention to have future shows feature other unsolved murders of the Victorian age."
"Looking back over the last 10 years of On The Water TV, I couldn't help thinking how proud I was of our crew."
"The catalog of TV shows that 50 Cent is building is getting pretty impressive."
"James Gunn got permission to make Peacemaker different, and I think that's why it succeeded."
"Greg is someone that production's been wanting back for a while."
"It'll be the best television ever made."
"Pinch me, pinch me, Survivor producers, you're doing a great job."
"We've established a track record of creating shows that help put emerging cable networks on the map."
"It's always like Euphoria, and I don't know if that's good or not, but at least you're making a show about how it is."
"We were able to travel together and stay together as a family and go to Ireland and make the show."
"This show is shot so well; it really does fit with the emotions of each scene."
"It was pretty good, it's a pretty good place to start out a guerrilla man-on-the-street TV show."
"Euphoria is one of those shows where you can tell that behind the scenes there was so much passion and drive to create an outstanding and impactful show."
"The biggest surprise for you regarding the animals in Bridgerton is that even the stag being hunted in the show was a product of CGI and VFX."
"This is when Gimple, Deni, Andy, and the rest of the crew really shine."
"There's somewhat of a continuity that we try to employ going from season to season."
"That's what we want to see, logic, continuity, and it resulted in a damn good Smackdown Live."
"Everyone on the show makes the show."
"We were lucky to have people who are on the show who cared about the show a lot too."
"I fully understand people's frustration with the breaks for Superman and Lois, but they are due to COVID-related production shutdowns."
"I'm actually working on producing a limited TV series right now."
"If you're not actually seeing both people with both reactions and both mouths moving at the same time, chances are that's not actually the context that that sentence was said in."