Ultimately the Emmys are a popularity contest.

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There's a certain possessiveness of writers sometimes.

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If you watch Cheers, in 12 years they didn't age a day.

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The business is built on slowing or even stopping the aging process.

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It worked well because Don Murray didn't want to be on Knots anymore.

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The West Wing seems to be feeding the myth about how presidential politics are.

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Networks don't want a show with a continuing story. There's no backend potential.

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I knew with The West Wing that that wasn't going to be for very long, that I was just the red herring.

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I'm trying to find a character that's my age and I can sustain week after week. I'd like to do a series.

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I try to watch only real things, which basically amounts to C-Span for me. I like real people in real situations. I learn from that.

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