what about tv shows gets you so interested? ——— OH WOW. really great ask. thank you. weirdly enough i think it has a lot to do with this era of unpredictability that the state of tv is currently in. not really in terms of stories themselves (though i guess when it comes down to the point i’m about to bring up, it is) but in terms of whether the show is allowed to go on at all. it used to be about syndication. it used to be about longevity. now, it’s about tax write-offs. it’s about streaming services. every show is constantly fighting for more time to still exist. lower episode count? budget cut back? work through it. i’m interested in how people have learned to continue creating good television even given those restrictions. it’s about episodes. it’s about seasons. it’s about not caring if you could’ve watched a movie with the time it took you to steamroll through a huge chunk of a situational comedy or a small sliver of a prestige drama. it’s about comfort. it’s about continuity. it’s about coming back to these characters you’ve grown to know so well again and again and again and watching them either stay stagnant or force themselves to change. it’s about beginnings. it’s about endings. it’s about screaming at a cliffhanger but knowing you’ve only started the show and there’s so many seasons left to either pick up the pieces or break down even more. it’s about crying at a cliffhanger and knowing you’re never getting another episode after that because it got cancelled or it had its renewal reversed. tv is a lot more temporary than it used to be. i’m interested in making it last again.