Jeffrey Klarik
Jeffrey Klarik
Jeffrey Klarik is an American writer and producer. With his life partner David Crane, Klarik co-created the award-winning Showtime/BBC comedy Episodes featuring Friends star Matt LeBlanc and Green Wing's Stephen Mangan and Tamsin Greig. Episodes is currently in its fourth season...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionProducer
CountryUnited States of America
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When you decide you want to become a television writer, you naively assume it's going to be like the writers on the old 'Dick Van Dyke Show.' You'll write something and they'll just put it on TV. But what you quickly discover is that American network television is television by committee.
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When you're doing a network show in the States, you're just a slave to the ratings. There's so much money invested that there's this pervasive atmosphere of fear and anxiety. Every morning after an episode of your show airs, everyone is fixated on the numbers to try and determine how the show did.