Shawn Ryan
Shawn Ryan
Shawn Ryanis an American screenwriter and television producer best known as the creator and showrunner of the television series The Shieldand The Chicago Code. Ryan also co-created the ABC series Last Resort, and produced The Unit, Lie to Me, Terriersand Mad Dogs...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScreenwriter
Date of Birth11 October 1966
CityRockford, IL
CountryUnited States of America
watches made shows
Working as a showrunner has made it tougher to watch other shows and movies.
tv-shows want tvs
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.
ends worst shows
The worst thing you can do is end up with a network show on cable or end up with a cable show on network.
running stars tv-shows
One of the tricky things about running a TV show is that you just never know how good the guest stars you cast on a weekly basis, how good they're going to be in the episode. Sometimes they surprise you in good ways and sometimes they surprise you in disappointing ways.
practice different embrace
Obviously there are different standards and practices that are allowed on cable versus network. You just have to embrace what your network is going to allow.
team thinking years
I've worked in network and cable on and off for a number of years, and you just understand what your parameters are. A lot of times, I think the best work that my team has come up with comes from having to deal with certain boundaries.
cheer fall character
Cheers was one of the first shows where I paid attention to the writers because their [work] was better than everything else I was watching. The writers weren't afraid to let a joke fall slightly flat if it advanced the characters.
sin payment delayed
The payment for sins can be delayed. But they cant be avoided.
pressure economic episodes
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.
moving worry too-much
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.
The payment for certain sins can be delayed. But they can't be avoided.
deal felt home rather sitting staying together trying
Everyone, I think, felt more comfortable staying together and working rather than sitting at home trying to deal with this.
writing want
I don't want my writing to be recognized.
You don't. You just go back and insert some lines.