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
fall successful long
Everyone in Hollywood who is successful becomes less successful at some point. I'm just trying to delay that fall for as long as I can.
thinking expectations bars
I think the bar is higher these days in terms of audience expectations of authenticity.
great guys hollywood
This was really one of the great guys of Hollywood.
people needs watches
You can make a good show, but you still need some magical alchemy to get people to watch.
book responsibility feel-good
Series finales have that responsibility to leave you feeling good about entire series. You want to feel like the viewer closes the book satisfied. And if you strike out on the finale it skews how you feel about the entire series.
art new-york kids
I was never that kid who grew up in New York and was always at the arthouse watching important films. I was the kid who grew up in the Midwest where there weren't any art films, and I watched TV. And that was really the medium that affected me and that I fell in love with.
book historical
I've always read a lot of historical books and I'm a big fan of documentaries, and I've always thought of ways to do it.
jobs thinking want
I've spent a lot of time thinking about what the audience would want. That's my job, is to anticipate ahead of the audience.
character order levels
In order to appeal to a wider audience on network in order to survive, generally your characters need to be, at a base level, a little bit more likable.