Darren Star Quotes

I don't meet many people who are talking about shows on Showtime.

There are some great shows that come and go really fast, either because the network doesn't give them a chance or they just don't grab on to the psyche of the country quickly enough.

I think there are ways in which shows can pop their heads up a little bit in the morass of everything you can watch.

TV, in particular cable channels, has assumed the role of independent film.

Television is a service, but it's also a business.

We need Netflix. We in the independent sector more than anybody need Netflix, because they care about what we do.

I think 'Party Down' found its audience primarily on Netflix and stuff like that, and primarily after it had been cancelled.

Television is growing. It is a huge market for great content.

It is exciting to see the different genres that audiences want to watch. The response to a show like 'Mirzapur' last year and to Delhi Crime earlier this year was so encouraging and a proof that good content is the new formula.

It is harder to get adult, character-driven material on television than it used to be, but there are lots of other places that you can go to sell it. If you can do it for basic cable or pay cable, we have those outlets.

I guess I'm the queen of the Web series. Yeah, right. I'm not at all. I'm on 'Leap Year,' and previously I've done 'Supermoms' and now AOL's 'Little Women, Big Cars.' That supposedly did very well.

Summer is a great opportunity for all of cable. People love to find original episodes.

Classic cable TV may have hit its peak, but it's still a huge force, and the streaming apps of many cable networks still require you to authenticate that you're a paying cable customer every time you want to use a new such TV app.

The reality is, 'Game of Thrones' has been a successful show for HBO, which has put us in a position to come and pitch another show and get them excited about it. And that's what helped get us here.

On Netflix and other streaming services, they're taking risks that are based on 'Come with us! Come with us!' and the audience does.

A lot of shows fly under the radar for the first couple seasons and then become successful. It doesn't necessarily have any bearing on the success of the show or how much the network is behind it.

I wouldn't be comfy going toe to toe launching a new scripted show against broadcast.

From the time I signed on to 'The Following,' things have already vastly changed in the entertainment world in general. It's an adjustment for me.

I feel incredibly passionate about 'Bunheads,' but the network was not supportive of the show, and you have to have that.

There's a lot of successful procedural shows that are out there. A lot of them are very successful. I just know there's an audience out there that wants character also.

We don't have cable, so I don't watch a lot of traditional TV. I watch a lot of Netflix, and there's this thing in Canada called Show Me, and then I also get things from iTunes.

Television is better than it's ever been in history. A lot of stories are being pushed - because of how complicated they are to make - toward Netflix and other channels on cable.

There's a real difference now in what you can get out of film and the rise of digital platforms.

With 'Transparent'. When Amazon put 'Transparent' up, along with 'Bosch' and a few other things, I watched them, and I thought it was an interesting exercise. I didn't comment on them, but I was like, 'Okay, this is kind of cool.'

What I do know is how difficult it is in this industry to get a show on the air. There's so many different stages: getting a script bought by the network, then getting a pilot made and having that pilot go to series, and then, when that series gets on the air, having people watch it.