Alex Hirsch Quotes

I've never been on a show that's run for more than a season.

The lifespan of any show is to end in cancellation.

Sometimes shows get into their 5th and 6th season and you're like, where can you go? But 'Dexter' is still so strong, it's really refreshing.

I really like scripted dramas. My favorite show of all time would have to be 'Lost': I loved how the writers and producers were able to weave the different storylines together; and the acting in that show was incredible.

I think that 'The Shield' was a phenomenal series finale.

Yeah, I'd done a bunch of pilots. Some that had gone for a while. One that went for 13 episodes. But I had never been on a show that had lasted more than that.

But did I think it would last more than 13 episodes at the time? No, I didn't think that. I never know.

I love 'Sherlock.' I love 'Modern Family.'

A lot of shows peak after a series and never get it back, but 'Breaking Bad' keeps the tension up all the time.

'Homeland' really is one of those shows where they start to write more or less depending on what's kind of going on in a relationship between characters.

I personally think the best ideas for TV shows - at least comedies - are very low-fi ideas. High concepts often sell pitches in movies and TV, but, especially in TV when you're talking about hopefully a 100 or 150 episode proposition, those concepts just burn off, and then you're stuck with nothing.

What frustrates me about some high-concept shows is that they don't give you information until sweeps, but 'Jericho's' audience will get a large piece of the puzzle every week.

This idea that you can watch a show like 'True Detective,' and it was awesome, but is it really ruined for you if the finale is not your favorite episode of it? It's just odd to me.

I just don't know that a TV show demands a movie ending.

If you make a trilogy, the whole point is to get to that third chapter, and the third chapter is what justifies what's come before.

I loved 'Lost,' from beginning to end.

A show like Knots or any other show that can be called a soap opera does terribly in syndication because if you're a viewer and you miss a week you don't know what's going on.

Sometimes when I watch a TV season, your favorite shows die quickly. And then sometimes it's not your favorite, and they live on for 12 years.

Personally, I think it would have been really nice, if 'Lost' had just one season.

I think anything with a serialized storyline is a perfect match for binge-watching.

It's not about creating 22 episodes indefinitely for as long as you can do.

I love serial drama.

There are shows that have been prematurely canceled, but I don't know if 'Smash' was one of them.

A lot of shows, like 'Cupid,' that I loved with all my heart, it shouldn't have been canceled.

'The East' could easily be a TV show.