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And rather than try to compete with what hbo was able to do on sort or a high-class level, they start doing these action shows. [daniel] these are great, elevated, b-movie tv shows. and then sometimes cinemax struck gold, like the knick. you turn a block of programming over to steven soderbergh, and in this case, it was brilliant television. gentlemen, atomizers on. everyone scrubbed, washed, cleansed, deloused, purified by god. [jacqueline] the knick is set in a hospital in the early 20th century. clive owen plays their premier physician. and he's well respected, but he's also completely addi...

Not necessarily capable, but definitely with higher political aspirations, and is never quite respected. you do your best! you try to serve the people, and then they just f**k you over! and you know why? because they're ignorant, and they're dumb as shit. and that, ladies and gentlemen, is democracy. [clea] selina meyer is one of my favorite characters on tv ever. she is so ambitious and so ruthless. i'll go put together a list of some fun causes, mom. oh, that "mom" thing, let's not do that here either. -selina. -well, uh... -ma'am. -yeah, that's it. [clea] she feels, like, inconvenienced by ...

But lately i've been getting some serious vibes from her. ooh, vibes that she wants to become a lesbian? no, vibes that she's curious about an adventure with denise. the goal was never to be an actor. i'd already sold a pilot to showtime, which was the chi. but once i read with aziz the very first time, we could feel it. we just knew there was something interesting about the two of us. what? she came eight times in 30 minutes? like, how is that even possible? look, i don't have time to explain lesbian shit to you, okay? we cum more than anyone. [lena] the character was straight at the time, an...

Not the motherland. i do, but our family comes first. [emily] the central metaphor of the americans is that every marriage is kind of a cold war. it's two people locked in combat that never actually boils over into combat, and i thought that was just very smart. i think fx did so much good work that it moved television forward. [daniel] a lot of these networks have been trying to expand their brands. and a lot of how you expand your brand is with a really, really good scripted title. sundance tv had rectify, a show that i will always tell people to watch. it's a contemplative show that's a med...

Turns out, it's quite difficult to make movies and TV shows without a script.