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Burrows: we had the luck to be able to rotate cast and every time we put somebody in, there were explosions. bwah! levine: there was something very special about that setting, those characters, that i never got tired of writing that show. sophisticated surveys, telephonic samplings, test audiences, all of those things help to separate winners from losers and make mid-course corrections. but you can't cut all comedies from the same cookie cutters. all you can hope is that every night turns out like thursday. yo, angela! larry, larry. next... how rude. [ cat yowling ] he's quick, i'll give him t...

Sam knew how to tease diane. and i guess we knew how to tease the audience. >> this incredible chemistry between the two of them ignited the show. and that's what drove the show for the first five years. >> oh, i'm devastated. i need something expeditious and brutal to numb my sensibilities and blast me into sweet oblivion. >> how about a boilermaker? >> make it a mimosa. >> we had the luck to be able to rotate cast, and every time we put somebody in, there were explosions. >> bwah! >> there was something very special about that setting, those characters, that i never got tired of writing that...

>> let's get the check. >> "fatal attraction" was like a cautionary tale. you know, the cheating husband, and the mistress turns out to be insane and a stalker, who murders bunnies and boils them, as a matter of fact. >> glenn close's legacy is forever tied to this film, and she's an incredible actress. >> well, what am i supposed to do? you won't answer my calls. you change your number. i'm -- i'm not gonna be ignored, dan. >> in the original script, audience sympathies were more evenly balanced between the male character and the female character, but with each iteration, they made her such a...

I need something expeditious and brutal to numb my sensibilities and blast me into sweet oblivion. >> how about a boilermaker? >> make it a mimosa. >> we had the luck to be able to rotate cast, and every time we put somebody in, there were explosions. >> bwah! >> there was something very special about that setting, those characters, that i never got tired of writing that show. >> sophisticated surveys, telephonic samplings, test audiences -- all of those things help to separate winners from losers and make mid-course corrections. but you can't cut all comedies from the same cookie cutters. all...

The first five years. >> what's the matter? >> i'm devastated. i need something expeditious and brutal to numb my sensibilities and blast me into sweet oblivion. >> how about a boilermaker? >> make it a mimosa. >> we had the luck to be able to rotate cast, and every time we put somebody in, there were explosions. >> there was something very special about that setting, those characters, that i never got tired of writing that show. >> sophisticated surveys, telephonic samplings, test audiences. all of those things help to separate winners from losers and make midcourse corrections. but you can't...