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The show. 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 ability to rotate cast. and every time we put somebody in, there were explosions. >> bua! >> 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 them help separate winners from losers, but you can't cut all comedies fro...

You won't answer my calls. >> audience sympathies were more evenly balanced between the male character and the female character. but with each iteration, they made her such an extreme character. the original ending was that she was supposed to cut her own throat. but that did not satisfy test audiences. so, they had the good wife kill the bad single woman. that's hollywood. >> thank you, sir. i'm happy to be working here. >> well, you're a welcome addition, a damn pretty one. >> thank you, sir. >> i mean that. you should see some of the crohn's that have been coming through here. >> 9 to 5 was...

>> "fatal attraction" was like a cautionary tale. the stalker turns out to be insane and boils bunnies, as a matter of fact. >> she's an incredible actress. >> what am i supposed to do? you won't answer your calls, you change your number. i'm not going to be ignored, dan. >> in the script, audio sympathies were more balanced between the male character and female character, but with each iteration, they made her such an extreme character. the original ending was that she was supposed to cut her own throat, but that did not satisfy test audiences, and so they had the good wife kill the bad singl...

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 cut all comedies from the same cookie cutters. all you can hope is every night turns out like thursday. >> yo, angela! >> next. >> how rude. >> he's quick. i'll give him that. >> all of television said, oh, well, maybe the sitcoms are alive again. and that's all that it took. it took one success. >> a few years from now, something new may tempt the people who pick what we see. but it's a very safe ...

Bunnies, as a matter of fact. >> glenn close's legacy is forever tied to this film and she's an incredible actress. >> what am i supposed to do? you won't answer my calls you change your number. i'm not going to 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 an extreme character. the original ending was that she was supposed to cut her own throat, but that did not satisfy test audiences. so they had the good wife kill the bad single woman. >> ah, that's ho...