Dan Harmon Tv Quotations

Well, the average person comes home from work really tired, and just wants to flip through channels until they land on the thing that's the least objectionable to them. They're not looking for their new favorite TV show because they know that that search will take forever and they'll go to bed unhappy.

When you watch the sitcoms that were the big hits when I was growing up, TV was still just TV. It was allowed to just be TV. There were three channels that were competing for the whole family and you couldn't take your business elsewhere.

If somebody's cat happens to turn on the TV, my numbers can double. It's almost unrelated to what's really happening.

I was playing the game where I was going to be a great TV or film writer some day and there was nothing else that I thought about, including other people.

I expect the audience to assume TV is stupid. I accept that it's my job to overcome it.

The concept of doing holiday episodes is a huge part of what's fantastic about doing TV. And viewers agree; you see the numbers going up for holiday episodes.

All [tv] shows are like cigarettes. You watch two, you have a higher chance of watching three. They're all addictive.