Shawn Ryan
Shawn Ryan
Shawn Ryanis an American screenwriter and television producer best known as the creator and showrunner of the television series The Shieldand The Chicago Code. Ryan also co-created the ABC series Last Resort, and produced The Unit, Lie to Me, Terriersand Mad Dogs...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScreenwriter
Date of Birth11 October 1966
CityRockford, IL
CountryUnited States of America
people needs watches
You can make a good show, but you still need some magical alchemy to get people to watch.
cheer fall character
Cheers was one of the first shows where I paid attention to the writers because their [work] was better than everything else I was watching. The writers weren't afraid to let a joke fall slightly flat if it advanced the characters.
sin payment delayed
The payment for sins can be delayed. But they cant be avoided.
pressure economic episodes
There will always be economic pressure to make hits, identify hits, and then exploit hits. And you're going to exploit them with as many episodes as you probably can.
fall successful long
Everyone in Hollywood who is successful becomes less successful at some point. I'm just trying to delay that fall for as long as I can.
book historical
I've always read a lot of historical books and I'm a big fan of documentaries, and I've always thought of ways to do it.
jobs thinking want
I've spent a lot of time thinking about what the audience would want. That's my job, is to anticipate ahead of the audience.
moving worry too-much
TV is just such a fast-moving medium that you do what you can do, and what you can't do, you don't worry about too much.
thinking expectations bars
I think the bar is higher these days in terms of audience expectations of authenticity.