Jimmy O. Yang (performing a bit)

But at the time, there was still this kind of vague sense for people in my parents' generation that like TV rots your brain. And I've had this conversation with a lot of folks my age is like – a lot of writers my age is like some people gorge themselves on TV and watch hours and hours and hours a day. And some people were like me, were like their parents are very restrictive. I don't think –

there's any discernible difference in how people turned out, which kind of gives me a little bit of hope when my son is watching TikTok all day and my daughter is watching YouTube tutorials about how to apply makeup or whatever. And my wife and I get worried, but it's like, well, this is the same stuff that people said about TV when we were kids.

there's any discernible difference in how people turned out, which kind of gives me a little bit of hope when my son is watching TikTok all day and my daughter is watching YouTube tutorials about how to apply makeup or whatever. And my wife and I get worried, but it's like, well, this is the same stuff that people said about TV when we were kids.

there's any discernible difference in how people turned out, which kind of gives me a little bit of hope when my son is watching TikTok all day and my daughter is watching YouTube tutorials about how to apply makeup or whatever. And my wife and I get worried, but it's like, well, this is the same stuff that people said about TV when we were kids.

And the truth is, I've talked to Amy Poehler about this. Amy Poehler watched tons of TV and was obsessed with TV. And I know a lot of writers and performers who felt like that and watched a ton of it. And I don't sense any real difference in the way that people's personality is developed based on how much TV they watch. So I'm kind of hoping the same applies to the modern era.

And the truth is, I've talked to Amy Poehler about this. Amy Poehler watched tons of TV and was obsessed with TV. And I know a lot of writers and performers who felt like that and watched a ton of it. And I don't sense any real difference in the way that people's personality is developed based on how much TV they watch. So I'm kind of hoping the same applies to the modern era.

And the truth is, I've talked to Amy Poehler about this. Amy Poehler watched tons of TV and was obsessed with TV. And I know a lot of writers and performers who felt like that and watched a ton of it. And I don't sense any real difference in the way that people's personality is developed based on how much TV they watch. So I'm kind of hoping the same applies to the modern era.

Yeah, I mean, the biggest change, obviously, is just the shift to the streaming model. The Office, we did 28 episodes one year, I think, or maybe 30. The typical season was 22 episodes or 24 episodes, and now a season of TV is eight half hours, usually. And that just completely changes the way you tell stories, right?

Yeah, I mean, the biggest change, obviously, is just the shift to the streaming model. The Office, we did 28 episodes one year, I think, or maybe 30. The typical season was 22 episodes or 24 episodes, and now a season of TV is eight half hours, usually. And that just completely changes the way you tell stories, right?

Yeah, I mean, the biggest change, obviously, is just the shift to the streaming model. The Office, we did 28 episodes one year, I think, or maybe 30. The typical season was 22 episodes or 24 episodes, and now a season of TV is eight half hours, usually. And that just completely changes the way you tell stories, right?

The advantage TV always had over movies was you could, in success, watch a set of characters live and change and grow over many, many, many years. And now you're talking about, you know, maybe two seasons of eight episodes and then you're done. So TV writing is much closer to movie writing, I think, than it was when I was first breaking in. There's nothing you can do about it.

The advantage TV always had over movies was you could, in success, watch a set of characters live and change and grow over many, many, many years. And now you're talking about, you know, maybe two seasons of eight episodes and then you're done. So TV writing is much closer to movie writing, I think, than it was when I was first breaking in. There's nothing you can do about it.

The advantage TV always had over movies was you could, in success, watch a set of characters live and change and grow over many, many, many years. And now you're talking about, you know, maybe two seasons of eight episodes and then you're done. So TV writing is much closer to movie writing, I think, than it was when I was first breaking in. There's nothing you can do about it.

That's the world we live in. But I do mourn a little bit the loss of the old system. I think during COVID, people revisited old shows that had 200 episodes, like Friends and Cheers and whatever.

That's the world we live in. But I do mourn a little bit the loss of the old system. I think during COVID, people revisited old shows that had 200 episodes, like Friends and Cheers and whatever.

That's the world we live in. But I do mourn a little bit the loss of the old system. I think during COVID, people revisited old shows that had 200 episodes, like Friends and Cheers and whatever.

Yeah, and The Office, right.

Yeah, and The Office, right.

Yeah, and The Office, right.

Yeah. And you can sit you could sit during covid and watch an episode every night for five or six months. And that was incredibly valuable and I think brought people a lot of comfort. That's what we're losing. And that's what I mourn the most about the new system is we're just sort of losing what to my mind was the the inherent advantage that TV storytelling had over movies or anything else.