Because of streaming, serialized television has become less of a dirty word when you're pitching shows. I had to fight for that for so long as someone who's always gravitated towards ongoing story lines with characters that evolved and changed… — Jason Katims Copy Share Image
We shoot with three cameras, try to shoot both sides of coverage if possible. That allows the actors to overlap and to find moments that feel more authentic and real than what you sometimes would normally get in a scripted… — Jason Katims Copy Share Image
As much as I thought the end of 'Friday Night Lights' was a really great ending, I was one of those people who wanted… — Jason Katims Copy Share Image
Something that I learned from 'Friday Night Lights,' sometimes if you have four or five scenes in an episode, it's not having less than… — Jason Katims Copy Share Image
How do you do something where you're able to be specific and edgy enough to compete with what the cable networks are doing and,… — Jason Katims Copy Share Image
I sort of was inspired by 'Friday Night Lights,' where it was a very different show, but similar in that they were both large… — Jason Katims Copy Share Image
If nobody has really done a show about people in their twenties that has been successful, why? — Jason Katims Copy Share Image
Any show I'm working on, I want the stories to always be about something, and to have the potential to be emotional. That's the… — Jason Katims Copy Share Image
I think there's definitely a way to tell a story, to also look at marriages that are working, but find drama from what's challenging… — Jason Katims Copy Share Image
It's so funny because a lot of times we'll have these discussions as writers, and you feel like you're having a discussion with your… — Jason Katims Copy Share Image
'Parenthood' has been the beneficiary of wonderful performances by child actors. — Jason Katims Copy Share Image
You're breaking up, you're getting together, you're changing your life, you're arguing with your parents, you're making terrible mistakes, you're having great triumphs. It's… — Jason Katims Copy Share Image
One of the things you realize when you have a health crisis in your immediate family is that life does not stop so that… — Jason Katims Copy Share Image
There's something about the alchemy of the show - the actors, the writers, the directors, the editors - that makes 'Parenthood' unique. You get… — Jason Katims Copy Share Image
