““Philip Segal: I just laughed at it because it laughed at us [ABC]. It made a mockery of us. It made a mockery of the television viewing audience when you think about it. It was so ridiculous. There was a part of me that thought it was brilliant and refreshing because it broke the rules and was so avant-garde and there was a part of me and part of the network that felt betrayed and felt this wonderful opportunity to keep something brilliant alive had just been destroyed by its creators.””