Artistic freedom Quote by Jimmy Smits

I think sometimes when you have 24 episodes, you almost have to stretch things out too much.

— Jessica St. Clair

It's not about creating 22 episodes indefinitely for as long as you can do.

— Thomas Middleditch

We had 10 months, sliding schedule to do 52 episodes. After you get over the shock of the size of the number, the job…

— Greg Weisman

The thing with being on a series that runs that long is that the writers run out of things to do.

— Ted Shackelford

Well, it was very interesting to play a character and stretch it over such a long time - 12 episodes. I had never done…

— Nick Stahl

Almost all of my favorite shows are limited series. It just seems to be the better way to go.

— Aaron Stanford

The great thing about working in cable is that, since the season is truncated - we only do 12 shows - the writers are…

— Jimmy Smits

Being in the industry, I've seen many situations where someone will get the call from the network where they say 'You guys have 5…

— Nathan Fillion

You have 22 episodes to start from zero to hero; you can really take a nice, big, long arc. In a film, it's tough…

— Craig Horner

Although there were only about 24 episodes made it seems to run forever. They take a couple of episodes and put them together, making…

— Gil Gerard

And the thing is, every time you start a new show or do a new series, you're committing to another six years.

— David Schwimmer

I can't imagine doing an hour-long dramatic series because it's so much work. A sitcom is a wonderful gig. You work from 10 to…

— John Lithgow