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Michael: Well, I think Erik Estrada is the funniest man in America. I will say that. I watch CHiPs. I suffer for CHiPs. It’s so stupid, those big yo-yos on motorcycles. Just kills me.
Judd Apatow • Sick in the Head: Conversations About Life and Comedy

But she’ll talk to Imani McGuire. Holly is a fan of Michael Connelly’s detective hero, Harry Bosch, and especially of Bosch’s number one maxim: get off your ass and go knock on doors.
Stephen King • Holly
Not handsome, exactly—in fact, he teetered on the edge of ugly: short and slightly stocky, with thinning black hair. But his skin was deeply tanned, as though he flew to the Mediterranean instead of the endless Minneapolis-Detroit-Chicago route, and his thick lips were sensual, his teeth startling white. He exuded a vitality and alertness that was
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Keep in mind that a “premise pilot” may not utilize the Week-to-Week engine of subsequent episodes.
Daniel Calvisi • Story Maps: TV Drama: The Structure of the One-Hour Television Pilot
A Channel 5 character study on the Kia boys.

Judd: Hill Street Blues is probably the most important show in all of TV history.
Judd Apatow • Sick in the Head: Conversations About Life and Comedy
