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Q: Where were you when you heard you were renewed? Who told you? Who
surprised you by calling to offer congratulations? [Jim King]
A: Carolyn Strauss called me with the official word. I remember that she
had apparently put in calls to my home office, and the Wire offices,
but that I had been out-of-touch the previous afternoon and had not
checked messages. I don't remember where I was when she finally
reached me on my cell, but she was very funny about it: "You know,
it's a pain in the ass trying to get in touch with you to pick up your
show." Don't remember where I was at that moment, though.Q: What's the most surprising feedback you have received about the new season so far? [anonymous]
A: Everyone seems to be actually watching it. Wherever I go, whoever I talk to, there are all kind of folk remarking on this scene or that line of dialogue. Where are these people in the Nielsens? Where are they in the numbers? Are the ratings a lie? Are these people watching pirated cable? What to believe? That the audience of the show has improved or that the same small market share is just talking louder. I honestly can't tell. It seems like the show is more a part of the general culture somehow, but that's just a feel. The numbers are still what they are, no? Or have the Nielsens been infiltrated by the Aryan Brotherhood? I am clueless. At this point, in fact, I wouldn't know what to do with a big audience if it showed up. Shit, if the Emmys ever find us, I'll know it's the end of civilization. Lions nuzzling lambs, cats fellating dogs, all that nonsense.
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