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We do 32 episodes a season and will have shot 267 episodes by the end of the ninth season… It’s impossible to sell that many episodes in the foreign market.

Aaron Spelling

You know what shows today are missing? Stars.
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Missing Star Today You
A show that no one thought had a chance has just finished its fifth year: Charmed. I think it’s tougher for the younger networks, so I think they have a little more patience for the sake of the show. But who knows?
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Finish Patience Show Thinking Thought Tougher Year
When we did ‘Dynasty’, it was the clothes. I think the clothes affected every woman around the world. I got so many letters, I think we made the designer a millionaire!
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Affected Cloth Dynasty Thinking Woman World
One thing my wife says is bad about me is that I still care too much.
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Bad Care Much One Thing Too Much Wife
It’s OK to do cute little things like kissing a turtle, but you can’t kiss another person because he’s a different color? Give me a break. And you have to remember, I’m from Dallas, Texas.
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Another Color Cute Different Kissing OK Person Remember Turtle
You can’t predict a show, that is the damndest thing, you can’t predict if a show is going to work or not until it’s on the air.
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Air Going Predict Show Work
But it’s true, when you see some television, you carry it with you. It’s like 90210. Tell me what young shows were being done then… We were thrilled about the ratings around the world.
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Carry Done Show Television True World Young
Nowadays people always say, ‘How come he’s doing such young shows?’ But they never mention ‘The Mod Squad’. I was very proud of that show. It’s the first time an African-American guy kissed a white girl.
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Doing Girl Mention Show Squad White Young
Right now I’m doing four shows at a time, trying to read four outlines every week, four scripts every week, and watching four rough cuts; it’s a lot of good work. It’s fun to do it, but it does wear you out.
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Cutting Doing Four Fun Now Outline Right Script Show Time Trying
I don’t remember a drama on TV that had shown a couple could be married but still love each other very much, spend every day as if they were still on their honeymoon, be sensuous, and have fun together.
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Couple Drama Fun Remember Shown TV
Do you know what our suicide rate would be if we didn’t have television? Do you know how much happiness I’ve brought to people who couldn’t get out of the house but could watch Love Boat?
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Happiness House People Rate Suicide Television
I must tell you, I haven’t done the drug problem that is faced by cops and people on the border. It’s a hard show to do, but I think it’s going to say a lot about drugs and the problems related to them. I just hope people can watch it, it’s a pretty strong show.
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Border Drug Hard People Problem Strong Thinking
I don’t travel by airplane. I mean that because when my wife, my kids and I travel on trains or boats, we meet a lot of people and we talk to them.
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Airplane Boat Kid Mean Travel Trzin Wife
I’ll tell you what I miss most. What I would love to do, more than anything, is just anthologies. With an anthology, you can tell any story and be in every division of television. We don’t have any anthologies anymore, do we?
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Anthology Arthlogies Division Love Missing Story
It’s so silly not to be nice.
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Being Nice Silly
But, I don’t know, the violence, I can’t even talk about. We don’t do a lot of violent shows. When I started in television, breaking a pencil was a violent act.
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Silence Started Talk Television Violent Act

We do 32 episodes a season and will have shot 267 episodes by the end of the ninth season… It’s impossible to sell that many episodes in the foreign market.

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