“… It’s a fine line between something original, and something familiar enough for executives and audiences. Like, it’s SUCH a fine line that it practically exists in a quantum state. Schroedinger’s pitch. And it’s just as hard to pitch an original cop show as it is to pitch a familiar enough genre show. It’s just that cops and all that are what the other networks are buying now. And when you pitch a procedural-type show, you get to spend less time explaining magic to them. Which is refreshing, in its own way….”

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