"Daniel Palladino: We're just amazingly fortunate to be where we are because it's an impossible comedy market out there. The track record of sitcoms lately speaks for itself. The system doesn't work. It has become a kind of closed door to any kind of innovative ideas.
Amy Sherman-Palladino: Comedy writers are now viewed strictly as the guys who sit down and implement the network notes. Good sitcom writers aren't trusted anymore. Luckily, we've been able to make a drama with very solid comedy aspects to it."