And it's sort of an old-fashioned ER, in that it's very much about the medicine, and how these people cope. There's very little about the personal lives of the characters. ↗
We're at unique point in history where the things that we are building are going to significantly impact our social, political, economical, and personal lives. ↗
It's a funny show. The characters are surprisingly likable, given how ugly they are. We've got this huge cast of characters that we can move around. And over the last few seasons, we've explored some of the secondary characters' personal lives a bit more. ↗
People don't find the personal lives of people with much, much more power than any celebrity would have - don't find their personal lives interesting. ↗
And I'm hoping that fair-minded people will stand up and say that what's been done to me is wrong, and that-that people's personal lives have no impact on their ability to be a journalist, you know. Why should my past prevent me from having a future? ↗