I have a pilot right now that was supposed to shoot and shut down right before( it started), all the pilots right now are being asked to write back-up episodes.

Justin Spitzer

If this were to last a year, it's sort of unfathomable, even if the shutdowns end pretty soon, I don't know how quickly people will be excited about 100, 150 people crews working closely with one another in poorly ventilated sound stages. It's going to be interesting how it affects the industry.

The fact that it has stayed so popular for so long, and that there is this whole other generation discovering it, is amazing, comedy modes change so much through the generations -- it's really rare to see that this vein of humor is as popular now as it was back then.

A big part of( their success) was iTunes coming along, for the first time, people could catch up on shows and start to binge shows... who knows if this show would have been anything without iTunes.