The same issue is happening on a show like Everybody Loves Raymond now, which is in its eighth year and struggling to come up with good stories. It'll be interesting to see how they do. The bottom line is, it starts with the writers and ends with the writers.
“I have this typical Ukrainian face. Even people who know my music don't recognize me most of the time, thank God.”
“'Cause I felt I didn't have anything else to prove as a musician... and boy was I wrong about that one.”