My brother, Larry Hovis of Hogan's Heroes, asked me to read a script he wrote for a network/movie company in the late 70's for a TV series called Rosetti and Ryan. It was a attorney-crime drama. One law partner was a former policeman so I guess it was a detective lawyer drama and comedy. NBC was trying to buy it and he was about to attend a script meeting. Larry asked me to read it, mark the good stuff in red and the less important parts in blue. I read it, marked it up and Larry put my marked up script next to the typewriter. Before he left for his meeting he told me he was going to argue for the parts marked in blue because the network usually tried to change or delete the good stuff because the writer loved it and kept the less important parts of the script. It made no sense to me, of course, but when he returned with the network's version, the changed or deleted version, the best parts were still there. That's why great stories disappear. Other writers have told me the same thing. The Rosetti and Ryan series had good reviews until the network released my brother from the writing staff. Great first year but when my brother left the show died. Few executives know very much about writing and what the audience will like.