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"Well, Chris Carter is my favourite among the 1013 producers/writers/etc. To begin with, I just liked the X-Files, and then Millennium, and then the rest, because of the visual style plus, perhaps more importantly, they're shows where you have to pay attention. I lose interest very quickly when shows/movies Make The Point Very Carefully so nobody misses it! Also where it's very obvious where the plot is going. And where the characters are just Hollywood stereotypes. 1013 shows were never like that. All of that really does stem from the top. He did stick to his original visions of his shows pretty effectively through the decade that 1013 shows were being made, despite all the difficulties. \n\n \n\nAnother thing I like is that many writers commented on the fact that unlike their experiences elsewhere, they were expected to do more than just write the script and hand it in. They were expected to be available, even to the extent of travelling up to Vancouver, when their episode was being filmed, so the director could liaise with them if there was a problem. As for the directors - there was a comment by one of the producers early on in the X-Files that a lot of TV directors had quite a struggle with episodes because they were expected to produce a more filmic quality than they were used to. \n\n \n\nSo, a lot of challenge to a lot of people - the vast majority of whom seem to have relished the opportunities they were given to excel, despite the gruelling work schedule. It's interesting to see how many people stayed with 1013 over the years, when they could have opted for easier shows to work on - and wouldn't have had too much difficulty getting work elsewhere with a 1013 show on their resume. \n\n \n\nThere's also the view that the critical acclaim of the X-Files in particular, but also Millennium, made it much easier for subsequent creators/executive producers to produce complex shows. However, a lot of them tried to reproduce the \"dark\" filmic quality of 1013 shows, but only succeeded in producing episodes where you can't see what's going on!  \n\n \n\nI tend to take what he says in interviews with a grain of salt. I think he's seen part of his role as showrunner to be out there promoting the show. It always looks like a bit of an act, to me, and it doesn't quite work - unlike, say, Joss Whedon, Chris Carter never seems quite comfortable in that role. He has a lot of talent in many directions, but he's not a good actor! \n\n \n\nI think in the future people will look back at the history of TV and see that 1013 shows were very influential in the way TV shows were made - and hence the raising of people's expectations of what good shows should be like. \n\n \n\nThere are/have been other creators who will also be remembered for the high quality of their work, but there are very few of them. \n\n \n\nSo, yes, Chris Carter = TV God. \n\n \n\n(Besides, he must be a TV God - he chose Lance Henriksen!   ) \n"
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