shannon: greta talked about all of this when sam trammell went on the record.ice to see you. >> nice to see you. greta: you have a great show, it doesn't get any better than this? >> no, it is doesn't get any better than that. we kind of started out slow our first season and it has just been building continuously throughout the two years. we are all kind of blown away. greta: i don't think your competitors would say it started out slow from the beginning. they are probably green with envy at the success of the show. did you know it would be a good show? >> yes, i knew it would be good even before i saw the script. i looked at the title page, it said alan ball, hbo and i was on board. you always hope for something like this but you cannot imagine it. you do the show and you hope the pilot gets picked up. once it does, you hope to get a second season. the books that the show is based off of, these are really interesting and fun. i just had a feeling when you put alan ball without, he is such a great writer and he puts together a great team of writers, i thought t