What are you most interested in exploring with that?

Do you have the urge to do more adaptations of previous works of yours?

Or would you like to do something completely original.

SIMON RICH:Right.

But I will say that Im just really, really thrilled.

FX has given us such an incredible freedom onMan Seeking Woman.

And its just such an awesome home and Im thrilled to keep working with the people over there.

Do you think then that FX is interested in more sort of material like what youre doing?

Do you feel like now more than ever that this sort of crazier stuff is working?

You know, FX has been giving creative people free reign for a while now.

Youve assembled eclectic group of talents for your writers room.

You have people that have backgrounds in animation and theater.

Yes, big time.

I think that very much by design we haveof course Ian Maxtone-Graham fromThe Simpsons.

Theres Marika Sawyer fromSNL, and then we have Dan Mirk, who writes forThe OnionandOnion News web link.

People who come from a much more premise-driven background.

Even though people have these disparate resumes it always feels like were all on the same page.

It feels like were all united; that were all right in the same idea.

And it feels that way.

It depends, you know.

Were you ever trying to pitchMan Seeking Womanbefore?

Or did you just come along immediately at the right time and it just worked from the start?

Yeah, it felt really fortuitous.

It just felt like that would be a much more interesting challenge than doing these loosely thematically linked sketches.

Or do you think that something a little more classical can still work?

I think sitcoms are pretty cyclical.

Theyre based on repetition.

When I was growing up shows likeFriendsandRoseannewere hugely popular, but I would also watch reruns of shows likeBewitchedorALF.

Or shows like3rd Rock From the SunorGet Smart.

There are shows likeSmall Wondersthat were popular briefly.

Or something likeGet A Life.

Oh my God,Get A Life.

All of these surreal sitcoms.

And sketch shows likeThe Kids in the Hall,The State,Mr.

And thats always been my favorite thing to do.

Establish new high stakes with hopefully a new funny angle.

Like adding a troll to the main cast.

Or maybe Mike starts dating a robot that becomes a part of the group.

You know, its like any second season.

We treat it like a typical sitcom even though our toolbox is a little weirder.

Even your Woman Seeking Man episode was a big departure.

Would you be interested in doing a different sort of take on that again this season?

Planning anything like that?

And hopefully captivating, too.

Do you see Josh getting a girlfriend at some point?

Or does that sort of kill the engine behind whats driving the show?

Or could that be a whole different angle to explore?

I think he could!

I think he could.

This is such a bottomless subject.

There are so many different shades of it.

Theres everything from one-night stands to thirty-year marriages.

I think there are moments of tension all along that spectrum that are interesting and dramatic.

I love dating shows.

Much ofSeinfeldis focused on dating.

I also love marriage shows.

I also grew up lovingI Love LucyandThe Honeymooners.

I also love family shows.

I also was obsessed withRoseanne.

I think that every single step of the human experience is interesting.

Obviously Josh right now is a young man trying to figure himself out.

Trying his best to find someone, and theres still a lot to milk out of that…

But him in a few years…

Yeah, exactly.

He can be married, have kids, and I still think wed find what wed need to do.

Some things are empirically funny.

Are there any new shows that youre a fan of and watching?

Any shows that youre excited about and really into at the moment?

Yeah, Im a really big fan ofBig Time in Hollywood, FL.

Yeah, I think those guys are great.

I was really intoNext Time on Lonny,that web series.

I think that their show is really well done and super funny.

I was a big fan ofKroll Show; sorry it ended.

Theres such good sketch shows, too.

I think the stuff that Amy Schumer doing is fantastic and I thinkSouth Parkis still as funny as ever.

Its still the funniest thing on television.

And thats just the tip of the iceberg.

Well, Simon, thats everything.

Thank you once again.

My pleasure, man.

I cant wait for season two, and Every Prophet in their House.

Haha, wait whats that?

Just aCarnivalereference…

Oh!

Were big fans ofCarnivale, as you could tell.

I hope it comes up more.

Man Seeking Womans second season is set to premiere in 2016 on FXX.