On Friends, Phoebe Buffay was originally supposed to end up with David. However, she married Mike instead because “Paul Rudd is so awesome that they sort of found a groove with him and [David] became more of just the grist for that mill...as opposed to the other way around.”

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Oliver had another love interest, Laurel, but the ultimate plan was for him to marry Felicity.

At a 2018 Heroes & Villains Fan Fest in Portland, Stephen said, "In our show, it was Oliver and Felicity, and it was going to be them no matter what."

Series creator Rob Thomas told Vox, "It was gratifying that the audience responded in the same way we were. It felt kind of undeniable to us. It allowed us to kind of slow-play that relationship a bit, because it wasn't supposed to happen. I think the first kiss might have been [Episode] 17 or 18? I'm a big fan of those proper British dramas where the romantic leads, like, touch each other's wrists, and it's like, 'Oh my god!'"

In the book The Big Bang Theory: The Definitive, Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series, writer Steve Molaro said, "We, in the writers room, were into [Sheldon and Amy's blossoming relationship], but we didn't know where it was going to go. We didn't know they were to have a second date, or how that was going to play out and keep evolving through the years. But we went into it like we do with all additions to the show and all the characters: We're hopeful and trying to do our best to make it grow into something better and interesting; that was one of those that obviously did. But it took a little while to shake off the 'female Sheldon' description and let her become her own person."

Jim added, "At some point in Season 4 — I don't know if something caused it or not — I remember saying to Todd [Spiewak, his huband], 'I will not let this character go without a fight.' That was notable for me, only in that I almost never disagreed with the writers. But at some point I felt a certain way about working with Mayim that I was like, 'If for whatever reason we seemed to be weaning her off of this show as a character, I would go and talk to them.'" 

On the podcast Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum, James said, "[Joss] was angry at the situation. If it had been me in his shoes, I'd have killed me off immediately. ... He resented a situation where he had to deal with another romantic vampire, when his theme was that vampires are the problems you have to get over in high school. Evil is not cool. I respect that he's not interested in portraying that."

Hank Azaria, who played David, told HuffPost, "It actually did sting a little bit. Whatever part of me is David the science guy who went to Minsk, which admittedly is probably a small part of me, but that part of me wanted to end up with Phoebe. So I was sort of sad when I didn't. ... [Paul] certainly has gone on to prove that he was comedically deserving of Phoebe's love."

While he was still deciding what Blaine's role in Kurt's life should be, Ryan told AfterElton.com, "I didn't want to decide that until we got into sort of the middle of the season. We’re figuring it out now...Kurt will definitely get a boyfriend. The question is who will it be and how will it be."

Naya told the New York Post, "I never thought this would happen, but I'm just so happy that it did. It's so shocking to me and very, very flattering that people love me because they love Santana. I feel so blessed."

John told People, "Well, we had — not just us, everyone on the show had — this undeniable chemistry. People loved seeing us together."

In a statement to Entertainment Weekly, showrunners Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz said, "We've much more story to tell with his character that we're excited to share with the audience."

Colin told TVLine, "I had a very specific idea as to how I would play him, and [the showrunners] were on the same page from the get-go. I just made an innuendo about anything that I could — that was part and parcel of what he was — but I knew I could do it in a cheeky way so that you could kind of get away with it."

Viewers accused the show of queerbaiting for years, then, after Castiel's death, they accused them of perpetuating the "bury your gays" trope.

Misha told Entertainment Weekly, "There are just a ton of die-hard Supernatural fans that are a force to be reckoned with. And that is something that I could have never anticipated when I went in to audition for my little three-episode arc."

Aaron told the Associated Press, "Every time I talk about getting Donna and Josh together, my partner Tommy [Schlamme] shouts, 'No! Wait another year!'"

On Late Night with Seth Meyers, Julianna said, "Honestly, I owe my career to George Clooney. ... He brought me back to life."

Marlene told Vulture, "When it comes to the mystery stories, they're plotted out very carefully very far in advance, and we don't waver from those stories. We do not deviate from them at all. When it comes to the character arcs, and the emotional paths that the girls and the guys take along the way, we kind of take that as it comes. We let the girls dictate that in a way; we see how people connect [and if they do], we'll play that longer. So we're flexible when it comes to the emotional arcs and rigid about the mystery arcs."

Jessica told NBC Out, "It was an experiment to see what worked. It just kind of kept working."

Lauren told Entertainment Weekly, "It didn’t seem like, 'Oh this is the definite love interest.' It's just this funny, weird chemistry that we had in terms of being complete opposites and also this built-in conflict of he has the thing she wants — which is coffee. But in those first couple years, I had a bunch of different dates. Jon Hamm was one of them. We had Max Medina. It could've gone in any number of ways. It was just something about the two of those characters together that they kept going back to and then it kept growing."