So, we come out to Los Angeles. And we met with every network. We met with show runners, directors, writers, everything. And what we had an idea for, they didn’t like. And what they had an idea for, we didn’t like. So, we went home.

McEntire describes a failed round of Hollywood meetings in which creative priorities didn’t align: industry decision-makers rejected her team’s concept, while the alternatives offered by networks and producers didn’t fit her own vision. The blunt, comic cadence (“So, we went home.”) underscores both the routine nature of such negotiations and her willingness to walk away rather than compromise. Read this way, the quote highlights the tension between artistic control and commercial development in television, and it frames “no deal” as a practical, self-protective outcome—especially for an established performer who can afford to wait for the right project.