Absolutely. Millennials get a bad rap. These kids are smarter than we give them credit for. And they still want relationships; they’re just doing it a different way. I have two boys that are 28 and 24. Do I want them sitting and staring at their iPhones all day long? No, but they do and they still have relationships and they still have a girlfriend who they talk to and they just go about it a little differently.

When people go out and actually communicate with each other face to face, that’s a great thing. They still do it. What I don’t particularly like is the fact that they text somebody to ask them out. I always say, Why don’t you pick up the phone and call? And if you’ve got to break up with somebody, don’t do it on the phone. That’s something they deserve to see you face to face.

Has your definition of Good TV changed throughout your career, and how would you define it?

Absolutely it’s changed. We’re all in a race to have the loudest thing out there. That’s getting hard to do. Luckily, for everyone I think, we’ve amped it up and amped it up and amped it up to the point of, Oh my gosh, how much further do we go here? I think audiences are starting to pull back.

I’d like to sincerely have a cast of 20 people that really do want to find love. That’s very difficult today because people who audition for reality shows want to be on TV. They normally have some sort of purpose for auditioning and they want to blow up their social media or have a chance to be famous somehow. Weeding those out, it’s become a full-time job in casting. In the interview process, we really grill them and try to get down to what they’re all about. We try to make them open up their heart and tell us what’s going on in their lives.

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