Heroes Exec-Producers Leave Over "Creative Differences"
11-09-08 | 07:43 AM
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I keep watching this show out of rampant curiosity. The first season of Heroes was like The Matrix, in that it deftly avoided confrontation with its massive plot holes by making it so interesting and distracting that you didn't question its logic until much later. Apart from that "hey, let's get everyone together but not really just for the hell of it" finale, it was dynamite TV that had more cliffhangers of such a constantly high quality than perhaps any show since Twin Peaks. Then the second season (and now the third), much like the Matrix sequels, took the audience on a guided tour of these plot holes like it was the MGM backlot. The third season premiere was one of the worst episodes of any show I've ever sat through, and the show has only clawed its way up to average in the proceeding episodes. I'm giving it until the end of this volume to get back up to not necessarily season 1 levels but simply enjoyable ones.
11-09-08 | 11:22 PM
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I live in Houston and was without electricity for two weeks following Hurricane Ike. So I missed the first episode or two of this season. I thought about recording the show on my DVR when I got my power back, but then thought better of it. I have not missed it at all.
11-10-08 | 12:59 PM
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Pretty good article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/10/ar...ll&oref=slogin
Pretty much - we won't see any changes until after episode 20 (we get 25 episodes this season)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/10/ar...ll&oref=slogin
Pretty much - we won't see any changes until after episode 20 (we get 25 episodes this season)
11-10-08 | 07:22 PM
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http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2008/11/heroes-1.html
I would for hate for Pushing Daisies to sacrificed to make this show better.
Edit to add: This snippet is also mentioned in the NY Times link above this post.
Exclusive: 'Pushing Daisies' creator Bryan Fuller says he might return to 'Heroes'
In the wake of coexecutive producers Jeph Loeb and Jesse Alexander getting fired from Heroes, online fans have been crying out for former Heroes writer (and Pushing Daisies creator) Bryan Fuller to rejoin the show. Apparently, somebody is listening. Fuller told EW.com that he's open to a comeback. "I am exclusive to Daisies through the delivery of the 13th episode of our 13-episode order, which will be mid-January," says Fuller. "If Daisies isn't picked up by then, I will definitely be going back to play with my friends at Heroes."
It seems unlikely that ABC will pick up more episodes of the critically-beloved Daisies; the show is currently ranked at No. 64 and attracts a mere 6.14 million viewers. NBC-Universal could score major points with its ever-impatient fans if the network rehired Fuller, who not only wrote for Heroes in its first season but was responsible for "Company Man" — an episode widely hailed as the series' best single hour (the episode's unusual single-character focus is frequently cited as the model the series should follow going forward).
An insider tells EW that it's unlikely Alexander and Loeb — who, by many accounts, have served as defacto show runners whenever creator Tim Kring was preoccupied with other aspects of the show's complicated production schedule — will be replaced this season. If Fuller were to rejoin Heroes, it would likely be as a consultant since his value as a show creator is big in Hollywood. Besides Daisies, Fuller is responsible for creating Dead Like Me for Showtime and the critically-beloved Wonderfalls for Fox. Stay tuned. (Michael Ausiello contributed to this report)
In the wake of coexecutive producers Jeph Loeb and Jesse Alexander getting fired from Heroes, online fans have been crying out for former Heroes writer (and Pushing Daisies creator) Bryan Fuller to rejoin the show. Apparently, somebody is listening. Fuller told EW.com that he's open to a comeback. "I am exclusive to Daisies through the delivery of the 13th episode of our 13-episode order, which will be mid-January," says Fuller. "If Daisies isn't picked up by then, I will definitely be going back to play with my friends at Heroes."
It seems unlikely that ABC will pick up more episodes of the critically-beloved Daisies; the show is currently ranked at No. 64 and attracts a mere 6.14 million viewers. NBC-Universal could score major points with its ever-impatient fans if the network rehired Fuller, who not only wrote for Heroes in its first season but was responsible for "Company Man" — an episode widely hailed as the series' best single hour (the episode's unusual single-character focus is frequently cited as the model the series should follow going forward).
An insider tells EW that it's unlikely Alexander and Loeb — who, by many accounts, have served as defacto show runners whenever creator Tim Kring was preoccupied with other aspects of the show's complicated production schedule — will be replaced this season. If Fuller were to rejoin Heroes, it would likely be as a consultant since his value as a show creator is big in Hollywood. Besides Daisies, Fuller is responsible for creating Dead Like Me for Showtime and the critically-beloved Wonderfalls for Fox. Stay tuned. (Michael Ausiello contributed to this report)
Edit to add: This snippet is also mentioned in the NY Times link above this post.
