After Heroes creator and executive producer Tim Kring fired two producers (Jesse Alexander and Jeph Loeb) from the show, Kring admitted he agrees with some of the recent criticisms the show has faced.
After getting slammed for the show’s second-season demise, Kring has been a very hands-on showrunner this season, but his time is largely eaten by the huge cast and intense, over-budget, post-production requirements, reports Variety. Kring may replace Alexander and Loeb with first-season producer Bryan Fuller, who is currently running things over at Pushing Daisies. Potential bad news for Daisies fans?
Kring wants to focus on simplifying the stories, develop the characters and put a stop to the overly complex scenes, but in order to do that, some heroes may be killed off in the housekeeping attempt. As the “Villains” chapter winds down next month, and “Fugitives” kicks off the second half of the season, frustrated viewers will be wondering which heroes will be permanently defeated, and if we will ever see some of our old favourites (ahem, Micah and Monica) again.
Speaking of frustrated people, Law & Order boss Dick Wolf didn’t mince words to Sun Media when he recently discussed the current TV season.
“Disastrous.”
NBC hopes to get better ratings as it brings back Law & Order to its lineup, which was moved up from its original early 2009 start date.
“Have I missed something? Is there a new breakout hit?,” Wolf asked rhetorically. “This is the second year in a row where nothing has gotten traction and it’s November. That’s not good for the business.”
While he chalked up the scheduling move to purely a network thing, he is glad that the show has returned, though he wishes there was more time to promote it.
“I’m glad to be back, [though] I wish we had some more promo time,” stated Wolf. “The episodes are just fine, but I wish more people knew we were coming, because it's a daunting promotional climate now.”
Law & Order’s 19th season première aired last night on CTV, but viewers who missed it can catch it on NBC tonight.
Thoughts? denette@tvguide.ca
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