HEROES WRITERS/PRODUCERS FIRED!!
Big shakeup on the staff of NBC’s “Heroes” came down on Sunday with the axing of co-exec producers Jesse Alexander and Jeph Loeb.
Both scribe-producers had been with the show since its first season and were known to have led the day-to-day production operation under the direction of creator/exec producer Tim Kring.
“Heroes,” produced by Universal Media Studios, has struggled in the ratings its third season. It’s understood that Alexander and Loeb were let go because of Peacock execs’ frustration with the creative direction of the show. The show is also said to have been grappling with hefty budget overruns this season, that are going well beyond its already sizable $4 million per-seg pricetag.
Reps for NBC and UMS declined comment.
Hopefully this means that Heroes will get better. It has been TERRIBLE this season!
November 6th, 2008 at 9:35 am
Thank God. This year has been confusing and disappointing. As an avid Heroes fan the first season, I struggled through the strike-shortened season. The writers got rid of too many of the old Heroes whom we began to enjoy and intriduced all of these other violent Heroes. The going back and forth, back to the future, Peter’s cahracter confusing, changing faces, Sylar bad one minute good the next, the cheerleader gone berserk, and just too much goin gon and no clear storyline. Revisit the season one and bring some normalty and excitement back to Heroes PLEASE.