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With Meloni gone and Hargitay scaling back her duties by mid-season and long-time show-runner Neal Baer decamping to CBS and A Gifted Man, it's going to be a very different SVU next season, that's for sure.
Ask Matt: Is Modern Family the Best? Plus: Killing, Fringe and More! 2011
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Goodman tackled our show-runner survey to explain why Allen Gregory is worth checking out.
Watch My Show: Allen Gregory's David Goodman Answers Our Showrunner Survey 2011
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With Meloni gone and Hargitay scaling back her duties by mid-season and long-time show-runner Neal Baer decamping to CBS and A Gifted Man, it's going to be a very different SVU next season, that's for sure.
Ask Matt: Is Modern Family the Best? Plus: Killing, Fringe and More! 2011
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Sure it had cheesy special effects, bad acting, and Holly screaming all the time, but the series was actually quite fun at times and had some decent episodes penned by Science Fiction authors such as Larry Niven, and Ben Bova, and David Gerrold (who also served as the show-runner during its first season).
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And they fired Frank Darabont, the show-runner for their only real ratings hit, Walking Dead, for trying to take the time to make the show good.
Marshall Fine: A World of Bad Ideas Marshall Fine 2011
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Question: I love reading "Ask Matt" because you generally tell it like it is, and don't let show-runner politics influence your reviews/recommendations.
Ask Matt: Supernatural, USA vs. NBC, Lights Out, Nikita, Criminal Minds and More! 2011
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ABC just fired the FOURTH show-runner in as many years, and appointed one of the writers as the new man in charge.
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Sure it had cheesy special effects, bad acting, and Holly screaming all the time, but the series was actually quite fun at times and had some decent episodes penned by Science Fiction authors such as Larry Niven, and Ben Bova, and David Gerrold (who also served as the show-runner during its first season).
18 « June « 2009 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009
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Coincidentally, around the time this question came in, I had a phone conversation with a show-runner who doesn't play these social-media games because he knows you can't win with agitated fans, especially "shippers," and it's best not even to try.
Ask Matt: Supernatural, USA vs. NBC, Lights Out, Nikita, Criminal Minds and More! 2011
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Spivey tackled our show-runner survey to explain why her sitcom is worth staying Up All Night for.
Watch My Show: Up All Night's Emily Spivey Answers Our Showrunner Survey 2011
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