I doubt they're happy. It's not their script or concept and I'm not sure their names will be attached at all to the finished product. I mean, Tim didn't even keep the names of the characters the same

The creators were fired, I doubt there happy about anything.

THE INSIDE (FOX) - Tim Minear ("Wonderfalls," "Angel") has been tapped to redevelop the midseason drama as original creators/executive producers Todd Kessler and Glenn Kessler ("Robbery Homicide Division") have exited the series. Minear will write and direct a new pilot for the project ... It's not clear however how much of the concept will be changed for the new version.

It does sound to me that by rights Tim should get a sole creator credit for this show, given that the only thing it has in common is the name (when plenty of pilots change name, or dont even have one), but I think the WGA rules would prolly mean that they get Created by Kessler & Kessler, and devloped by Tim Minear.

I think the WGA rules would prolly mean that they get Created by Kessler & Kessler, and devloped by Tim Minear.

So I just went and looked it up. The WGA rules state that you get the credit if you created the format of the series or received a "Written by" or "Story by" credit on the pilot. Neither of these really apply here to the Kesslers. At most, I think it would go to arbitration and they'd find that Tim should get sole credit.

Plus I'll get pissy if they only give him the Developed credit.

I wonder how the legalities work such that it's more straightforward to throw away 95% of a show and start afresh than it is to simply create a new show. Does it save time negotiating with the stars?

Does it save time negotiating with the stars?

I think it was Fox's way of keeping the chick. Maybe Gail Berman thinks she's hot.

I would suspect that it's primarily a way to prevent the stars from getting a gig on another network.

So, if I sign a contract for "Vineyard" when it's a murder mystery, I have no recourses if the producers turn it into an in-depth story of plastic surgery and pornography?

So, if I sign a contract for "Vineyard" when it's a murder mystery, I have no recourses if the producers turn it into an in-depth story of plastic surgery and pornography?

Nip/Tuck started out as a murder mystery?

It sounds like sort of what happened with Fear and Loathing. I can't remember how that turned out except that Gilliam made a little short in the style of a 50's newsreel about it.

Nip/Tuck started out as a murder mystery?

Plastic surgeons by day, bad plastic surgeons by night.

So, if I sign a contract for "Vineyard" when it's a murder mystery, I have no recourses if the producers turn it into an in-depth story of plastic surgery and pornography?

I guess it would depend on the wording in the contract.