Personally, I think there's a realisation that the writers hold the power in TV, which isn't apparent if you don't know that fact.
That really depends on the show. For ME shows the writer is king. That's not always the case.
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Personally, I think there's a realisation that the writers hold the power in TV, which isn't apparent if you don't know that fact.
That really depends on the show. For ME shows the writer is king. That's not always the case.
Well, in theory, it should be the case, unless the cast are also producers. In practice, I've no idea how these things work.
unless the cast are also producers
Why do you single out the cast? There can be other non-writer types who get to make serious calls.
Yeah! John is an Ass Prod now!
Ouch.
Why do you single out the cast? There can be other non-writer types who get to make serious calls.
True enough. I've no idea why I single out cast -- I suppose, just from not thinking about it enough. I suppose when I say 'power' on a show, I refer to being able to make the story suck or not suck, which should really be the writers and producers responsibility (in my head).
which should really be the writers and producers responsibility
But the producers don't have to be either writers or cast.
Sometimes they're Kazui's.
Heh
Yeah! John is an Ass Prod now!
Ouch.
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