I’ve learned that Naren Shankar is leaving Fox‘s new drama series Almost Human, where he served as executive producer/co-showrunner alongside creator/executive producer/showrunner J.H. Wyman. Almost Human, from Warner Bros. TV and J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot, is described as an action-packed police drama set 35 years in the future, when cops are partnered with highly evolved human-like androids. Shankar joined Almost Human after the upfronts.
Source: Deadline
Source: Deadline
Another one after "Believe"...What's going on with these producers/ showrunners?
ReplyDeleteLosing a showrunner mid-stream and pre-air is never a good thing for any show, but with a series having a complex narrative like most Bad Robot shows have... This is a VERY bad sign.
ReplyDeleteThis is like the 3rd or 4th show this has happened to. I don't get it. I think this is starting to be a norm this year. Wyman's still in it at least.
ReplyDeleteWell apparetnly Shankar wasn't part of the show till upfronts, so creatively I'm not worried. But there is something about consistency and stability of the show that worries me
ReplyDeleteI don't know, but it's crazy that it happen for two Bad Robot shows in a row! I'm wondering if they are just bringing people on to help with setting up the series or if there is a real problem here....let's hope we don't loose main cast members too!
ReplyDeleteYou're right, they're just like consultants :) As you mentioned, the next step will be the loss of main cast members :)
ReplyDeleteI don't agree. In this case, I think this means little to nothing. Shankar was brought on by the show after the upfronts, seemingly for his experience in procedural television. If the amount of them on TV is any indication, the learning curve for pacing a procedural cop show isn't very steep. I'd say Shankar just isn't needed, which I believe mirrors the circumstance to which Echevarria left CBS' Intelligence.
ReplyDeleteI personally don't find this troubling. All it means to me is that the show doesn't need a procedural co-showrunner, hinting at a more serialized turn of events in the mid first season like Fringe had. I find this compelling, and possibly even good news.
ReplyDeleteNaren is very good at what he does and is sorely missed at CBS and CSI. His lack of presence is felt there and I hope he returns
ReplyDeleteNever a good sign but not as troublesome since he came on after upfronts. Falling under the Bad Robot umbrella does not mean anything to me one way or another but the premise is interesting. I foresee its biggest potential problem being getting lost in a tide swell of genre shows this year. I can't remember a year when there have ever been so many new genre shows, which will likely split their audience.
ReplyDeleteNot the best news possible... we'll see I guess....
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