Upcoming NBC drama series Crisis has gone on an unplanned hiatus. The eight-day (one episode cycle) break started on Friday night after production was wrapped on the fifth episode after the pilot. Insiders describe the reasons for the stoppage as “course correction,” with writers using the time to tweak storylines and work on scripts. There also will be some reshoots done on completed episodes. Along with the pilot for The Blacklist, Crisis, a hostage/political thriller drama starring Gillian Anderson and Dermot Mulroney, tested through the roof in the spring, with the two considered NBC’s strongest drama pilots of last season. There has been concern recently that subsequent episodes were veering from the direction (and promise) of the pilot, which led to the decision to take a break and try to fix that. Additionally, I hear Crisis producer 20th TV is in the process of bringing in senior level writers to support creator Rand Ravich who tends to work with smaller writing staffs, something that proved hard for a complex, serialized drama with multiple storylines like Crisis.
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This is the same thing that happened with Us & Them. Now soon we'll hear that the show has been cancelled.
ReplyDeleteI hope it's not cancelled! Hopefully the course will be corrected and the show will be fine.
ReplyDeleteBetter they do it now,especially since they were going in the wrong direction.
ReplyDeleteI am undecided about this show but honestly, I doubt it makes any difference if they really throw it to the Sunday wolves, I would be surprised if it makes it.
ReplyDeleteDo somebody know a show who survived a production stop because of course correction?
ReplyDeleteBecause of Rachel Taylor ( Charlie's Angels, 666 Park Avenue...)
ReplyDeleteWhat do you mean?
ReplyDeleteThe Newsroom comes to mind
ReplyDeleteWhile I think the show will die if thrown to Sundays, I don't think it's the same as Us & Them where FOX simply gave up on it.
ReplyDeleteI think he is saying that the show will get cancelled because of her.
ReplyDeleteAh got it. I don't really believe in those, it's more bad luck than anything. It's like Jason O'mara, who I like. I feel sorry for those guys though, it really is bad luck, nothing wrong with them.
ReplyDeleteCrisis is "one of the strongest show of NBC".
ReplyDeleteWell, the pilot was not good at all! Terrible cast (except Gillian Anderson), terrible writing... If the show survives it is a miracle. Hostages' pilot (which I did not really like either) was much better than Crisis' :/
It's like saying goodbye to Arrow cause of Summer Glau and goodbye to OUAT cause of Joanna Garcia...lol no
ReplyDeleteI hope not! I'm really looking forward to Us & Them. With the state of FOX's comedies they would be fools (which they are) if they let it alone to die
ReplyDeleteIf it tested so well why the hell didnt they give it the Tuesday post Voice slot in the fall?
ReplyDeleteUs & Them was cancelled weeks ago, but FOX plans on airing the six episodes produced.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.spoilertv.com/2013/10/us-and-them-episode-order-reduced.html
Presumably because wanting to grow Chicago Fire was a priority, especially since they are investing in its spinoff as well.
ReplyDeletePeople vastly overstate how badly FOX is doing with their comedies. They certainly make a lot of profit with them considering how young skewing they are and the insane ad rates they get. I am sure that if their comedies were doing poorly they would be replacing instead of increasing their number of hours (Surviving Jack on Thursdays, Enlisted on Fridays). The Live+SD 18-49s we see are misleading in this particular situation.
ReplyDeleteYes she have bad luck just like Matt Long ( The deep end, Gilded lillys, Lucky 7 and Private Practice )
ReplyDeleteWAIT WHAT. UGH WHY. OMG DO I NOT KNOW THIS??? WHYYY
ReplyDeleteThat's really not a good sign, next up there'll be a change in showrunners (though bringing in senior level writers to "support" the creator isn't exactly a strong show of faith). While the premise sounded interesting, I have a feeling this'll end up being the next The Event for NBC...
ReplyDeleteYou could say that Crisis is... having a crisis.
ReplyDeleteThat was too easy.
They didn't like the direction the show was heading.
ReplyDeleteI hope it doesn't get cancelled. Can't compare this one to the Blacklist because even the Blacklist might hit a wall soon.
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