Well that didn't take long. ------------------------------------------ This just in: Bryan Fuller exits Heroes Jun 22, 2009, 04:50 PM | by Michael Ausiello
Just as Heroes was gaining some creative momentum comes word of another setback: Bryan Fuller has vacated his post as consulting producer.
The acclaimed Pushing Daisies auteur tells me that he left to focus on developing new projects for NBC, and not (as some have speculated) due to creative differences with series creator Tim Kring.
"I'm crafting two pilots right now and it's a lot of work," admits Fuller, who has an overall deal with NBC. "It was just too hard to [juggle] Heroes and my development; something had to give."
Fuller's exit was first reported by Herc at Ain't It Cool News.
Fuller returned to Heroes last December, shortly after ABC dropped the ax on Daisies. Many (yours truly included) credited him with the show's end-of-season creative rebirth.
Reaction to Fuller's exit? Are you as bummed as I am? Sound off below!
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Just as well. The man behind "Wonderfalls" and "Pushing Daisies" working at "Heroes" is kind of like Leonardo Da Vinci making episodes of "SpongeBob Squarepants."
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I don't watch the show, but I've been told that the last season really went off the tracks for a good long while. Sorry to hear that one of the men behind the realigning is leaving, but he has obligations beyond a show that comes-and-goes creatively.
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Originally posted by Bazookka Joe: Well that didn't take long. ------------------------------------------ This just in: Bryan Fuller exits Heroes Jun 22, 2009, 04:50 PM | by Michael Ausiello
Just as Heroes was gaining some creative momentum comes word of another setback: Bryan Fuller has vacated his post as consulting producer.
Huh? When did Heroes gain some creative momentum? Fuller's first episode back was OK but every episode after that was simply awful. The season ended with the show bankrupt creatively and the ratings seem to back up that lack of creativity.
Good for Fuller for getting out while he can.
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Yeah, good for him. He wrote the best episode of season 3, but the show went back to being sh*t right after that. The season finale is one of the worst episodes of television I've ever seen.
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I'm in Washington,DC right now and I think it's time for the fork to be pulled out. Unless this has a Lazarus-esque resurrection from the creative brain-dead, this WILL be Heroes' last season. And now I'm not so bummed that K-Bell won't be dragged down with it.
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Its funny the Heroes has a best drama series nomination, but Battlestar Galatica, The Wire, and The Shield shows that are much better don't even have one. I caught the first season on DVD and it was pretty entertaing. I will try to watch the second season soon. Five Years Later and Company Man were the highlights of the first season.
