Major shakeup on the staff of NBC’s “Heroes” came down on Sunday with the firing of co-exec producers Jeph Loeb and Jesse Alexander.
Both scribe-producers had been with the show since its first season and have led the day-to-day production operation under the direction of Tim Kring.
It’s rumored that Alexander and Loeb were let go because of NBC execs’ frustration with the creative direction of the show. The show is said to have been grappling with hefty budget overruns this season, that are going well beyond its already sizable $4 million per-episode budget.
Sunday evening, CBR News spoke exclusively with Loeb who said, “As of today, Jesse Alexander and I have left ‘Heroes.’ I’m incredibly proud to have been a big part of the success a show with eight Emmy nods and a win this year for NBC.com. I will miss the superb cast and writing staff and wish everyone the best.”
Loeb has completed writing/producing the fall finale, the last episode of the “Villains” chapter titled “War.”
Heroes Fan- youre so right. i loved adam. i wish he wouldv stuck around and i had the coolest twist idea, what if adam was actually lindermans father? but oh well.. we wont see that. and maury was “the nightmare man” and a big connection between season one and two but again… oh well. i think the writers just thought everyone was so unhappy with season 2, they tried to cover it up quickly, whcih was also a bad idea. remember sylars “bad tacho” line in the premire. i think the writters are losing sense of what they created. suresh represented that quality in the show. and now old questions are being forgotten and it feels like the writters are “expirimenting” with the show. did you notice that opening sequence in the last episode- villians? like holy shit- what a stuped idea. AND I LOVED JEPH LOEB! CRAP! tim kring if youre out there– please make this shit right. YOURE FUCKING UP MAN! COMON! i love this show but somebodys gotta go talk to kring, rough him up a lil, and lead us in the right direction. by the way, doea “fugatives” sound like a dumb volume name to you too?