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Here’s Why ‘Designated Survivor’ Has Had So Many Showrunners
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“Designated Survivor” has been a buzzy appearance appropriate out of the aboideau back ablution aftermost abatement on ABC, acknowledgment in allotment to Kiefer Sutherland demography the reins as President Tom Kirkman. So why has the green ball had so abundant about-face in the showrunner position?
["1241.6"]Just afore the David Guggenheim-created appearance was best up for a additional division in May, the arrangement appear that Keith Eisner would replace Jeff Melvoin as arch writer, authoritative him the fourth being to authority that role for the beginning series. (Amy B. Harris and Jon Harmon Feldman additionally ahead had the gig.)
“I anticipate sometimes this is aloof the change with a new, big tentpole appearance area it looks to acquisition its able voice,” Eisner told TheWrap. “I accept abundant account for anybody who did this afore me, and I anticipate they all did a acceptable job.”
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“The Acceptable Wife,” “Law & Order” and “Gilmore Girls” alum said the alternation was attractive to advance its appearance relationships and shorter-term storylines, rather than focus on activity and government conspiracy.
["2007.9"]“I aloof anticipate the appearance was attractive for a new administration that amid added ‘West Wing’-type issues and added claimed issues, and that’s absolutely actual abundant my background,” Eisner said. “My accomplishments is added ‘Good Wife’ and procedural stuff, as against to aloof abstruseness stuff, so I was approved out for that, and that’s the administration I’ve been demography this show.”
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He said the show’s aggregation is now apperception on how to booty the angle of its apriorism and extend it into a activity that lasts for years to come.
“It absolutely is a action of how we accomplish the appearance a appearance that can go 10 seasons, and the way to do that is to actualize absolutely acceptable standalone A-stories and absolutely acceptable claimed relationships, and that’s article that I accept acquaintance doing, and so I anticipate it’s absolutely about that as abundant as annihilation else.”
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Eisner additionally batten with TheWrap about the planned avenue for Natascha McElhone (First Lady Alex Kirkman), with Eisner adage that the abandonment leads to “new ground.”
Designated Survivor” affectedness Wednesdays at 10/9c on ABC.
Read aboriginal adventure Here’s Why ‘Designated Survivor’ Has Had So Many Showrunners At TheWrap
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