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Season two shocks, renewal possibilities and more with the writer-producer

By Daniel Fienberg Friday, Apr 8, 2011 2:03 AM

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Regular readers know that I've been up and down on "V" over its two seasons, but a big part of why I've stuck with the show has been Scott Rosenbaum.
 
Rosenbaum came onto "V" late in the game, taking over as showrunner after the pilot and several episodes had already been produced. Before coming to "V," IMDB lists Rosenbaum's credits as "The Shield" and "Chuck." Note that I didn't write, "Rosenbaum's credits *included* 'The Shield' and 'Chuck.'" Nope. Rosenbaum produced on both shows and wrote some of their finest episodes. And those are his series credits. That's a pretty pure and admirable resume, right?
 
With "V" on the bubble at ABC, Rosenbaum joined star star Elizabeth Mitchell and guest star (and original series star) Marc Singer at San Francisco's WonderCon last weekend. In the press room afterwards, I had a long chat with Rosenbaum about the second season's shocking finale, about the contingencies around possible renewal and about whether or not I should feel guilty that I'm rooting for Morena Baccarin's Anna.
 
This is actually a really, really long interview, but I'm glad HitFix's videographer/editor/mastermind Alex Dorn left it intact, because I think that for fans of "V," this will be interesting stuff. 
 
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A long-time member of the TCA Board and a longer-time blogger of "American Idol," Dan Fienberg writes about TV, except for when he writes about movies or sometimes writes about the Red Sox. But never music. He would sound stupid talking about music.
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  • Geekfurious_avgf_3d_3_talkback_profile

    Razorback

    I see someone is having fun with After Effects. Anyway, it is interesting to hear him talk about the interference from the network. I also disagree with him about season 2's quality. There were certainly fun episodes but it didn't live up to what I expect from Scott.

    April 8, 2011 at 3:14AM EST Reply to Comment
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    Billy

    Unfortunately, I am one of those people who will stick with a show until the bitter end regardless of the quality. This is especially true for serialized shows. I have seen every episode of V and will watch again if it returns next season. For this reason I pray that V is cancelled and I am put out of my misery.

    Along with you Dan I have also started rooting for the Visitors...and it has nothing to do with what he said about humanity deserving to win, but everything to with my dislike of the characters. Tyler should have been eaten a season and a half ago.

    April 8, 2011 at 3:25AM EST Reply to Comment
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    Tausif Khan

    "Before coming to "V," IMDB lists Rosenbaum's credits as "The Shield" and "Chuck." Note that I didn't write, "Rosenbaum's credits *included* 'The Shield' and 'Chuck.'" Nope. Rosenbaum produced on both shows and wrote some of their finest episodes. And those are his series credits. That's a pretty pure and admirable resume, right?"

    I am confused by this. He wrote for The Shield and Chuck. How is IMDB wrong?

    "fans of "V,""

    I am also confused by this. Who are the fans of this iteration of V? Dan are you one of them?

    April 8, 2011 at 12:23PM EST Reply to Comment
    • Gizmo_bigger_talkback_profile

      dan Tausif - The clarification I'm making is that Rosenbaum's credits are exclusively "The Shield" and "Chuck." Most writer/producers have a slew of credits and you'd have to say "their credits *include*" and then isolate the good ones. Rosenbaum's only has two series credits, but they're damn good ones.

      And fans of the new "V" exist. I've seen evidence of them. As to whether I'm one of them, I believe my writing on the subject speaks for itself!

      -Daniel

      April 8, 2011 at 12:29PM EST



  • I didn't watch the first season because why redo it it instead of continue the original mini series.
    So when I heard Jane Badler was coming on I tuned in. what did they do with her? Lock her in a dungeon for 10 episodes and then killed her. It's not just that will keep me from not watching IF it comes back, its because of the poor storytelling and horrible one dimensional characters. This guy wrote for The Shield? Chuck? No evidence of that here. A story about combining DNA? Looking for the Soul? Oh Brother.

    The only way I would watch was if this guy was removed as show runner. The cliffhanger of killing people does not make a good show and it was hardly shocking.

    April 8, 2011 at 1:22PM EST Reply to Comment
    • Geekfurious_avgf_3d_3_talkback_profile

      Razorback No evidence whatsoever of the quality he brought to THE SHIELD and CHUCK. The episodes he wrote, for both shows, were some of the best. I truly expected him to come in and make the show awesome, or at worst mediocre. Hell, I watch the show because he was made show runner (much like I watched NOF and HUMAN TARGET due to the excellent writing talent from CHUCK moving to those shows).

      But seeing as one of the CHUCK writers returned to that show from another writing gig where his work was unnoticeable, and wrote one of the most fun episodes of the season, I guess it is what show you write for more so than that you are on the show.

      April 8, 2011 at 2:37PM EST

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