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TV Shows May Die, But Their Writers Live On
"As a fan of Buffy & Angel, these are writers I've wanted to work with before, and I've talked to. They were either unavailable or loving what they were doing."
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By Kate O'Hare
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) TV shows may die, but their writers live on. This thought was uppermost in J.J. Abrams' mind when he heard that The WB's vampire melodrama "Angel" had been canceled after five seasons last spring.
The creator of "Alias," who was also working on a new pilot, "Lost," at the time ("Lost" is now a solid hit for ABC on Wednesday, and "Alias" joins it there for its fourth season starting Jan. 5), saw an opportunity and put in a call to executive producer Joss Whedon, who had spun "Angel" off of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."
"You desperately try to find the best people out there to work with," Abrams says. "I felt slightly like an ambulance chaser, but when I heard that 'Angel' was sadly going down, the first thing was to call Joss to say 'My apologies,' and 'I have to be pragmatic here and ask you, what do I do?' I know he has an amazing ability to find these great writers. As a fan of those shows, these are people I've wanted to work with before, and I've talked to. They were either unavailable or loving what they were doing.
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