With almost one hundred questions submitted, phase one of The 10 TV Question Challenge was a huge success. Now comes the hard part — picking the top 10 questions that will be sent out to every showrunner that has a show on the air this fall. In the comments below, or via email please post the top 10 questions you’d most like to see answered (Feel free to simply post the question numbers, not the entire question!)
1. Which of your character(s) if any do you most relate to personally?
2. When making/writing a pilot, how far into the show’s run and storylines do you see into the future of the show?
3. The way it is today, less and less people every day are willing to “invest” in new shows, especially serialized ones, before the first season ended (and a second one got ordered), to avoid the pain of seeing the network took yet another good show off the air after only a few episodes. Some say this can only hurt the shows, and have them actually be taken off the air sooner, while others explains this is only a reaction to the networks’ behaviors. What is your opinion on this subject ? Do you invest in new (serialized) show as soon as they start?
4. One of the best thing when watching a show is to be surprised. Many writers try hard to surprise their audience, yet there are more and more spoilers out there every day. Sometime even released by networks themselves (Lost, TCA press tour), making it even harder not to know about them. How do you feel about this ? Are you for having the highest “secrecy” possible regarding your show, or controlling whatever comes out ? If so, do you sometimes releasing false info on purpose?
5. More and more people watch TV online, using TiVo, etc. Yet networks still rely on those old Nielsens ratings to decide whether or not a show is watched, or should be taken off the air as fast as possible (sadly). Do you fear that, despite being watched a lot and generating a many fan reactions over the Internet, your show could be in danger due to low (irrelevant) ratings?