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Jeremy Carver To Step In As Co-Showrunner At ‘Supernatural
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Jeremy Carver To Step In As Co-Showrunner At ‘Supernatural’
Posted about 6 hours ago by Jason Bowles0
Sera Gamble, one of the showrunners on the program ‘Supernatural‘ has opted not to renew her contract and has instead chosen to focus her energy on development. Gamble has been with the CW show since its beginning, running the show for the last two seasons along with fellow showrunner Robert Singer, who will remain with the program.
Stepping into her role will be Jeremy Carver (right), of Syfy’s ‘Being Human,’ which he co-executive produced and developed along with his wife Anna Fricke. Fricke will remain at ‘Being Human’ and will run the show solo.
Carver does have a history with ‘Supernatural’ having served as a co-producer, writer and story editor during the 2009-10 season, before departing for ‘Being Human,’ which he developed along with Fricke, based on the British original series. He will maintain his “Executive Producer” credit on that show.
Previously, ‘Supernatural’ was run by its creator, Eric Kripke, who stepped down from the position in 2010, which was when Gamble and Singer took over day-to-day duties. He remains an “Executive Consultant.”
For those unsure of what all this means, a showrunner generally outranks a director. While a director crafts individual episodes of a television program, the show runner is tasked with running the overall, day-to-day aspects of a series. The showrunner is in charge of managing and guiding the entire series.
‘Being Human’ has been growing in its popularity and Carver already has a history with ‘Supernatural’, so by all accounts this should be a smooth transition. What do you all think of this staffing change?
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I have to say, I am happy. I like Gamble as a writer, but as a showrunner she has completely failed imo. She had two seasons and most likely even a third one and instead of planning a storyline which could have been well developed in three years, she just got by.
daisychain1957for the news.Jeremy Carver To Step In As Co-Showrunner At ‘Supernatural’
Posted about 6 hours ago by Jason Bowles0
Sera Gamble, one of the showrunners on the program ‘Supernatural‘ has opted not to renew her contract and has instead chosen to focus her energy on development. Gamble has been with the CW show since its beginning, running the show for the last two seasons along with fellow showrunner Robert Singer, who will remain with the program.
Stepping into her role will be Jeremy Carver (right), of Syfy’s ‘Being Human,’ which he co-executive produced and developed along with his wife Anna Fricke. Fricke will remain at ‘Being Human’ and will run the show solo.
Carver does have a history with ‘Supernatural’ having served as a co-producer, writer and story editor during the 2009-10 season, before departing for ‘Being Human,’ which he developed along with Fricke, based on the British original series. He will maintain his “Executive Producer” credit on that show.
Previously, ‘Supernatural’ was run by its creator, Eric Kripke, who stepped down from the position in 2010, which was when Gamble and Singer took over day-to-day duties. He remains an “Executive Consultant.”
For those unsure of what all this means, a showrunner generally outranks a director. While a director crafts individual episodes of a television program, the show runner is tasked with running the overall, day-to-day aspects of a series. The showrunner is in charge of managing and guiding the entire series.
‘Being Human’ has been growing in its popularity and Carver already has a history with ‘Supernatural’, so by all accounts this should be a smooth transition. What do you all think of this staffing change?
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I have to say, I am happy. I like Gamble as a writer, but as a showrunner she has completely failed imo. She had two seasons and most likely even a third one and instead of planning a storyline which could have been well developed in three years, she just got by.
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So, yeah, I admit I'll never not want to see a real Dean story that's actually about Dean and not about what Dean can do for others; and one that finally sees genuine payoff at the end.
Yes. I mean, this is my biggest gripe about Dean's storlylines these two season. As much as I have enjoyed his character and how he's been written - and I know that I'm in the minority as Dean girl :( - I would ahve loved for Dean to have stories that were about Dean and not just about other characters. I've learned to think of those as plot movers, though, but it's been just because I was following his story and liking it.
I agree with you that the show can be injected with a new, and fresh attitude. Maybe stop with the circular storytelling that's dominated these two seasons too much. I know that after a while even I was getting bored with it. And yes, Carver may be the right person for it exactly because he's acquired some distance. In any case, I'm not going to set my expectations high. I first want to see what he's able to do. :D
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I have enjoyed Dean's journey but I would have wanted some story about him only.
You two have worded my thoughts already, so I don't have anything to add :)