Series Production | Where did we go wrong?

We decided to wear our pajamas to work that day…

We’d been working on a six-episode docuseries that summer (2012). After delivering three (or four?) episodes, the network/execs *upped* the series order from six to eight episodes. As a Showrunner, I was excited that the network was so clearly happy with the work. Yet, it also hit me that: ‘we need to build-up to an entirely new finale...’ I gathered up the team and told them the news. Good news: You’re killing it! Less-good: We’re gonna have to rethink the ENTIRE series arc, preferably without completely unspooling the earlier episodes.

There was some smiling/laughter, a collective wince and then a swift collective pull in the same direction. We got it done!!! So, yes, we wore our pajamas to work the day we delivered the new-finale episode; we’d put the series to rest.

Everything is better when you have an exceptional team of human beings with you in the trenches; and the team on that series was the best in every conceivable way. Love these humans still.

#Whenweallvote in 13 days in #election2020, let’s send #BidenHarris2020 to Washington with a Congressional team who will work together to get good things done.

We can do this!