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A major development to report from the set of NBC's Heroes: EW.com has learned that co-executive producers Jeph Loeb and Jesse Alexander, two of the show's most instrumental writer/producers, are leaving the three-year-old series. Their departure comes at a watershed moment for Heroes, which has taken a serious hit in the ratings amid complaints by critics and fans alike that the show has lost its zeitgeist-tapping appeal. The drama is averaging 9 million-plus viewers this season, down from last year's 11.6 million average.

Loeb and Alexander are celebrities in their own right among the fanboys. Loeb is an author of many comic books, including Batman, The Hulk, and Superman For All Seasons, which inspired the creation of Smallville. Loeb joined the then-WB drama in its second season. Alexander was previously a co-exeutive producer on Lost and Alias. It's unclear whether Heroes creator/executive producer Tim Kring will replace the two writer/producers.

http://spoilertv-heroes.blogspot.com/2008/...leave-show.html

'Heroes' duo get the ax
Alexander, Loeb fired in shakeup
By CYNTHIA LITTLETON

Big shakeup on the staff of NBC's "Heroes" came down on Sunday with the axing of co-exec producers Jesse Alexander and Jeph Loeb.

Both scribe-producers had been with the show since its first season and were known to have led the day-to-day production operation under the direction of creator/exec producer Tim Kring.

"Heroes," produced by Universal Media Studios, has struggled in the ratings its third season. It's understood that Alexander and Loeb were let go because of Peacock execs' frustration with the creative direction of the show. The show is also said to have been grappling with hefty budget overruns this season, that are going well beyond its already sizable $4 million per-seg pricetag.

Reps for NBC and UMS declined comment.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR111799515...yid=14&cs=1




jesse alexander wrote on his blog:

AT HEROES NO MORE!
I write this with a heavy heart. As of today I am no longer a writer/producer on HEROES. I could not be prouder of all the work I did on the show and wish all my Heroic Scribbler pals the very best. I will certainly continue to blog at GLOBAL COUCH.

http://globalcouch.blogspot.com/2008/11/at...es-no-more.html

he wrote Eris Quod Sum, one of the best episode so far...

Wow. Just WOW. That's the only word my mouth is capable of producing right now. I'm in complete disbelief.

NO NO it can't be they wrote some of my fave episodes . I hope it dosen't hurt the show

http://heroesspoilers-odi.blogspot.com/2008/11/official-statements-from-alexander-and.html

As reported yesterday here and every where else, Writer/Producers Jesse Alexander and Jeph Loeb left the show for "creative differences". What some are reporting is that it means they were fired.

Here are the official statements by both writers and there is not much, but what I expected that both would say thanks and wish the cast and the rest of the writers the best.

From Loeb:

“As of today, Jesse Alexander and I have left Heroes. I’m incredibly proud to have been a big part of the success a show with eight Emmy nods and a win this year for NBC.com. I will miss the superb cast and writing staff and wish everyone the best.”

From Alexander:

"I write this with a heavy heart. As of today I am no longer a writer/producer on HEROES. I could not be prouder of all the work I did on the show and wish all my Heroic Scribbler pals the very best. I will certainly continue to blog at GLOBAL COUCH."

Once again I am not sure if this is the move the show needed right now because Alexander and Loeb were the creative minds connected to the comic book world. I personally felt the show was making a positive move in the story. Unfortunately it always comes down to ratings and money and perhaps now fans realize that these two things can not be ignored.

So what do you all think a day later...!? Still feel the same?? Better or worse??

Either this will relieve the problem of too many cooks in the kitchen, or this will explode in all the wrong ways and Heroes will live on is syndication and DVD sales.

I'm hoping fort he best, as always.

Kind of hard to tell until Fugitives. Usually, this stuff is done in reaction to fan/critical complaints...so, basically, the network determined they generated the unpopular storylines, thus not firing all of them. Whether or not that was case, who knows?

My fav eps are across the board, writer-wise. Loved a lot of S1, and they only wrote four of them combined. Homecoming and Company Man were excellent, imo, and both were written by someone else.