“Murphy Brown” creator couldn’t imagine doing a series finale in today’s Twitter worl - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 04-16-2014, 01:18 AM

http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/04/14/mu...series-finale/

Diane English thinks it’s harder for today’s TV showrunners to stick with their gut. In 1998, when “Murphy Brown” ended, "there was no social media,” she says. "People were barely on the Internet. So I had no input from fans at all. Zero. I mean, it was really what was gonna satisfy us? What did the network want? Did we want the same thing? What about the cast? What about Candice? These were the voices, not the outside world. Now, God, I don’t know how you do a series finale when everybody’s weighing in on Twitter."
Read more at http://www.hitfix.com/tv-tattle#uUSkPsxFPchBqL4l.99

TMC · 04-24-2014, 05:22 PM

Faith Ford recently responded to me on Twitter when I sent this article to her:

Quote:

https://twitter.com/Faith_Ford/statu...44311383457792

Thanks for sharing!

04-16-2014, 01:18 AM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 126,010	“Murphy Brown” creator couldn’t imagine doing a series finale in today’s Twitter worl http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/04/14/mu...series-finale/ Diane English thinks it’s harder for today’s TV showrunners to stick with their gut. In 1998, when “Murphy Brown” ended, "there was no social media,” she says. "People were barely on the Internet. So I had no input from fans at all. Zero. I mean, it was really what was gonna satisfy us? What did the network want? Did we want the same thing? What about the cast? What about Candice? These were the voices, not the outside world. Now, God, I don’t know how you do a series finale when everybody’s weighing in on Twitter." Read more at http://www.hitfix.com/tv-tattle#uUSkPsxFPchBqL4l.99