Entertainment News
2006-08-16
Greg Berlanti
lends a hand to Brothers & Sisters
The writers on
ABC–Touchstone TV's upcoming drama Brothers &
Sisters are getting help from w
The writers on
ABC–Touchstone TV's upcoming drama Brothers &
Sisters are getting help from within the
Touchstone family. Studio-based Everwood creator Greg
Berlanti has been spending a lot of time in the
Brothers & Sisters writers' room,
lending a hand with the show after the departure of
executive producer–show runner Marti Noxon last week.
There is no
formal deal in place for Berlanti's services on the series,
a soap about adult siblings, but he is said to be
getting along great with the writers and producers on
the show.
"Everybody is
thrilled about this collaboration," a Touchstone TV
spokeswoman said.
While Touchstone
TV officially is still weighing its options on a
replacement for Noxon, Berlanti is considered a great fit,
given his experience running his critically praised WB
Network family drama Everwood for four seasons.
Berlanti knows a
thing or two about sibling rivalry too. He cocreated and
executive-produced WB's critically praised drama series
Jack & Bobby, which centered on two teen brothers, one of
them destined to become president of the United
States.
Brothers & Sisters, which stars Calista Flockhart, Rachel
Griffiths, and Sally Field, remained in production
after Noxon exited the show Tuesday after weeks of rumblings
about friction between her and series
creator–executive producer Jon Robin Baitz.
The series is
slated for the Sunday 10 p.m. slot, following Desperate
Housewives. (Reuters)
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