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Jane Espenson, the former showrunner of Caprica who joined late into the first half of the debut season at the top and abdicated yesterday in favour of ex-Reaper chief Kevin Murphy, has explained her reasoning behind the move.
Speaking to io9, Espenson clarified that she would be stepping down as a showrunner, but would remain an executive producer on the show. Murphy had been hired as a co-producer in October, and promoted to executive producer recently. “Running the room was very intensive and took a lot of time away from actually writing this amazing ambitious show,” the writer explained. “I missed the writing more than I expected and this was my decision to concentrate on that as we put together the big end of season one.”
Originally a writer on Caprica, Espenson was promoted to showrunner around the fourth episode. Her previous writing credits include Battlestar Galactica, Firefly, Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Angel.
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Glad to see Jane Espenson on board – her writing on Galactica, Firefly, Buffy and Angel has been excellent, and I have high hopes for Caprica to do just as well as these shows, if not better. Any news on a UK premiere date for this show yet? Can’t wait!