{"id":10476,"date":"2010-06-08T17:56:07","date_gmt":"2010-06-08T16:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=10476"},"modified":"2010-06-08T17:56:07","modified_gmt":"2010-06-08T16:56:07","slug":"v-break-was-planned-says-producer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/v-break-was-planned-says-producer\/","title":{"rendered":"V break was planned, says producer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-10477\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 10px;\" title=\"V9999\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/V9999-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"V9999\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/V9999-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/V9999.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Words: Sarah Lucy May, James Rundle<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Scott Rosenbaum has said that V\u2019s unconventional airing schedule is intentional on the part of the production. Speaking to SciFiNow, the show\u2019s executive producer was quick to rebuff suggestions that its \u2018block programming\u2019 strategy of airing four episodes at a time was forced upon it by the network.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of people don\u2019t know this but the way the show had this hiatus going off the air was actually something that was done purposely,\u201d said Rosenbaum. \u201cThe idea was that in the fall it is very crowded. You have all these new shows coming, and how do you\u2026 make it stand out for the rest of the bunch as being special? And so the idea was in the first season to do three different chapters. Do four at a time\u2026 and then it would be sort of this event programming, which is a throwback of what they used to do in the Eighties with the miniseries.\u201d<br \/>\nThe proof of whether this actually works or not will be seen when the figures are in from the show\u2019s recent return, although the first episode seems to have had a mild decrease. V initially scored high ratings, placing it as one of the most successful new shows of the year alongside its network sister show, FlashForward. As the weeks went on, however, its audience number dropped and seemed to plateau for the fourth episode. Whether the long break in between short bursts of airing will keep rejuvenating the series is anyone\u2019s guess. Despite the intent of the programming strategy, however, Rosenbaum does envisage the show returning to a more traditional format once it\u2019s established. \u201cThe plan is for it to be a TV show that probably does the 22-episode season that most shows do,\u201d he admitted. \u201cI think ultimately that was just a design to launch the show, but long term, you know, the plan is to run like a regular series.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>V airs on ABC in the United States, and Syfy in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Network didn&#8217;t force the show&#8217;s odd scheduling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":10477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"MSN_Categories":"Uncategorized","MSN_Publish_Option":false,"MSN_Is_Local_News":false,"MSN_Is_AIAC_Included":"Empty","MSN_Location":"[]","MSN_Add_Feature_Img_On_Top_Of_Post":false,"MSN_Has_Custom_Author":false,"MSN_Custom_Author":"","MSN_Has_Custom_Canonical_Url":false,"MSN_Custom_Canonical_Url":""},"categories":[140,3],"tags":[1491,693],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/V9999.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10476"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}