But the meaty three-minute tease of the second half of the season was pretty provocative, too.
For starters, there was the intimation that another global blackout event is looming.
EW: So…FlashForwardisnt coming back until March.
DAVID GOYER:Why?
The answer is simple.
To be brutally honest, our programming schedule in January was going to be awful.
Wed rather bite the bullet, come back in March, and air all 13 episodes consecutively without preemptions.
The overnight ratings for the show have steadily declined since the premiere.
The numbers dont reflect DVR usage, which is substantial forFlashForward.]
If the ratings hadnt been dropping do you think ABC would have made this move?
I dont honestly know.
… Our production schedule hasnt changed at all.
Were shooting episode 14 now; were prepping episodes 15 and 16.
Well have all our episodes written and most of them shot by the time we come back in March.
We recently reported that you had to shut down production to work on some scripts…
Which I was actually a bit bemused by, commenting on it as if it was a big deal.
We only shut down for one week.
So we swapped those out and moved episodes 15 and 16 into the 13 and 14 position.
In the process, we needed to take a week to re-prep.
I know were all as writers breathing a sigh of relief.
So, is there really going to be another global blackout event?
[SPOILER ALERT for the answer that follows!]
On one hand, I wish those could air right now.
On the other hand, theyre pretty strong episodes to be coming back to.
I can give you some teases.
And youre also going to find out pretty early on when we come back who Suspect Zero is.
Based on your Season 1 experience, do you think Season 2 will be scheduled differently?
But look: these decisions are not all on my shoulders.
Programming is a very complicated process with a lot of influences.
I wish I could say it was all me and do whatever I want.
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