The fact that they had done their homework made all the difference.
After a respectable debut last fall it averaged 12.5 million viewers ratings plummeted throughout the season.
(It didnt help that the show, likeV, went on hiatus over the winter.)
So willFlashForwardgo down as a cautionary tale about the pitfalls of planning ahead?
In the end,FlashForwarddidnt engage audiences like we hoped, he told EW earlier this month.
A huge part of rebuilding the data pipe is about taking chances.
Some shows just dont work out.
I would be wary of five-year plans, says Howard Gordon, the executive producer of24,told EW.
There is certainly a benefit to knowing generally where you are going.
Knowing where you are going is sometimes constricting because then you have to get there.
You have to have a pretty big brain to think you know where a story is going to go.
