Stephen McPherson
Stephen McPherson
based believe cast felt five life measure needed patience quick saw
You have to kind of measure your patience based on how you believe in the creative, and there we felt like, unfortunately, it was not going to get better. We needed to make a quick change, and we saw life in The Bachelor, which is cast better than it's been in five years.
silly week
This week is kind of a silly week,
embrace fact
We are going to embrace the fact that she's pregnant.
exactly love obviously turned
This one has been a real battle, and it's obviously not turned out exactly the way we'd like. But we love Geena, we love the show, and we wanted to give it another shot.
felt saw
Once we saw it was not launching, we felt like unfortunately it was not going to get better and we had to make a change.
deserves event wind
Alias is not going to wind down as it comes to an end, it's going to rev up, and we're going to make it the event it deserves to be.
applaud both continue creative gone great network ratings shows tremendous work
These shows are great additions to our network and continue ABC's creative and ratings momentum. I applaud all the tremendous work that has gone into making both of these series.
few last ticking
Obviously, we're disappointed in 'Commander' ticking down the last few weeks.
desperate mistake shows specific voice
Desperate is such a specific voice that I think it would be a mistake to think you can do those (kinds of) shows again.
rip shows
Desperate' and 'Lost' are not shows that you can rip off.
broadcast reach viewing
There's 41 million-plus Hispanics in the viewing market, and we're a broadcast network, so if we can reach more people, that's great.
consumer everywhere looking
It's about looking at consumer needs, looking at the consumer experience, going everywhere they are.
hard needed studio tried
Creatively, we just did not get the show where it needed to be. All of us tried really hard ? producers, network, studio ? but it just never got on track.
based creatively direction felt measure needed patience tried
Creatively we just did not get the show to where it needed to be. All of us tried really hard. I think you have to measure your patience based (on the creative direction of the show). And there we felt like, unfortunately, it was not going to get better.