[Cancelled] FlashForward - Season 1

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ABC halts 'FlashForward'

Production stopped to 'boost writing'

ABC has temporarily halted production on sci-fi drama "FlashForward."

Stoppage came last week and continues through the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Shooting will start again on Monday with episode 13.

An Alphabet spokesman says the move was built in to the schedule from the beginning of the season and was positioned early on to "boost the writing. ? They want to maintain the high quality of the show, and this gives the writers the opportunity to do so."

Series, about how the world's population deals with knowing how its future will be played out, stars Joseph Fiennes and Sonya Walger.

Ratings for the ABC Studios skein started strongly on Sept. 24, but have come down in subsequent weeks in its 8 p.m. Thursday timeslot. Opening night earned a 4.0 rating/12 share in adults 18-49, with 12.4 million viewers. Last week's episode -- the eighth of the season -- drew a 2.4/7 and 8 million viewers.

David S. Goyer, Brannon Braga, Marc Guggenheim and Jessika Borsiczky are exec producers.

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FlashForward is taking a step back.

Sources confirm to me exclusively that ABC has temporarily shut down production on the rookie drama. The move comes a month after the departure of co-showrunner, Marc Guggenheim, and less than a week after FlashForward hit a new ratings low.

An Alphabet spokesperson confirms the shutdown, but is quick to note that the show?s schedule was designed to accommodate such breaks. ?They started production early so that they could have the luxury to do this,? says the rep. ?They want to maintain the high quality of the show, and this gives the writers the opportunity to do so.?

FlashForward?s lull won?t be nearly as long as the month-long creative hiatus ABC imposed over at V. The Alphabet rep says FF ? which airs its mid-season finale on Dec. 3 ? will resume production on Monday after just a six-day break.

Source: http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/11/23/exc...own-production/

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