AICN:
- Jeph Loeb and Jesse Alexander, who appeared to be Tim Kring's chief lieutenants in the "Heroes" writer's room, have left the show.
Both scribe-producers had been with the show since its first season and were known to have led the day-to-day production operation under the direction of creator/exec producer Tim Kring.
Loeb has known Kring since the pair worked together on the screenplay for 1987's "Teen Wolf Too." A comic book writer ("Hulk: Grey," "Spider-Man: Blue," "Daredevil: Yellow") since 1991, Loeb wrote his first teleplay for "Smallville" in 2002 and spent half a season at "Lost" before Kring brought him aboard "Heroes."
Alexander wrote on all five seasons of "Alias" and worked as executive consultant and co-executive producer on the first season of "Lost" before joining "Heroes."
From
Variety:
- "Heroes," produced by Universal Media Studios, has struggled in the ratings its third season. It's understood that Alexander and Loeb were let go because of Peacock execs' frustration with the creative direction of the show. The show is also said to have been grappling with hefty budget overruns this season, that are going well beyond its already sizable $4 million per-seg pricetag.
Wow. Jeph Loeb made something suck. Who woulda thunk it?
I didn't realize he worked for "Lost" for a while. Probably during the season no one liked.
Too bad this frees him up to ruin more comic books for DC and Marvel.
