If you're the showrunner of an ABC drama, now might be a great time to peer outside your window and make sure that the network hasn't painted over your parking space. Just one week ago, ABC terminated FlashForward EP Marc Guggenheim for turning what ought to be an exciting sci-fi drama into a turgid holding pattern. Now, the network's canned Brothers & Sisters showrunners Monica Breen and Alison Schapker (though, to be fair, the top creative spot on Brothers & Sisters comes with its very own ejector seat, as previous showrunner Jon Robin Baitz knows all too well). Who's taking over?
That'd be Brothers & Sisters scribe David Marshall Grant, who you might know better as an actor (not only did he play Anne Hathaway's father in The Devil Wears Prada, but he also played one half of Thirtysomething's famously controversial gay couple). Can he master the show's patented mix of long-lost siblings, Sally Field monologues, and overbearing, wacky music cues? We'll soon see!