Another burning....question

[xlivvielockex]

Okay list, I've got a little bit of a strange question for you. I know a lot of people (myself included) will watch a show because their favorite actor/actress is in it. That's how I got hooked on Greek because of Charisma's guest starring role.

My question is...does anyone else watch a show simply for the producer/writer/director/creator instead of the actors?



I know I do. I'm fiercely loyal to the producers/writers/creators that I like.

I started watching Veronica Mars, Big Shots, and Party Down because Rob Thomas did probably one of the best shows ever on television, Cupid. (Too bad the remake was SO bad)

I started watching Nip/Tuck, Pretty Handsome, and Glee because Ryan Murphy did one of my fave shows, Popular.

I got really into Buffy and Angel, Jake 2.0. and Miracles because of David Greenwalt who did Profit, the only show I have EVER campaigned for to keep on the air. (And this is probably why I still can't get into Firefly and Dollhouse (a sin, I know) because no Greenwalt)

I started watching True Blood simply because I loved Alan Ball's Six Feet Under and Cybill.

I got hooked on Grosse Pointe, Miss Match, and Sex and the City because I loved Melrose Place that Darren Star created.

Love Javier Grillo-Marxuach's The Middleman because while I was loving Greenwalt, I got addicted to Jake 2.0.

And the thing is, I'm more likely to stay with a show that I have problems with if the producer/writer/creator is involved with it. If an actor I like is in a show, like for instance, Bones or Smallville, but I don't like the premise and/or other actors, I can't watch it. But if a creator does a show, even if I can't stand the lead actors (True Blood) I will still watch it and get into it. (Sorry Anna Paquin!)

And every TV season, I check listings to see if my favorite creators have new shows coming out. And more often than not, I get hooked on those shows too.

So I'm just wondering, fandom friends, am the odd man out because I'd rather watch a show because a creator I like is making it than an actor I like being in it?

Comments

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

I should. The weird thing is, I do it all the time with movies but less so with TV. Sure, I've watched everything Whedon has done, and I watched Drive (what little of it we got) much more for Minear's sake than for Fillion's.

But... for instance, I love West Wing but have never even tried Sports Night or Studio 60. My love for The Shield won't get me to watch Women's Murder Club or Lie To Me. And I'm a slobbering Simpsons fanboy who never once found anything interesting in Futurama.

It's weird. It behooves pondering.

Incidentally, I'm just wrapping up a re-watch of The Middleman on my brand-spanking new DVDs. Works even better the second time around, but would it have killed them to include the script for the last unfilmed episode? Or a Spaced-style subtitle track listing the pop culture references as they come up?

[xlivvielockex.livejournal.com]

Don't get me started on The Middleman because it will just make me so upset. It should have never been on ABC FAMILY to begin with. It was a show that should have been picked up by FX or Comedy Central either. Better than that Krog Mandoon or whatever it was called.

And you don't like Futurama? I had no idea! I would have pegged you for sure as liking it because as you said, Simpsons Fanboy.

With movies, I am ALL about the directors. I have directors that I love, that I have all of their movies, even the bad ones. Some directors can just create such lush and inviting cinescapes that I have to get the movie. Even if the plot sucks, I can pick up on the sublties (Like Eyes Wide Shut comes instantly to mind)