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

[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)