Mark Holtz
05-01-03, 10:38 AM
From Zap2It (http://tv.zap2it.com/news/tvnewsdaily.html?31252):
Angel Finale Offers Endings and Beginnings
Consulting producer Tim Minear wrote and directed "Home," the season finale, in which the outcome of the battle against Jasmine draws the attention of the mysterious senior partners at the evil law firm Wolfram & Hart, which makes Angel and his crew an offer they can't refuse.
"We tried to design it so that it would basically be a pilot for next season," says Minear. "It's setting up the new configuration for the show. I guess you could call it a cliffhanger. It's really not."
"There is some resolution to story threads that have been pushed throughout the season, but it really is a pilot."
The WB has expressed concerns that "Angel," while a solid ratings performer, may not be able to significantly increase its audience.
"This new permutation of the show works for that," Minear says. "It's not the only reason we've gone in this direction, but it allows it to break out of its cannibalizing soap-opera-ness a little bit. It's not quite feeding on itself. There are more opportunities to tell stand-alone stories, but to keep continuing story threads happening."
With "Buffy" ending on May 20 on UPN after seven seasons, "Angel" could conceivably be the only Whedon show on the air next year.
"We think that, just in terms of a business plan," Minear says, "it makes sense for The WB to pick us up for another year, because people from 'Buffy' fandom who maybe didn't really keep up with 'Angel,' might find that their 'Buffy'-verse fix could be sated by tuning into our show."
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Angel Finale Offers Endings and Beginnings
Consulting producer Tim Minear wrote and directed "Home," the season finale, in which the outcome of the battle against Jasmine draws the attention of the mysterious senior partners at the evil law firm Wolfram & Hart, which makes Angel and his crew an offer they can't refuse.
"We tried to design it so that it would basically be a pilot for next season," says Minear. "It's setting up the new configuration for the show. I guess you could call it a cliffhanger. It's really not."
"There is some resolution to story threads that have been pushed throughout the season, but it really is a pilot."
The WB has expressed concerns that "Angel," while a solid ratings performer, may not be able to significantly increase its audience.
"This new permutation of the show works for that," Minear says. "It's not the only reason we've gone in this direction, but it allows it to break out of its cannibalizing soap-opera-ness a little bit. It's not quite feeding on itself. There are more opportunities to tell stand-alone stories, but to keep continuing story threads happening."
With "Buffy" ending on May 20 on UPN after seven seasons, "Angel" could conceivably be the only Whedon show on the air next year.
"We think that, just in terms of a business plan," Minear says, "it makes sense for The WB to pick us up for another year, because people from 'Buffy' fandom who maybe didn't really keep up with 'Angel,' might find that their 'Buffy'-verse fix could be sated by tuning into our show."
Full Article Here (http://tv.zap2it.com/news/tvnewsdaily.html?31252)