“Staffing Season Highlights: Who Got Hottest Jobs, Which Shows Attracted Most Writers”

Staffing season is pretty much wrapped up now and Deadline provides analysis on who signed up with what shows. An excerpt:

Of the new series, comedies New Girl on Fox, Two Broke Girls on CBS and Apartment 23 on ABC were sought after by writers this year. Joining New Girl creator Liz Meriwether are Joe Port and Joe Wiseman as co-executive producers as well as J.J. Philbin and Josh Malmuth. Three established comedy writer-producers will work alongside Two Broke Girls co-creator/executive producer Michael Patrick King — Greg Malins, Jhoni Marchinko and Michelle Nader, all as consulting producers. On ABC’s Apt. 23, joining EPs Nahnatchka Khan and Dave Hemingson are Casey Johnson & David Windsor (It Takes a Village) and Sally Bradford as co-executive producers.

Writers seemed split on the drama side this year. “Some gravitated toward the big-idea, big-swing shows like Once Upon a Time, The River and Pan Am, others wanted nothing to do with them, opting to go for more standard procedurals like Person of Interest, Prime Suspect and Unforgettable,” one source said. “A lot of writers are thinking about job security.” Also of note is that Josh Friedman’s Locke & Key script was a favorite among writers looking for staff jobs this season despite Fox passing on the pilot.

Of the existing shows, top comedy Modern Family was naturally a top draw. Sex and the City alumna Cindy Chupack is a high-level addition for next season as a co-executive producer, with former Daily Show EP Ben Karlin on board as consulting producer. Fellow sophomore series Glee also made news this staffing season as the high-school dramedy assembled its first writing staff under co-creators/executive producers Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan, with co-executive producer Allison Adler and consulting producer Marti Noxon among the additions. And NBC’s The Office, which is undergoing a creative transition following the departure of star Steve Carell, added several writers, Owen Ellickson as co-producer, Allison Silverman as supervising producer and Dan Greaney as consulting producer.

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