In the last few days, there has been several important members of the SPN Family that have left The Show to move on to other projects.
Most recently, Jenny Klein tweeted about leaving The Show to work as a writer for Jessica Jones. Jenny worked on 105 episodes as an assistant, assistant to the writers, and story editor. She was the story editor on some of my favorite episodes like Fan Fiction and About a Boy.
We’ve also lost Robbie Thompson. This loss actually made me cry. Robbie wore many hats in the SPN Family; he was not only a producer and co-executive producer, but also a writer. In fact, Robbie was one of my favorite writers on The Show… of my Top Ten favorite shows, he wrote FOUR on the list. FOUR. That’s almost half of the list! He was the genius behind Baby and Fan Fiction… and The Girl With the Dungeons and Dragons Tattoo. He was the one that introduced us to Charlie (Felicia Day)! He will be sorely missed and he leaves very BIG shoes to fill.
Also leaving the show is show runner Jeremy Carver. He joined the show back in Season 3 as a writer (he was the genius who wrote the classic Mystery Spot episode). Chuck Shurley’s (God, and the writer of the Supernatural books in the show… who represents The Show creator Eric Kripke) pen name was Carver Edlund. Named after Jeremy and another writer on the show Ben Edlund. Jeremy took over as Show Runner in Season 8. He brought us out of Purgatory and helped us get over the loss of Bobby. He gave us the Mark of Cain and Deanmon…. and The Darkness. He will be moving on to head up his new project, a show called Frequency (a reboot of the movie starring Dennis Quaid) on The CW.
Stepping up to fill Carver’s shoes will be Robert Singer and Andrew Dabb. Neither are new to The Show. Singer has worked with The Show since Season 1 as a writer, director and producer. The beloved character Bobby Singer was named after him. Dabb joined the family in Season 4 as a writer and has moved up through the ranks to executive producer and now co-Show Runner.
I hate change, but I’m hoping for the best here. I’m sure that Singer and Dabb will take us on new and just as exciting adventures with The Boys as Kripke, Gamble and Carver did before them.
Very nice write up on the situation. I also hope for the best for the shows future.
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Thanks, Pam! =)
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