Sarah Michelle Geller left All My Children after less than three years - for much of this reason.
With you on everything else you posted in this first part, but I believe another huge reason why SMG left AMC was because of a troubled working relationship with diva, Susan Lucci. Which angers me when you consider that Sarah was only 15 at the time she started working there. This troubled past is even obliquely referenced at the Paley Reunion who makes a sarcastic aside remark to Sarah about Lucci being such a positive role model.
I've heard this complaint twice now. Please explain? Because I do see clear themes in Lynch's story. So I'm not sure what you mean?
Here's the most recent interview with Whedon where he talks about After the Fall:
Jeffrey Berman: Do you think about it in terms of seasons?
Joss Whedon: I do. I do. Season 8 will be 40 issues long; I know what Season 9 is about, it's very different from Season 8.
Jeffrey Berman: 40?
Joss Whedon: Yes . Jeffrey Berman: Wow. Same thing with "Angel"?
Joss Whedon: The "Angel" thing is different. The "Angel" thing, they just, you know, they had a good writer, Brian Lynch, who had done a thing I admired, so I said, look, I can tell you where we were going with Season 6... You can't call it Season 6, because "Buffy" actually is Season 8, I'm literally executive producing the comic book.
Jeffrey Berman: I see.
Joss Whedon: I'm going through every script, I'm going through every sketch, I'm going through... I'm doing the job. On "Angel", I'll tell you basically what we had in mind, give you some ideas, and Brian and I went back and forth on a few things, then I just said "Good luck!"
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With you on everything else you posted in this first part, but I believe another huge reason why SMG left AMC was because of a troubled working relationship with diva, Susan Lucci. Which angers me when you consider that Sarah was only 15 at the time she started working there. This troubled past is even obliquely referenced at the Paley Reunion who makes a sarcastic aside remark to Sarah about Lucci being such a positive role model.
I've heard this complaint twice now. Please explain? Because I do see clear themes in Lynch's story. So I'm not sure what you mean?
Here's the most recent interview with Whedon where he talks about After the Fall:
Jeffrey Berman: Do you think about it in terms of seasons?
Joss Whedon: I do. I do. Season 8 will be 40 issues long; I know what Season 9 is about, it's very different from Season 8.
Jeffrey Berman: 40?
Joss Whedon: Yes
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Jeffrey Berman: Wow. Same thing with "Angel"?
Joss Whedon: The "Angel" thing is different. The "Angel" thing, they just, you know, they had a good writer, Brian Lynch, who had done a thing I admired, so I said, look, I can tell you where we were going with Season 6... You can't call it Season 6, because "Buffy" actually is Season 8, I'm literally executive producing the comic book.
Jeffrey Berman: I see.
Joss Whedon: I'm going through every script, I'm going through every sketch, I'm going through... I'm doing the job. On "Angel", I'll tell you basically what we had in mind, give you some ideas, and Brian and I went back and forth on a few things, then I just said "Good luck!"
(from The Write Environment DVD)