Stumptown Taps Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. EP as New Co-Showrunner for Season 2
There’s a new sheriff in Stumptown.
Ahead of its second season, the ABC drama has added Monica Owusu-Breen (Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Fringe) as its new co-showrunner, TVLine has confirmed.
Owusu-Breen, who will also serve as an executive producer on the show, will oversee the series with creator Jason Richman. She succeeds Matt Olmstead, who acted as co-showrunner in Season 1.
In addition to S.H.I.E.L.D. and Fringe, Owusu-Breen has also exec-produced episodes of Midnight, Texas, Lost and Alias, among other series. She also served as a writer on those titles, in addition to Revolution, Brothers & Sisters and Charmed.
Based on the graphic novel series of the same name, Stumptown stars Cobie Smulders (How I Met Your Mother) as private investigator Dex Parios, a strong and assertive veteran with a complicated love life, gambling debt and a brother to care for in Portland, Oregon. Though it’s not yet clear when Stumptown will return for Season 2, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, it’s currently on ABC’s fall/”fall” schedule, where it will air Wednesdays at 10/9c.
Owusu-Breen will participate in Stumptown‘s virtual Comic-Con @ Home panel, taking place today at 4 pm PT. She’ll be joined by Richman and fellow EPs David Bernad and Ruben Fleischer, as well as stars Smulders, Jake Johnson, Michael Ealy and graphic novel author Greg Rucka.
I’ve never heard of her, but she’s worked on some of my favorite shows. (Lost; Brothers & Sisters; Agents of SHIELD) So, I’m excited about this. I really hope Stumptown gets back to its lighter tone in Season 2. As much as I loved the whole Benny story line, it was pretty heavy. I’d love for more humor and, of course, more of the Magical Tape Deck.
Sounds like a good choice
She was the showrunner for the first season of Midnight,Texas. Wasn’t she supposed be working on the Buffy reboot? Is that dead?
Totally dead, I’m afraid.
I am shocked that Michael Ealy is coming back.
bad choice every series she worked on so far has been crap Lost and Agents
of Shield being the worst
I’m optimistic about this. I hope she steers the show away from the tired love triangle and more toward Dex and her cases. Loved the first half of the season, but I was often bored in the back half. I’m willing to give it another chance with someone new at the helm.
I gave up Stumptown halfway through season 1 when it became the Jake Johnson and Michael Ealy buddy cop show. Maybe I’ll check out another episode or 2 when it returns, to see if they’ve given Cobie Smulders her show back and laid off the sexism some.