There’s a conventional wisdom that when a major show in which a network has a lot of money invested turns out to be a bit of a letdown, it’s probably going to get a second season anyway.The downside to that second season is that there will be the dreaded “creative reboot” attached, a high-profile retooling of the series meant to show both lovers and haters that the network means business, that they’re aware of the problems they’ve had along the way and are serious about improving it.Ever since its second episode, there have been a lot of people speculating that Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. will face just this situation in the fall of 2014. Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen, the husband-wife team of showrunners who took the reins from Whedon’s brother (and Avengers director) Joss, have been the subject of a lot of scrutiny this season, and if the second half of the show’s first season doesn’t get better–both in terms of reviews and in terms of ratings–nobody seriously expects that it won’t get a second season…but along the way, most also assume the showrunners may be either replaced or at a minimum, have a very serious series of conversations with both Marvel Studios and ABC.If Whedon and Tancharoen were to leave or be pushed out as part of a show overhaul, who would be our picks to take over from them? We’ve put a little thought into it…
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