Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I muri i nga korerorero me MGM, i whakapumautia e NBC i Akuhata 2007 ka whakaputaina he whakaoranga e Reveille Productions me MGM Television mo te timatanga o te waa. I muri tata mai, ka panuitia e NBC he karanga mo te mahi i runga i tana paetukutuku. Ko te panui tuatahi mo te whakaoranga i tukuna i te wa o te Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade i te Noema 22, 2007. Ahakoa e whakapono ana ētahi kaitohutohu i whakaarahia te whakaaturanga hei urupare ki ngā kōrero mō tētahi pakanga WGA e tū mai ana
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