Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: 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 wa-wa. 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 whakautu ki ngā kōrero mō tētahi
Ko te whakapae o te WGA, e haere tonu ana i te wa o te rangatira o AG, kaore i tino kitea.