Jason Rothenberg
Jason Rothenberg is an American television producer, writer and director, known for his work on The CW television series The 100.
This article is about the creator and screenwriter of The 100. For the American actor and singer, see Jason Raize.
Jason Rothenberg
Career[edit]
Body Politic[edit]
In 2009 The CW ordered a pilot to Jason Rothenberg and Bill Robinson's long-in-the-works drama about a group of young Washington, D.C. staffers titled Body Politic. The project was originally sold to The WB back in November 2005 by ABC Studios (then known as Touchstone Television).[1] However the show did not appear in the CW's fall schedule in early 2009 and on May 21, 2009, in an interview with Dawn Ostroff, the CW's CEO stated the show was still in consideration for midseason.[2][3] Finally, on August 4, 2009, Dawn Ostroff announced that the project was officially dead for the CW.[4]
After the CW didn't pick up the pilot, the Rothenberg and Robinson tried to promote the potential series to other networks including NBC and ABC. It was reported that NBC liked what they saw, but didn't have space for it and ABC was considering the series for midseason.[5] In the end, no one picked up the series.
Although the series was left out, critics were positive enough with the 14–20-minute pilot presentation. E! Online describe it as the "Best Pilot you may never see" and that "if the CW ever wants us to take it seriously as a trademark network of our generation, it needs to branch out from its usual routine of picking up shows geared for a younger audience. The Body Politic is a cure to that problem".[6]