AGENTS OF SHIELD Producers and Cast on the Split Season, Complex Ward

AGENTS OF SHIELD suffered from inconsistent airing patterns during its first season, but that won’t be an issue in season 2.

“There is, basically, going to be our fall/winter season, and then we’re going to take a break and do a little show called AGENT CARTER…and then we’re going to be back,” AGENTS OF SHIELD/AGENT CARTER executive producer Jeph Loeb told reporters. “And we’ll be back and run [the rest of the season] all the way through. The idea is to give you as much Marvel as we can at 9 PM on Tuesday nights on ABC. If you do the math, there’s 22 SHIELDs, there’s 8 CARTERs, and so that’s 30 hours at that time…I think what you’ll see, is that by the time we get to, let’s call it ‘winter break,’ a lot of the stories we’ve picked up will be resolved in a new, wonderful way. But that doesn’t mean it won’t have new things that are surprising.”

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MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.: Jeph Loeb on Maintaining Cohesiveness in the Marvel Universe

First year shows often go through their bumps as they figure out what road they want to take to tell their story, but MARVEL’S  AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. had its own unique challenges: two Marvel movies (THOR 2 and CAPTAIN AMERICA 2) were released during the show’s freshman series, and both films had implications — both big and small — for the story the show was able to tell.

Before the S.H.I.E.L.D. PaleyFest panel, I spoke with Marvel Entertainment’s Executive Vice President, Head of Television/S.H.I.E.L.D. executive producer, Jeph Loeb about the tricky part of balancing it all…

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PaleyFest 2014: MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. Panel Photos

ABC’s new drama, MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D., was honored on Sunday in Hollywood as a part of PaleyFest. To celebrate the occasion, series stars Clark Gregg, Elizabeth Henstridge, Iain De Caestecker, Chloe Bennet, Ming-Na Wen, and Brett Dalton, as well as executive producers  Jed Whedon, Jeph Loeb, Maurissa Tancharoen, and Jeffrey Bell gathered for a panel. (And moderated by Felicia Day.)

Check out some photos from the event!