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| | Zap2it - TV news - 'Coupling' Creators Slam Zucker Comments |
 | | In particular reference to "Coupling," which was yanked off NBC's Thursday-night schedule before November sweeps, Zucker said, "We didn't develop the characters well enough. |
 | | I was barred, by NBC, from attending the taping of the second pilot, as was Sue [his wife, and 'Coupling' producer, Sue Vertue], and we were told, quite firmly, to take a creative 'back seat' thereafter. |
 | | Vertue, who received an Order of the British Empire for her television work, has a theory why "Coupling," despite its success in the U.K. and other countries, didn't translate. |
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