User blog comment:Porterfield/Joss Whedon Will Co-Write S.H.I.E.L.D. Pilot for ABC/@comment-1895174-20120901003726/@comment-1713281-20120901005214

Yeah, that would kill the show for me, but I can also see why they would make it seperate (Like Samuel L. Jackson would become a regular on a primetime national television show)