Copyright 2008 Randy Holmes / ABC

ET: After the ratings struggle you experienced on "What About Brian," was it comforting to go on the writers strike-enforced hiatus knowing your show would be back?

BARRY WATSON: You get nine episodes in and everything starts clicking with the writers and the actors. Everybody is starting to feel real comfortable and knows what they need to bring to the show. Then it's: "Go home and, hopefully, we will be back in a month." Four and a half months later ... it was frustrating. You want to keep the momentum going that you had at the end.

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Copyright 2006 Bob Damico/ ABC / ABC

When ABC gave the green light to a second season of "What About Brian," it came as a surprise to a lot of folks, including J.J. ABRAMS, one of the series' executive producers.

"When it got picked up, I have to admit I was a little surprised," J.J. confesses. "ABC just brought the show back because they liked it. The female contingent embraced the characters and storylines, so I am grateful to ABC that they brought it back. I think their expectations are realistic. They don't expect it to beat everything. I think they are simply looking for it to do better than it did last year."

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