Traditionally, people have been adapting novels and short stories forever. Now, they're doing it simultaneously, with an eye towards writing the movie before the novel has even come out or been finished. It's a function of this hyper-accelerated society we live in, where everyone is trying to short circuit the process.

Showtime has ordered a second season to premiere in Fall 2012. He is well known for his work on the Fox action series 24 and the Showtime thriller Homeland which he co-developed with Alex Gansa and Gideon Raff. Based on the Israeli series Prisoners of War It centers on a woman (Claire Danes) who works for the CIA and is convinced a recently returned American prisoner of war (Damian Lewis) has been turned by al-Qaeda.

He also produced the critically acclaimed but short lived NBC science fiction thriller Awake. He is well known for his work on the Fox action series 24 and the Showtime thriller Homeland which he co-developed with Alex Gansa and Gideon Raff. Howard Gordon (born 31 March 1961) is an American television writer and producer.