You may have read a piece by Lynette Rice over at EW.com today concerning further production alterations to ABC's Vancouver-shot series V. The story has been run by other outlets, too, several interpreting things in a slightly different way.

This evening, we have a little more info to add to the mix.

But first, here's what Lynette at EW had to said:

An ABC spokeswoman confirmed exclusively to EW that V, the network’s much anticipated reboot of the old NBC miniseries, will air for a limited, four-episode run in November and then return to the schedule after the Olympics in March. News of the show’s unique rollout comes amid rampant speculation that the Warner Bros. TV drama was undergoing a serious overhaul after news broke that it would halt production for a two-week hiatus. Now, an insider confirms, the hiatus will extend for another four weeks to prepare for the show’s previously announced Nov. 3 debut. An ABC spokeswoman says it was always the network’s intent to the run the science fiction drama in "pod" form to treat it more like event programming.

The irony in all of this is that CinemaSpy was contacted by a Vancouver industry insider early Friday morning before the EW story broke, who told us something similar, but with some key differences.

Yes, the show has been on hiatus, and yes the show will remain on hiatus for a while yet—allegedly a lot longer than the four weeks reported by EW, however.

According to our source, only three episodes have been filmed thus far, and ABC hasn't been satisfied with subsequent scripts. We're told that the creative reworking which was being supervised by creator/exec producer Scott Peters during the last few weeks of hiatus didn't help matters. Our source tells us that the next episode will lens in October and that production will then shut down until January...which would mean 10 weeks or more of production suspension. If you know anything at all about television production, that's a potentially costly, disruptive proposition for a network, since studio space is expensive to rent and crews can move on to other projects.

Anxious to learn more about this, CinemaSpy contacted the publicity department at Warner Bros. Television—who produce V for ABC. While their representative wouldn't comment about the purported script dissatisfaction issue on the part of the network, they did confirm everything in the EW article.

Interestingly, the Warner Bros. rep also added, "we just want the show to be really great ... we're taking the time and making sure it's amazing."

Meanwhile, an ABC representative told CinemaSpy today that the network remains committed to V, and had always intended to air the show in "pods," deliberately positioning the program as "event television." The rep cited a statement apparently made by ABC Entertainment President Stephen McPherson at this year's upfronts that V would air in non-traditional installments.

Asked if the series has been experiencing any creative or script difficulties, however, and the answer was simply "no comment." Infer from that what you will.

And what did our Vancouver source have to say about Warner Bros. and ABC's explanation about airing V in "pods"? "Sounds like a lot of spin to me," he told us, "'cause if this is the way they planned it all along they never told the Vancouver crew, believe me."

He also asserted that just because the network might have intended to air the show in chunks, there would be no good reason to film it in chunks; a far more costly process than shooting continuously for the reasons we laid out earlier.

Both Warner Bros. and ABC reiterated to us that four episodes will air beginning November 3, with a standing 13 episode order for the series' run.

Whatever's happening over at V, we hope it all sorts itself out. The pilot was impressive, and the series deserves a chance to shine on its own merits; seen as more than a remake of an '80s miniseries. Like many of you, we're looking forward to what Scott Peters and Co. have in store for us, and our fingers are crossed that we'll get to see it play out in its entirety.