 Killen conceived of the idea for the Brittens after creating and developing Lone Star for the Fox network . NBC had encouraged Killen to conceive a concept for a future television series after Lone Star 's cancellation . Within a few weeks , Killen sent a rough draft of the script to his agent Marc Korman . " It was 1 or 2 o 'clock in the morning , and I remember I was so freaked out by the script that I went upstairs to our guest bedroom where my wife was sick with the flu and I got into bed with her , " recalled Korman . " I called Jen and said : ' I 'm telling you , this script is remarkable . I 've never read a pilot like this , and for a guy who has never written a procedural show in his life , he 's actually making two cases work " . Initially , Salke and Korman looked to sell acquisition rights to Fox . 
