On August 10, 2007, Reznor announced that they would be taking the concept to television networks in an attempt to secure a deal: "We're about to pitch it to the network, so we're a couple of weeks away from meeting all of the main people, and we'll see what happens." Since first announcing his plans for a television series, progress slowed, reportedly due to the 2007–2008 Writer's Guild strike, but it nevertheless continued. the resultant miniseries, also named "Year Zero", was in development with HBO and BBC Worldwide Productions, with the screenplay and script written by Reznor and "Carnivàle" writer Daniel Knauf.