Thought I'd look up the quote:
"Showrunners Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz told Entertainment Weekly that the network was strongly against the idea when it was pitched. Kitsis said: 'The reaction from the network executives was unanimous, You cannot do this, you've taken away any chance of this show having a happy ending'. As dudes, we were like, 'That's what's cool about it!' But then we thought if eight women were having the same reaction, maybe we should listen."
Those women were right, though.
