Bringing Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman’s novel Good Omens to the screen was a saga far too long. Multiple attempts to make the fantasy-comedy story into a movie had failed, and it was then decided to turn it into a television show instead. No writers would take on the task, as the material was “too big and too weird,” and per one of Pratchett’s final requests before his death, Gaiman himself wrote the television show, he told panel attendees at New York Comic-Con.
Along with Gaiman at the Whoopi Goldberg-hosted panel was director Douglas Mackinnon (Doctor Who, Outlander) and cast members Michael Sheen, David Tennant, Miranda Richardson, and Jon Hamm. What resulted from this combination of people were moments of hilarity, with the occasional beat of profoundness and inspiration.
Source: Destructoid NYCC: Good Omens panel is a good omen for Good Omens