it's part of a master plan by j.j. abrams"mission impossible iii," super 8 and "star trek" into darkness. the time he was working on armageddon got abrams thinking about a book after this at l.a.x. >> it said whoever finds it, please read it and leave it for someone else to find it. it was this notion of a communication between two people. there was something about that that felt like it was the sea of something potentially exciting. >> you're watching -- >> reporter: the best seed of an idea that haunted abrams for more than a decade. all the while he was busy becoming one of the most prolific filmmakers in hollywood. in 2009 he met doug dorst. abrams laid out his tale and dorst brought it to life. a three-time "jeopardy!" champion went to work taking a novel approach to the story. it's a book within a book. a harrowing tale two students try to decipher while communicating in the margins. but then you, the reader become sucked in as mysterious postcards and notes tucked in between the pages actually fall into your hand. he c

tonight a conversation with j.j. abrams. he is one of the most are living writers today whose work can be seen in tv series such as "revolution" and "person of interest." he is about to take over "star wars." he has found the time to complete and interactive novel. we are glad you joined us. a contribution by author jj abrams coming up right now. jja conversation with author abrams coming up now. ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ >> jj abrams has conquered television with a string of series and the upcoming "almost human." has just taken over "star wars" from george lucas. somehow he found the time to complete and interactive novel. it is being described as an interactive puzzle between two readers sending messages in the text. let's take a look. >> he arrived knowing nothing of himself. who is he? know, because what begins at a water shell and there, and what and there shall once more began -- shall and there shallhat ends began. this is what happens when men reborn. jjt -- ta

and with the creative geniuses behind it like j.j. abramsp with cases that you've never seen on any other cop show before. >> jimmy: we love j.j. abrams. >> yeah. >> jimmy: i love that guy. [ cheers and applause ] he's doing it. he always puts 100% into everything he does. i'm psyched up for this. we wanna show everyone a clip of your show here. this is our pal minka kelly in her new show, "almost human" premiering sunday, november 17th. look at this. >> he looks weak to me. >> richard. i know this won't be easy for you. don't be a prick. >> the department handles affairs just fine with us. >> what's your problem with kennex? >> don't ask to hear the story. you'll die of boredom. exposure to severe envy. >> there's nothing but envy in him. kennex oversaw that raid. controlled all the intel, got his team ambushed. everyone except the one man responsible, kennex was killed. should have been discharged. >> richard. >> he won't last. you just watch. ♪ >> jimmy: yeah! there we go! [ cheers and applause ] our thanks to minka kelly, "almost human"

tonight a conversation with j.j. abrams. he is one of the most are living writers today whose work can be seen in tv series such as "revolution" and "person of interest." he is about to take over "star wars." he has found the time to complete and interactive novel. we are glad you joined us. a contribution by author jj abrams coming up right now. jja conversation with author abrams coming up now. ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ >> jj abrams has conquered television with a string of series and the upcoming "almost human." has just taken over "star wars" from george lucas. somehow he found the time to complete and interactive novel. it is being described as an interactive puzzle between two readers sending messages in the text. let's take a look. >> he arrived knowing nothing of himself. who is he? know, because what begins at a water shell and there, and what and there shall once more began -- shall and there shallhat ends began. this is what happens when men reborn. jjt -- ta

. >>> and movie producer j.j. abrams tells us about his new project. a novel called "s."morning news." thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. and i'm frank mallicoat. time is 4-- here's meteorologist lawrence with check of weather. passengers planning a quick trip to utah ...instead spen entire day aboard a flight hell. ...instead spent an entire y aboard a flight from hell. allegiant flight 1032 was scheduled to depart oaklandt 9:30 yesterday morning. but there was a problem with the plane, and a replacement was called in. but its 3:30 departure was canceled because the plane s overheated. another plane was due to lee at 6:30 ... but it also had problems. they finally got off the gr at 8:48 last night, and mad to provo.... full of angry passengers who sent us video statements. "i have been imprisoned by allegiant airlines for overe hours and i am outraged. th airline should go out of business immediately." are you going to fly allegi no never again. i'll probab tell everyone not to fly it either. my husband says we are never flying allegiant again.

tonight a conversation with j.j. abrams.e is one of the most are living writers today whose work can be seen in tv series such as "revolution" and "person of interest." he is about to take over "star wars." he has found the time to complete and interactive novel. we are glad you joined us. a contribution by author jj abrams coming up right now. jja conversation with author abrams coming up now. ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ >> jj abrams has conquered television with a string of series and the upcoming "almost human." has just taken over "star wars" from george lucas. somehow he found the time to complete and interactive novel. it is being described as an interactive puzzle between two readers sending messages in the text. let's take a look. >> he arrived knowing nothing of himself. who is he? know, because what begins at a water shell and there, and what and there shall once more began -- shall and there shallhat ends began. this is what happens when men reborn. jjt -- tavi