Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Brian ya ji daɗin jerin nasarorin da ba su tsayawa ba a cikin kasuwancin nishaɗi sama da shekaru ashirin, amma a shekara ta 2008, zamanin talabijin na gaskiya, kafofin watsa labaru na dijital, da gidan talabijin na tashoshi da yawa suna girma. Babban fina-finai na fina-finai ya fadi daga tagomashi saboda farashin yin su. Wani yajin aikin marubuta na 2007
ya gurgunta masana'antar fina-finai da talabijin, kasafin kuɗi don mawaƙa masu rai suna zama abin da ya gabata, kuma yalwar sabbin tashoshin kebul na nufin ƙananan kasafin kuɗi da ƙananan ƙa'idodi. Ba a sake sa ido kan Emmy ba kuma, kodayake Brian ya ci gaba da yin fim din da aka zaɓa na Emmy kamar Ric Burns 'don Kwarewar Amurka, HBO's "Joe Louis: A Hero Betrayed", da kuma "The Running Rebels of UNLV", da kuma shirin da aka ba da lambar yabo ta Academy Award 2011 "The Warrior of Quigang" ga Ruby Yang da Thomas Lennon, Brian ya yanke shawarar kada ya yi aiki sosai, har ma da yin la'akari da ritaya, yana son lokacin da ya fi dacewa da rayuwarsa ta sirri. Wannan lokacin zai kasance na 'yan shekaru ne kawai.