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On the heels of Fox’s cancellation of freshman series The Big Leap on Friday, members of the cast including Scott Foley and Ser’Darius Blain are sharing their reactions to the news. “Thanks to all who watched and believed in #thebigleap,” Foley, who portrayed Nick Blackburn, captioned an Instagram video. “I love this…

Fox has opted not to proceed with a second season of The Big Leap. The ballet drama-comedy, starring Scott Foley and Simone Recasner, had an 11-episode freshman run, which ended in December, with the network at the time deferring a decision on the show’s future until the spring. It is one of two Fox freshman dramas on…

Fox launched three new drama series this season – The Big Leap, Our Kind of People and The Cleaning Lady. The Big Leap and Our Kind of People both were designed for shorter episode runs – the former, for instance, wrapped up its 11-episode freshman run at the end of last year, and Our Kind of People was handed 12…

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details about the Season 1 finale of Fox’s The Big Leap. The Season 1 finale of Fox’s The Big Leap offered its share of drama and happy endings for many of its characters on Monday night while leaving plenty of wiggle room to continue should the network choose to renew the…

The night belonged to the crime-fighters and first responders of primetime as 9-1-1 and NCIS led the charge on Monday. Fox and CBS resumed their typical Monday programming after repeats last week leading into the Thanksgiving holiday. The latest episode of 9-1-1 on Fox earned a 0.8 demo rating and 5.24 million…

UPDATED: Fox just released its midseason schedule, and it does not include the network’s new fall 2020 scripted series, dramas The Big Leap and Our Kind of People. The Big Leap will end its freshman run of 11 episodes, while Our Kind Of People’s first season consists of 12 episodes. Sources indicate that both The Big L…

EXCLUSIVE: Brett Tucker has joined the cast of Fox's dance dramedy The Big Leap in a heavily recurring role. He will appear opposite stars Scott Foley, Simone Recanser, Teri Polo, Piper Perabo and Anna Grace Barlow. The series hails from Liz Heldens, Jason Winer, Sue Naegle, 20th Television and Fox…

Newcomer Simone Recasner is proud to represent body diversity in the upcoming Fox comedy The Big Leap, something she wishes she’d seen on TV growing up. “Playing Gabby, she’s somebody who I can relate to on such a profoundly deep level,” Recasner shared during the show’s TCA press day on Wednesday. “We’re meeting her…

Our Kind of People, Monarch and The Big Leap – three of Fox's new originals for the 2021-22 broadcast season – all took different routes to screen. The network has been shaking up its development process for the past couple of years, using a mixture of traditional pilot orders, straight-to-series orders…

EXCLUSIVE: Adam Kaplan, Tom Lennon and Robert Wisdom have joined the cast of Fox’s dance dramedy The Big Leap in recurring roles opposite Scott Foley, Simone Recanser, Teri Polo, Piper Perabo and Anna Grace Barlow. The series hails from Liz Heldens, Jason Winer, Sue Naegle, 20th Television and Fox…

On Saturday, a number of key creatives behind The Big Leap appeared for a virtual ATX panel, teasing the first season of their ballet-themed dramedy, which was just picked up to series in April. Actress Teri Polo described the show as “this happy, good, hopeful thing”—an underdog story representing the kind of…

UPDATED with new photos: It was a long, pandemic-impacted broadcast development cycle, with some pilots taking a year to get produced, but the broadcast networks have made their picks for new scripted series to debut in fall 2021 as well as the bulk of their decisions for new midseason 2022 shows. The pandemic forced…