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TV Ratings 2023-24: Final Numbers for (Almost) Every Network Series
The 2023-24 TV season was blown apart before it ever began. Two labor strikes and media companies’ refusal to budge on the demands of writers and actors wiped out a couple dozen fall premieres for scripted series on the broadcast networks. When management did agree to new terms with writers and actors (largely accepting the […]
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‘All American: Homecoming’ Ending With Season 3 at The CW
The CW is cutting ties with another of its pre-Nexstar original series. The network announced Wednesday that the forthcoming third season of All American: Homecoming will be its last. The college-set spinoff of All American is set to premiere July 8. The news comes a few days after The CW renewed All American for a […]
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‘All American’ Renewed for Abbreviated Seventh Season at The CW
All American has survived another round with Nexstar — but there’s a catch. The CW, currently controlled by station group Nexstar, has renewed All American for an abbreviated 13-episode seventh season that won’t arrive until 2025. A decision on the future of its spinoff, All American: Homecoming, has not yet been determined as the show […]
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How ‘All American’ Showrunner Became One of a Tiny Handful of Black Women Whose Shows Made It to 100 Episodes
On a wall in the top corner of Nkechi Okoro Carroll’s office hangs a photo from THR‘s 2018 Women in Entertainment issue. In it, the All American showrunner appears alongside 61 fellow Black women writers who are part of the Black Women Who Brunch group she co-founded with Lena Waithe and Erika L. Johnson in […]
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‘Walker’ Canceled at The CW After Four Seasons
Walker will turn in his badge at The CW. The network has canceled the Jared Padalecki-led Walker after four seasons. The show will finish out its run on The CW, ending with what will now be a series finale on June 26. “We want to thank the entire cast, crew, writers, directors and producers of […]
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The CW Boss on the Fates of ‘All American,’ ‘Walker’ and the Path to Profitability
The CW announced its fall lineup Thursday, with the return of Superman & Lois, two new game shows based on classic board games and the new scripted entry Joan, a limited series starring Game of Thrones alum Sophie Turner, among others. The lineup comes after Nexstar’s acquisition of the network in 2022, and amid a […]
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‘Superman & Lois’ Final Season Gets Fall Spot on The CW
After more than a year away, Superman & Lois is set to return to The CW in the fall. The final season of the superhero drama is part of the network’s 2024-25 schedule — but it’s the only one of the handful of scripted series from The CW’s pre-Nexstar era that is currently on the schedule […]
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The CW, Miss USA Pageant Ink Multi-Year Broadcast Deal
The CW is adding the Miss USA Pageant to its roster of programming. The network has signed a three-year deal to broadcast the pageant, beginning with the 73rd annual competition in August. The new agreement comes after The CW aired Miss USA in a one-off deal in 2023, which delivered the biggest audience (811,000 same-day […]
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New CW Regime Defends Its Radical Shift in Focus
“We’re ready for people to stop writing about the Big Four networks and start writing the Big Five,” announced Brad Schwartz, The CW’s president of entertainment, at the top of a Thursday morning meeting with TV press. It’s an obvious aspiration for broadcast’s long-suffering stepchild, but the timing is a bit odd. The cachet of […]
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Network TV 2024: What’s New, Renewed and Canceled (So Far)
The past three years have severely impacted the broadcast television landscape. Following a decade of growth — remember the days of 100 pilots? — the TV landscape on broadcast is experiencing further contraction because of production delays caused by both the pandemic and Hollywood’s historic dual strikes in 2023. The result is fewer pilots, a […]
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Inside ‘The Chosen’ Phenomenon: “We Bristle Every Time Someone Calls This a Faith Show”
If you head out to movie theaters this weekend, you’re likely to see The Chosen on the marquee. The TV show, a historical drama based on the life of Jesus, is rolling out its fourth season theatrically, two episodes at a time, over the next month, before dropping in its entirely on apps and streaming […]
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Network TV 2023: What’s New, Renewed and Canceled (So Far)
The more things change, the more things stay the same. That may as well be the motto for the five broadcast networks heading into the 2023-24 season as their corporate parents are increasingly focused on cutting costs, restructurings and streaming. To that end, three of the five networks have made leadership changes in the past […]
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