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TV Show Cancellation Thread (including ending ones)

Mediafrog+ said:
Somewhat of a surprise as the show’s ratings have been good, but perhaps the best decision before the show went into decline. Wonder if production costs were a factor, as well as ABC passing on The Good Lawyer spinoff.
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Was thinking the same. Reading the article I couldn't really tell if ABC canceled it or if the producers decided to end it while it's still a high rated show.
 

Here is one factor that will be a factor in getting more shows to either be cancelled or never released at all some of this is cuts from the studios.

When stars returned to the red carpet in early January after two bruising strikes to celebrate the success of “Oppenheimer” and “Succession,” one existential threat above all was on everyone’s mind: Hollywood is shrinking.

The era of “peak TV,” is over, said 17 entertainment business executives, agents and bankers who spoke with Reuters. From fewer original series and movies to greater scrutiny of budgets and a further squeeze on movie theater profits, people who call the shots said the television and film industries are adjusting to sober economic realities.
The overall number of scripted series is expected to shrink dramatically from the pinnacle of 633 shows released in 2022. The combination of the Hollywood strikes and constrained spending dented production last year, with just 481 U.S. series released in 2023, according to data from market research firm Ampere Analysis.

Even market-leading Netflix (NFLX.O) slashed the number of scripted series it released by more than one-third from 2022 to 2023, Ampere said. The profitable streaming service, which reported record subscriber gains in its fourth quarter, declined to comment.
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That's like the equivalent of 20/20 or 60 Minutes up in Canada! Yikes...these layoffs are worse than I thought! W5 has been on CTV since the 1970s.
 
crainbebo said:
That's like the equivalent of 20/20 or 60 Minutes up in Canada! Yikes...these layoffs are worse than I thought! W5 has been on CTV since the 1970s.
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The CTV (and Bell Media) is making a major mistake in canceling the show. They had great stories that you wouldn’t find on American television.
 
crainbebo said:
That's like the equivalent of 20/20 or 60 Minutes up in Canada! Yikes...these layoffs are worse than I thought! W5 has been on CTV since the 1970s.
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20/20 and 60 Minutes don’t belong in the same sentence. Once upon a time, yes. But what’s currently using the 20/20 name is salacious, crime of the week garbage.
 


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