6/10/2023 0 Comments Network effect wells![]() ![]() But since it is a longstanding Deadline tradition, here is what I am hearing on the eve of the first pilot-to-series orders. The TV development process is all about the writers, and it is surreal to watch the culmination of their efforts - series greenlights - play out with them on the sidelines.īetween the WGA negotiations, major executive shakeups and layoffs, it has been hard to focus on pilot season this year as the importance of pilot gossip pales in comparison to the seismic events in our industry. (Fox has given straight-to-series orders to dramas HI-Surf and Doc and has three new animated series for next season the CW has been stocking up on acquired scripted series.) Not all pilots will hear their fate before the upfront week of May 15 for those that do, their creators might get the news on the WGA picket lines. These decisions are getting fewer and fewer as pilot season volume has declined sharply since the pandemic, with 14 pilots across three networks - ABC, CBS and NBC - this year. RELATED: WGA East Will Picket TV Upfronts In The Event Of Writers Strike ![]() RELATED: No Kimmel? No Meyers? NewFront & Upfront Presentations Face Adjustments With WGA On Strikeīut it is expected to affect pickup decisions as the networks are faced with the possibility that no newly ordered or renewed scripted series could go into production for months if the impasse between the writers guild and the studios does not get resolved quickly - which appears unlikely. ![]()
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