‘Abbott Elementary’ & ‘Young Sheldon’ Top Episode Counts For Post-Strike 2023-24 Broadcast Season
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: With the SAG-AFTRA strike officially ending yesterday, the broadcast networks are firming up the sizes of the 2023-24 orders to their scripted series, whose production was delayed by the WGA and SAG-AFTRA work stoppages.
As Deadline has reported over the past week, because of the early November timing of the actors strike’s end, returning broadcast scripted series will be producing between 10-13 episodes for this season to start rolling out in February.
There are two notable exceptions, CBS’ Young Sheldon and ABC’s Abbott Elementary, which will do more. Details are still being ironed out, but I hear Young Sheldon‘s upcoming seventh season will consist of 14-15 episodes.
Abbott Elementary‘s third season will have 14 episodes, sources said. This should not come as a surprise. Both Young Sheldon and Abbott Elementary are half-hour comedies, and while as single-camera they take longer to produce than multi-camera sitcoms, they still can be filmed and delivered faster than drama series.
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