Bubble Shows ‘The Conners,’ ‘Walker,’ ‘Lopez vs. Lopez’ and Other Series Await Their Fate as Upfronts Approach
variety.comJoe Otterson TV Reporter Some of this TV season’s blood has already been spilled — looking at you, “NCIS: Hawai’i” — but as we head toward upfronts week, there are still a number of broadcast shows “on the bubble.” But as the networks settle in on a diet of mostly stable franchises and fewer series pilots, there’s also less primetime schedule frenzy this year.
The days before upfronts week which would normally mean a rapid fire few days of broadcast series renewals and cancellations announcements.
But normal left the building a long time ago. The broadcast network portion of upfronts has been so significantly pared down from years past that it hardly resembles what it used to be.
These days, most of the broadcast networks announce renewals and cancellations well ahead of their actual presentations. Take CBS, which has already announced its new fall and spring schedules as well as all of its renewals and cancellations.
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