Most New Broadcast Scripted Series Moving To 2024-25 Season Due To Strike-Related Production Delays
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Back in May, two weeks into the WGA strike, ABC picked up one new scripted series for the 2023-34 season: Drew Goddard’s High Potential starring Kaitlin Olson.
In late September, two days after the end of the WGA strike, the high-profile series was pushed to a fall 2024 launch. As the anticipated restart of Hollywood production gets delayed further and further by the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike, most other new scripted broadcast series picked up last spring for the 2023-24 season are also looking to debut next season.
I hear NBC and Fox are each expected to push both of their upcoming new scripted series, originally targeted for this coming midseason, to 2023-24.
That includes NBC’s workplace comedy St. Denis Medical, starring Wendi McLendon-Covey, and medical drama Dr. Wolf, headlined by Zachary Quinto, as well as Fox’s medical drama Doc and lifeguard drama Rescue: Hi-Surf.
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