Strike Impact On The CW “Won’t Hurt Our Forward Progress,” Nexstar CEO Perry Sook Says: “We Kind Of Like Our Chances In This Chaotic Environment”
deadline.comUPDATED with additional strike comments. The CW had to delay four scripted shows produced by minority stakeholders Warner Bros.
Discovery and Paramount due to the writers and actors strikes, but it does not expect any further impact from the labor impasse.
That’s the view from Perry Sook, CEO of CW parent Nexstar Media Group, who addressed the strike and other topics during an hour-long quarterly earnings call with Wall Street analysts. “The farther the strike goes on, they get pushed further and further into 2024,” Sook conceded about the four scripted shows initially slated for 2023-24.
And yet, slots given to acquired titles that were produced pre-strikes will give The CW “the most scripted as a percentage of our schedule of any of the Big 5 broadcast networks going into the fall,” Sook maintained. “We also have some more high-profile and noisy reality shows, which will bring attention to the network as well.
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