‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ Reboot In Limbo At NBC After One Season
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Who Do You Think You Are?, the rebooted genealogy docuseries, is the latest unscripted series to find itself in limbo.
Deadline understands that the network has parked the show which returned in July after nearly 10 years after it first aired on NBC, with no current plans for a second season.
A final decision is expected to come in early 2023. The show comes from exec producers Lisa Kudrow and Dan Bucatinsky. It follows an increasing trend in non-scripted television where shows aren’t officially canceled but rather shelved with no plans to return.
Unlike scripted shows, which require options with cast, many networks no longer feel the need to immediately cancel non-scripted series outright as they could potentially bring them back down the line as Fox did with dance format So You Think You Can Dance, which returned after three years off air.
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