The CW eyes ‘minimal’ WBD/Paramount programming The CW will have “minimal” programming from its former owners Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Global by the 2023/24 season. The US network, which was acquired by Nexstar earlier this year, has been cutting staff over recent weeks and slashing its reliance on high-cost programming. That has seen shows […]
The CW cuts staff The CW has slashed dozens of jobs as new owner Nexstar continues its overhaul at the US network. Nexstar completed its acquisition of The CW earlier this year and made swift changes, which most notably saw Mark Pedowitz stepping down as chairman and CEO, with Dennis Miller replacing him. A further […]
US local broadcasting group Nexstar Media Group is to acquire a 75% majority stake in The CW network. Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Global, the current co-owners of The CW, will each retain a 12.5% stake in the broadcaster and will continue to produce original, scripted content for the network. Nexstar, together with its partner […]
‘The Flash’ to stop running The CW superhero series The Flash will conclude with its upcoming ninth season next year, in a truncated run of 13 episodes. The show, based on the DC Comics character Barry Allen, who is the fastest man in the world, was the first spin-off from Arrow, helping to launch the […]
Next week’s LA Screenings promise to provide some answers to some big questions – namely, just what shows the US studios are prepared to sell to international buyers. Yet the direction of travel for some is already clear, write Mark Layton & Richard Middleton. The worlds of Taylor Sheridan’s ratings-laden cowboy drama Yellowstone and the […]
The CW has confirmed that it remains committed to its expansive ‘Arrowverse’, despite axing a slew of shows from the DC superhero franchise in recent days. The long-running Legends Of Tomorrow was cancelled last month after seven seasons on the network, as was Naomi, which just concluded its first, and now only, season earlier this […]
US network The CW has acquired Canadian drama series Family Law, following a a deal with distributor Entertainment One (eOne). Produced by Seven24 Films and Lark Productions for Corus Entertainment’s Global, the one-hour legal drama is created, written by Susin Nielsen, who executive produces alongside Seven24’s Jordy Randall and Tom Cox and Lark’s Erin Haskett […]
US network The CW, Globo in Brazil and Spain’s Movistar Plus+ are among buyers of documentaries from BBC Studios, as the distributor’s virtual Showcase event wraps its week-long run. A Life In Ten Pictures, which re-examines the lives of six famous faces from the recent past through the photographs that have come to define them, […]
Disney+ orders Real Steel spin-off Disney+ is looking to create a spin-off series based on the 2011 movie Real Steel, according to US reports. The show is reportedly in early development, with Disney’s 20th Television attached along with Shawn Levy, who directed the original. A writer has not yet been found for the show, but […]
US broadcast groups, along with Sony and Netflix, have been tipped to be among potential suitors for US-based The CW, after its chairman & CEO Mark Pedowitz confirmed reports that the network is in sale talks. Pedowitz, who has been at the helm of the Riverdale network since 2011, addressed “recent speculation” in a memo […]
