{"id":538089,"date":"2023-01-10T02:12:07","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T23:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/whats-driving-tvs-un-renewal-wave\/"},"modified":"2023-01-10T02:12:07","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T23:12:07","slug":"whats-driving-tvs-un-renewal-wave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/whats-driving-tvs-un-renewal-wave\/","title":{"rendered":"#What\u2019s Driving TV\u2019s Un-Renewal Wave"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2924c3d5f71\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2924c3d5f71\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/whats-driving-tvs-un-renewal-wave\/#Whats_Driving_TVs_Un-Renewal_Wave\" >What\u2019s Driving TV\u2019s Un-Renewal Wave<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Whats_Driving_TVs_Un-Renewal_Wave\"><\/span>What\u2019s Driving TV\u2019s Un-Renewal Wave<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Warner Bros. Discovery took a lot of flak in 2022 for axing finished <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a> and series \u2014 most infamously, the <em>Batgirl<\/em> movie \u2014\u00a0and removing some legacy titles from its HBO Max streaming platform. As it turns out, the company may have been ahead of the curve.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    A fresh wave of cost-cutting moves at other companies, ranging from Disney to AMC Networks, has made WBD CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels seem prophetic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    \u201cWe got a lot of public noise about some of the content write-offs that we took, which is a reflection of an industry that went overboard and that went on a spending frenzy,\u201d Wiedenfels said at a Citibank conference on Jan. 5. \u201cWe shaved off a lot of the excess last year, and I think that\u2019s something that everyone else in the industry is going to go through. We\u2019re coming from an irrational time of overspending with very limited focus on return on investment, and I think others are going to have to make some adjustments that we, frankly, have behind us now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    AMC Networks has been particularly aggressive in cutting back, axing already ordered second seasons of legal drama <em>61st Street<\/em> and sci-fi series <em>Moonhaven<\/em> and rescinding series orders for <em>Demascus<\/em> and <em>Invitation to a Bonfire<\/em>. The sci-fi comedy <em>Demascus<\/em> and <em>61st Street<\/em> had already wr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed production on their respective seasons, while <em>Invitation to a Bonfire<\/em>, starring Tatiana Maslany, was partway through filming.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    The moves come as AMC Networks is looking for up to $400 million in write-downs for programming as it seeks to get on more stable financial ground. Sources tell <em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em> that the company is prioritizing \u201ccore\u201d shows \u2014 think: the Anne Rice dramas <em>Interview With the Vampire<\/em> and <em>Mayfair Witches<\/em> and the ongoing <em>Walking Dead<\/em> universe \u2014\u00a0and will likely be cutting back on development as well. (The company also announced a round of layoffs in December.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Among the recent casualties are ABC\u2019s <em>Avalon<\/em>, a drama series from David E. Kelley and Michael Connelly that was scuttled after production on a pilot (lead studio A+E Studios, which was producing with Disney\u2019s 20th TV, is shopping the show); a feature film based on Comedy Central\u2019s <em>Workaholics<\/em> at Paramount+, scrapped five weeks before filming was slated to begin; and Netflix\u2019s animated comedy <em>Inside Job<\/em>, which saw its second-season renewal taken back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    The wave of un-renewals and discarded series orders is the second one to hit the industry in the past three years. The early months of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 brought on a similar spate of decisions that affected, among others, Netflix\u2019s <em>GLOW<\/em> and <em>The Society<\/em>, ABC\u2019s <em>Stumptown<\/em> and Showtime\u2019s <em>On Becoming a God in Central Florida<\/em>. Those cancellations were driven in part by pandemic concerns \u2014 including the additional cost of testing and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> distancing measures prior to vaccines becoming available \u2014 while the latest moves come as the streaming era\u2019s spending spree hangover kicks in and media conglomerates look to eliminate red ink on their balance sheets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    The recent wave has unsurprisingly caused consternation in the creative community, with some writers calling for their union to make the corporate takebacks an issue in upcoming contract negotiations. The Directors Guild declined comment; <em>THR<\/em> has also reached out to SAG-AFTRA and the Writers Guild. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    <em>Additional reporting by Alex Weprin.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n!function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\nif (f.fbq) return;\nn = f.fbq = function() {n.callMethod ? n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);};\nif (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\nn.push = n;\nn.loaded = !0;\nn.version = '2.0';\nn.queue = [];\nt = b.createElement(e);\nt.async = !0;\nt.src = v;\ns = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n}(window, document, 'script', 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '352999048212581');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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