Just hours after Fox said it was cutting back its scripted development, the CW has confirmed that it's been doing the same thing.
About a dozen projects, both comedies and dramas, have been killed as a result of the strike-related move. Most are believed to come from CW sibs Warner Bros. TV and CBS Par Network TV.
Said the CW:
"Due to the ongoing work stoppage, The CW will be taking a more targeted approach to what is certain to be a truncated pilot season. As a result, we are releasing some scripts that had been in development in order to dedicate our creative energy and resources to those projects we choose to pursue."
--Josef Adalian
Cw doesnt have any good shows
Posted by: Chris | January 22, 2008 at 05:53 PM
So sad,inept leadership,more havoc,less jobs for everyone after this thing is over,young and verrone were out manuerved.The amptp used this as a catalyst for downsizing scripted televion for good.A loss for all working people,my heart goes out to those who got the ax today
Posted by: Frank Sr. | January 22, 2008 at 05:59 PM
Frank Sr. blames everything on the writers and their leaders, who are trying to save their union, a union that Frank hurls unfair racist accusations at. He loves faceless corporations, and laments only for BTL workers. He is one of America's finest shills... or is he? Vote for him in "The Shillies," America's newest and bestest award show, airing where the Oscars normally would. Let's all be there!
Posted by: Shill Spotter | January 23, 2008 at 05:55 PM