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Oct 6, 2020 · All of the TV Shows That Were Forced to End Because of COVID-19. Netflix had to cancel several of its series—despite previously renewing them—including Glow and The Society. By Tierney...
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- Drunk History
- The Society
- I Am Not Okay with This
- I'm Sorry
- Stumptown
- Glow
- On Becoming A God in Central Florida
After six seasons, the Derek Waters-hosted Drunk History was canceled in August, despite Comedy Central previously renewing the series. The show, which featured buzzed celebrity guests retelling historical events, was already filming new episodes when the pandemic struck and shut down production. Waters, who also created Drunk History, expressed hi...
In one swoop, Netflix axed the sophomore seasons of two well-received young-adult series in August: The Society and I Am Not Okay With This. The former premiered in May 2019 and was renewed two months later, and scripts were already written when the show was canceled. EW learned that while Netflix executives were pleased with the performance of bot...
Based on Charles Forsman's comic book, I Am Not Okay With Thisbecame a cult favorite and starred Sophia Lillis as a 17-year-old navigating high school, family, sexuality, and her budding telekinetic powers. The series premiered in February and was previously greenlit for a second season (though not announced). "We've made the difficult decision not...
In late August, TruTV canceled Andrea Savage's I'm Sorry, which starred the series creator as a comedy writer and mom living in Los Angeles. The show was renewed last June, and production on the upcoming third season was shut down due to the pandemic. "Due to circumstances created by COVID, we unfortunately cannot move forward with production on th...
Fans loved the action-packed freshman series and its complicated, gritty heroine, Dex Parios, played by Cobie Smulders. A supporting cast of TV veterans including Jake Johnson (New Girl), Michael Ealy (Almost Human), and Camryn Manheim (The Practice) didn't hurt either. Still, that didn't stop ABC in September from reversing course on the show's se...
August's onslaught of cancellation news continued into fall, as Netflix took back the renewal for GLOW in early October. The award-winning comedy series about the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling starred Betty Gilpin and Alison Brie. It was renewed for a fourth and final season last September, but EW learned that the circumstances of the COVID-19 shutd...
On Oct. 7, it was announced that Showtime canceled the Kirsten Dunst-led series On Becoming a God in Central Florida, after previously renewing it for a second season. The network cited the pandemic as the reason, and it's likely that the involvement of an outside studio also contributed to the cancellation. Sony TV produced the dark comedy, meanin...
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This is a list of American television series whose production was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic led to the suspension of most television production from mid-March 2020 onward, in the largest disruption to U.S. television production since the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike.
NameNetworkReasonSeason 5 airing postponed to May 2021 and ...Season 33 production suspended in ...Final episodes of season 30 filmed with ...Season 15 auditions filming suspended on ...Oct 9, 2020 · The list of TV shows that have had their renewals reversed due to COVID-19 seems to be growing by the day. From “On Becoming a God in Central Florida” to “GLOW,” here are all shows that ...
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Sep 28, 2023 · Life Unexpected debuted in January 2010 and followed teenager Lux as she sought emancipation from the Portland foster care system.
Oct 14, 2020 · From “On Becoming a God in Central Florida” to “GLOW,” here are all the shows that were supposed to continue on or had their development cut short.
Sep 15, 2022 · Speaking of hit shows from The CW being forced to shut down production due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Riverdale, Batwoman, Nancy Drew, and Charmed were all forced to halt filming in September...
