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Post by llyan on Oct 27, 2020 17:33:43 GMT
CBS Trims Episode Orders As Broadcast Series On All Nets Face Abbreviated Runs In COVID Impacted 2020-21 Season
By Nellie Andreeva
Nellie Andreeva
Co-Editor-in-Chief, TV
The coronavirus pandemic cut short the 2019-20 seasons of most broadcast series as production shut down in mid-March. Now the continuing effects from the pandemic are altering the course of the 2020-21 season, with late launches and shorter runs for scripted series.
CBS has trimmed the orders to its scripted series from CBS Studios from full-season 22 episodes to 16-18, including the NCIS franchise, Blue Bloods, Bull, The Neighborhood, SEAL Team, Magnum P.I. and Bull. (The Unicorn, which had a 13-episode initial order, will remain at 13). The network is still in conversations with outside studios, including Mom, Young Sheldon, Bob Hearts Abishola, B Positive and All Rise producer Warner Bros TV; Universal TV, which is behind the FBI franchise; and S.W.A.T.‘s Sony Pictures TV. Those series also are expected to end up producing seasons in the 16- to 18-episode range.
This is not limited to CBS — with the broadcast scripted series’ start of production staggered and delayed by the pandemic leading to late October/November season launches, most network scripted shows will air abbreviated seasons. In addition to scheduling — the late show premieres means that networks will need fewer episodes to get through the end of the broadcast season in May — the increased cost of production also is believed to have played a role in these decisions. Implementing COVID-19 safety protocols adds hundreds of thousands of dollars to the production budget of each episode this year.
While some comedy series could get to a traditional full season order — ABC’s black-ish and Fox’s Last Man Standing, for example, are currently picked up for 21 episodes each — most drama series are expected to air 18 or fewer episodes this season.
Here are the modified 2020-21 episode orders for CBS scripted series from CBS Studios:
BLUE BLOODS (16)
BULL (16)
MAGNUM PI (16)
THE NEIGHBORHOOD (18)
NCIS (16)
NCIS: LA (18)
NCIS: NOLA (16)
SEAL TEAM (16)
THE UNICORN (13, nc)
deadline.com/2020/10/cbs-cuts-episode-orders-ncis-blue-bloods-the-neighborhood-bull-covid-impact-2020-21-season-1234603767/
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Post by Llyan (Admin) on Oct 28, 2020 0:22:08 GMT
Thank you for posting this information, Llyan.
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Post by llyan on Oct 28, 2020 18:48:38 GMT
Thank you for posting this information, Llyan. I'm really not surprised that they reduced the season order. I'd have to check my notes but I think that 16 episodes would be about the same number of episodes they would have filmed in the same time frame as a normal year. |
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Post by Llyan (Admin) on Oct 29, 2020 1:18:35 GMT
I wonder how this affects contracts that are probably written with X number of episodes in it.
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Post by ballerina on Oct 29, 2020 1:42:31 GMT
I wonder how this affects contracts that are probably written with X number of episodes in it. Good question, it will be interesting to see what happens. |
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Post by usmcbrat on Dec 30, 2020 20:34:53 GMT
linkCBS Studios Pushes Production Return Date For ‘NCIS’, ‘NCIS: LA’ & Other Shows By A Week Amid Covid-19 Surge In L.A. County By Nellie Andreeva Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TV CBS CBS Studios has pushed the return-to-production dates for five shows coming off the current holiday hiatus, including NCIS and NCIS: Los Angeles. The news comes a day after Deadline reported that the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health had urged the film and TV industry to consider pausing production for a few weeks during the ongoing surge in coronavirus cases throughout the county and hours after the stay-at-home order for Southern California was extended to Jan. 16. A number of other TV studios and streamers are also reviewing the situation, including availability of talent and other logistics, with additional start of production delays possible, I hear. According to sources, CBS Studios has delayed the start of production by a week for its series that had been slated to return Jan. 4, NCIS, NCIS LA and Seal Team — all for CBS — Why Women Kill (CBS All Access) and Diary of a Future President (Disney +). They are now scheduled to return on Jan 11, along with other series that were previously scheduled to begin filming later in January. Following the health department’s request, FilmLA reminded filmmakers that “travel for production purposes is currently not advised.” Although the state allows travel for productions, it increases COVID risk “by making it more likely that people will end up together in vehicles or indoors in less-controlled settings,” together with people from distant areas. “Hospitals are full virtually everywhere,” the message also cautioned, encouraging filmmakers to, “keep cast and crew close to home.” Los Angeles today reached another grim milestone as the county surpassed 7,000 coronavirus-related hospitalizations for the first time. There are 7,181 people are currently hospitalized for the infectious disease. According to Los Angeles Public Health officials, the latest hospitalization numbers represent nearly an 1,000% increase from Oct. 29, when the county experienced 750 Covid-19 hospitalizations. LA County’s ICU capacity is 0%.
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Post by llyan on Jan 13, 2021 21:26:56 GMT
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Post by llyan on Feb 17, 2021 15:29:58 GMT
‘NCIS: Hawaii’ Spinoff Eyed By CBS As Franchise’s Fourth Series
By Nellie Andreeva
Co-Editor-in-Chief, TV
CBS’ formidable NCIS drama franchise is on an expansion course again. Deals are still being finalized, but I hear that the network is prepping NCIS: Hawaii, a new installment in the hit procedural franchise.
Created/executive produced by NCIS: New Orleans executive producers/showrunner Christopher Silber and Jan Nash as well as SEAL Team writer-producer Matt Bosack, the project is expected to feature a new team based in Hawaii. Unlike fellow offshoots NCIS: Los Angeles and NCIS: New Orleans, I hear there are no current plans for NCIS: Hawaii to be introduced as a planted spinoff from one of the other NCIS series. CBS and the studio behind the NCIS franchise, CBS Studios, declined comment.
If NCIS: Hawaii goes to series and the existing NCIS series all get renewed, NCIS could join Law & Order as the second drama franchise with four series on the air at the same time. Word of the new NCIS installment comes as CBS’ other blockbuster crime drama franchise, CSI, is plotting a comeback with a revival series, CSI: Vegas, which is nearing a green light. It would be the fifth CSI installment following the original series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, as well as CSI: Miami, CSI: New York and CSI: Cyber.
The NCIS franchise launched with the 2003 mothership series starring Mark Harmon. Eighteen seasons in, it remains the most watched drama series on television. Spinoff NCIS: Los Angeles, headlined by LL Cool J and Chris O’Donnell, premiered in 2009 and is currently in its 12th season. The 2014 NCIS: New Orleans, now in Season 7, is headlined by Scott Bakula. The two offshoots have both been reliable utility players for CBS, with the entire franchise also generating sizable profits for CBS Studios via off-network and international sales.
With NCIS: Hawaii, CBS Studios would utilize the extensive production base on the islands built for Hawaii Five-0. While that series was still on the air, CBS added a second Hawaii-based drama series from CBS Studios, Magnum PI, which would create potential crossover opportunities with NCIS: Hawaii. NCIS: Los Angeles previously did a Hawaiian episode as part of a 2012 crossover episode with Hawaii Five-0. It featured stars LL Cool J and O’Donnell visiting the 50th state as part of a case (photo above).
deadline.com/2021/02/ncis-hawaii-spinoff-series-cbs-1234694822/
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Post by mchnelson on Feb 18, 2021 6:49:59 GMT
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Post by kate06460 on Feb 18, 2021 11:19:20 GMT
I am wondering if that's because of the other article I heard/read that Mark is leaving once season 18 is leaving. I see DEadline has been around for some years and apparently is reliable but I still don't or maybe want to believe until some media source more reliable like ET (without using Deadline as a source) or even CBS releases a statement.
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Post by Llyan (Admin) on Feb 18, 2021 18:59:45 GMT
Where did you see Mark is leaving the mothership?
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Post by llyan on Feb 18, 2021 21:11:33 GMT
Where did you see Mark is leaving the mothership?
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Post by Llyan (Admin) on Feb 18, 2021 21:50:33 GMT
Where did you see Mark is leaving the mothership?
Thanks, Llyan. |
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Post by pkidelirium2003 on Feb 19, 2021 4:09:35 GMT
The mothership wouldn't survive long without Harmon, even if they have him in the first however-many episodes of the next season. It'd fail after that, and then be canceled from a ratings torpedo. Hopefully he recognizes this and changes his mind, assuming that report is even true.
Losing NOLA and then the mothership would be franchise suicide, and we'd see a repeat of what happened with the CSI franchise where everything just peters out.
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Post by jessielee on Feb 19, 2021 8:37:25 GMT
In the last few years there were always rumors of MH leaving when his contract was up. Since he was talking about that they hopefully will get a full S19 order without needing masks and all the other measures, there's hope he will sign up for a full season, especially since his double duty as exec on Nola will end after this season. He inked his contract around April last time and with it came the renewal note. If he really wants to do only a handful of episodes, they should order a short final season with MH in every episode.
Without MH, the series will be over for me. He is the series by now. You can't just recast his role and any other replacement will have a difficult time.
Plus like pkidelirium said - franchise suicide. Ending NOLA is one thing, but ending the mothership as well while trying to introduce a new spin off....
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