Next victim: veep of planning/scheduling/acquisitions Kevin Levy... tho THR says he jumped... https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/cw-scheduling-executive-kevin-levy-exits-1235524683/ (link) B
Mark Jeffries, Feb 3rd: As further proof that the "Dare to Defy" era is over at the CW, along with the new head of DC Films saying that the Arrowverse of Greg Berlanti is kaput in his presentation of Phase 1 of the new DCCU and the net hiring an unscripted programming chief for the first time from NBC's cable division (including Bravo), two major scripted executives at the network have been laid off along with an unknown number of others: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/the-cw-guts-development-current-departments-in-latest-shift-away-from-scripted-originals-exclusive-1235316747/ The obvious plan here is to do as little domestic scripted as possible and fill the rest of the schedule with unscripted and overseas pickups that will appeal to the over-55s who watch the 10 p.m./9 p.m. CT newscasts on Nexstar's owned stations. And since "Whose Line?" has already announced its final taping sessions (which they'll probably make at least 50 episodes out of) and they can't fill all those slots with "Masters of Illusion,"... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/2f503d80-0259-4981-8048-154aa9bca909n%40googlegroups.com.
