I'm forced to wonder - given the insane terms of "The 700 Club" commitment, can Disney even close Freeform down if they want to, or would they be required to find a buyer who will continue to honor the agreement to air T7C in perpetuity for free?
On Tuesday, December 12, 2023 at 10:46:02 AM UTC-5 Mark Jeffries wrote: > The two remaining scripted series "Cruel Summer" and "Good Trouble" will > wrap in 2024 after their second and fifth seasons, respectively, and all > the younger-skewing Disney-owned channel, which dates back to 1978 as the > CBN Satellite Network (and was CBN Cable Network, the Family Channel, Fox > Family and ABC Family in-between), will have is some unscripted shows, > movies and reruns (and the popular Halloween and Christmas movie > blocks)--and "The 700 Club," the constant on the channel from Day One: > > > https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/good-trouble-cruel-summer-canceled-1235729358/ > > The channel lost 15M homes earlier this year when Charter dropped it in > its war with Disney over carriage fees. The question now is how long > Freeform will stay on the air and will it be the first of the long-runners > in the first generation of cable channels to sign off. > > Also, "Good Trouble" was near the end anyway, but one wonders if Hulu, > where the shows have most of their audience today anyway, would've made an > offer for "Cruel Summer" to continue. > -- 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/bfd49d8e-e500-446f-92f1-5f45549a704en%40googlegroups.com.
