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Pilot Season 2025 Forecast: Drought With A Chance Of Few Orders In Broadcast TV’s New Normal
A few orders are coming up, but the pilot drought is real, especially as networks are still dealing with the backlog caused by strike-related delays.
While that is about to change with a handful of orders coming up, the pilot drought has been persistent amid an industry contraction and linear viewing decline, especially as the networks are still dealing with the backlog caused by strike-related delays. It is TBD whether Fox would be ordering a new live-action comedy series for next season; the decision may depend on how new midseason entry Going Dutch performs in the coming weeks paired with anchor Animal Control. In part because it held back new series from premiering during the strike-impacted 2023-24 season, NBC is introducing the most freshman scripted series of any broadcast network this season, four dramas, Brilliant Minds, Suits: LA, Grosse Pointe Garden Society and The Hunting Party, and two comedies, St. Denis Medical and Happy’s Place, with a whopping three of the dramas, Suits: LA, Grosse Pointe and The Hunting Party, debuting in midseason.
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