One of the victims of that wave of cost-cutting measures in late 2022 has found an unlikely saviour – The CW.
In Spring 2022, AMC launched the legal thriller series “61st Street” starring Courtney B. Vance as an attorney defending a high school athlete (Tosin Cole) who get swept up in Chicago’s corrupt criminal justice system.
AMC gave a two-season order to the series and aired the eight-episode first season in full. Then, months later and with the eight-episode second season having completed filming, AMC opted to scrap the series – pulling the first season from the service and leaving the second unaired.
It joined a wave of ‘un-renewals’ of series as part of austerity measures at various media giants. More public victims of those cost cuts included the likes of HBO Max’s “Westworld” and “Raised by Wolves” being scrapped.
Now, The CW has picked up both seasons of “61st Street” with the plan being to air the first season again this Fall and then air the unseen second season next year.
Vance has said in a statement: “I’m thrilled that The CW has enthusiastically given all sixteen episodes of 61st Street a network home. With The CW, I’m confident that we will engage a universe of viewers who will celebrate the series with us. My cast, crew, and I can’t wait.”
CW Entertainment president Brad Schwartz says: “We are proud The CW is now the broadcast home of 61st Street and cannot wait to introduce this series to a whole new audience.”
It joins a network that has basically shed its entire slate of homegrown scripted series, with “All American” and “Walker” being the only confirmed renewals thus far. The fate of several other shows, notably “Superman & Lois,” is not looking good.
Source: THR
