‘9-1-1’ & ‘The Resident’ Close Season 6 Renewals In Time For Fox Upfront Presentation

deadline.com:

It’s an upfronts miracle — Fox and 20th Television have closed Season 6 renewals of 9-1-1 and The Resident for the 2022-23 season.

I hear the negotiations were completed shortly before the Fox upfront presentation’s 4 PM EDT start so the two venerable dramas could be included in the network’s pitch to advertisers. (The two shows, both in their fifth seasons, were featured briefly in the presentation’s opening montage but the previously renewed 9-1-1: Lone Star was mentioned in the opening remarks by Fox head of sales Marianne Gambelli.)As Deadline had been reporting over the weekend, renewal negotiations on both shows went down to the wire and could not close by Sunday night for 9-1-1 and The Resident to be included in Fox’s 2022-23 content slate release sent out Monday morning.From what I’ve heard, the two sides were not that far apart by Sunday night and both made concessions in order for Fox to have its highest-rated scripted series 9-1-1 and fellow formidable drama The Resident in their upfront lineup.Cancellations/Renewals Scorecard: TV Shows Ended Or Continuing In 2021-22 SeasonIt was a likely case of Fox focusing its attention on the tough decisions involving bubble shows, and the ones that were no-brainers ended up taking longer in the final stretch.

Renewal negotiations are more complicated now that Fox and 9-1-1 and The Resident studio 20th Television are no longer part of the same company following the studio’s acquisition by Disney.

That makes the financials — already challenging for long-running shows line 9-1-1 and The Resident — even more complicated. The renewal of the younger 9-1-1: Lone Star was able to close before Monday.“We are in good-faith negotiations [on 9-1-1 and The Resident],” Fox