Joe Otterson TV ReporterLike virtually all aspects of the entertainment industry, the volume of broadcast series orders took a massive hit this year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.The pandemic shut down the traditional pilot season, with almost no pilots completing production.
But now with the broadcast networks making their series orders for the 2020-2021 season, the true impact is taking shape.At the time of publication, 15new shows have been picked up for next season across the five networks.
That represents a dropoff of 58% the 36 new shows ordered in 2019 and 2018.The number of new broadcast show orders has been trending downward for some time, but a drop of this magnitude is staggering. (For context, just five years ago in 2015.
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