‘Cindy Snow’ Ruled Out For Next Season On Fox, Will Be Shopped Elsewhere By Warner Bros. TV

deadline.com:

EXCLUSIVE: Announced prematurely during Fox’s pre-taped 2022 upfront presentation in May, dark comedy Cindy Snow will not be airing on the network this coming season after all.

Following months of back-and-forth between Fox and series’ producer Warner Bros. Television, the network has allowed the studio to shop Cindy Snow, from The Flight Attendant creator Steve Yockey, to other outlets, and WBTV is expected to do so.

Depending on how that goes, I hear there is still a possibility for Fox and WBTV to make a deal for Cindy Snow to air on Fox in fall 2023.This marks a major twist in the Cindy Snow saga, which has involved — directly or indirectly – two mega Hollywood mergers, a new production model and the soaring importance of digital rights in the streaming age.As Deadline has reported, the single-camera meteorologist comedy Cindy Snow emerged as a strong contentor for a straight-to-series order at Fox in the weeks leading to the network’s May 16 upfront presentation under a lower-cost model, with the goal to film the show for about $2.2 million an episode, likely in Atlanta. (Fox had previously commissioned a script plus backup material for the project as part of a script-to-series commitment.)The deal could not close in time for the Fox upfront, and Cindy Snow was not included in the network’s content slate released the morning of May 16.

Later that day, Fox surprised advertisers who gathered in-person for the network’s upfront presentation by going virtual, screening to them the vast majority of the event, which had been pre-recorded.