‘Nancy Drew’ Producer Calls Out The CW Over ‘S***ty Way Of Telling Us We Were Getting Cancelled’
etcanada.comThe cancellation of “Nancy Drew” came as a shock to its producers. On Thursday, a day after the show’s series finale aired, executive producer Larry Teng took to Twitter to call out network The CW over how the cancellation was handled. READ MORE: ‘Riverdale’ Finale: How Stars Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, KJ Apa & More Feel About Series Ending “From what I’ve read, the reaction to the series finale have been mostly positive,” Teng wrote. “Now imagine if you watched that finale without us knowing it would be the last episode of #NancyDrew ever.
Because that’s what almost happened.” He went on to explain that star Kennedy McMann was preparing to shoot ‘The Good Doctor” spin-off “The Good Lawyer”, which premiered in March.
The studio, Teng said, had hoped to find a way for McMann to fit both shows into her schedule and reached out to an exec at The CW about a season 5 pickup for “Nancy Drew”. “And it was then, he said to us, ‘Oh, we’re not picking you up … the show is too expensive.’ Had our studio not made that call, who knows if we would’ve ever been told,” Teng said. “At that point in the season there were only four episodes left to shoot and the writers were already breaking the finale.” He continued, “What a f**king s***ty way of telling us we were getting cancelled.
Thank God the Studio called. Because you all deserved the most proper ending possible. That’s why I praise the writers for pulling it together at the end.
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