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ABC’s Karey Burke Reveals Impact Of COVID-19 On Pilot Season & Returning Series
Peter White Television EditorThe traditional broadcast pilot season took a major hit as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic with only one pilot, CBS’ B Positive, completed before production shutdown.ABC was among the networks that decided to go straight-to-series on a couple of projects with the Disney-owned network ordering David E. Kelley drama Big Sky and Kari Lizer’s multi-camera comedy Call Your Mother.ABC Entertainment President Karey Burke, speaking at Disney’s Virtual Roadshow, lifted the lid on how the pandemic impacted pilot season and its returning shows, revealed that it will move into production on some of its shutdown pilots and discussed the “silver lining” lessons that the network will apply going forward.
