15 series canceled in one day: 'Magnum', 'Legacies' and the rest of the titles that have gone through the scythe

After two years of a pandemic in which the large free-to-air US networks hardly touched their fiction bets, the carnage experienced this Thursday among the series on free-to-air channels has drawn attention, with a total of 15 cancellations announced in just a few hours.

With many of the media groups to which these channels belong immersed in profound reorganizations to give greater relevance to their on-demand television platforms, and with fiction as the main affected by a change in television consumption that continues to reduce audiences for the broadcast On air, CBS, NBC and, above all, The CW have given their grills a deep cleaning.

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The bloodletting practiced by The CW, a channel dependent on CBS focused on young audiences that used to renew practically all of its fiction grid, is striking.

This Thursday announced seven cancellations.

Among them are the new version of

, which already had four seasons broadcast.

, adaptation of the eighties classic, will say goodbye after five seasons.

will air its fourth and final installment this summer, just like

.

This summer will also see the fourth and final season of

, and with it the television universe that emerged from the

.

For their part,

and

new version of the 2004 science fiction series - say goodbye after a single season.

These cancellations are in addition to those already announced for

and

.

An image from the 'Legacies' series.

CBS was also not far behind announcing cancellations this Thursday.

, the new version of the eighties series that Jay Hernandez now starred in, says goodbye after four seasons.

The medical drama

and the comedy

have lasted only one .

Two other comedies, both produced by Chuck Lorre (responsible for

The

), will also not continue in the new season:

and

have been canceled after two seasons.

On the part of NBC, there have been three titles that have gone through the scythe of the series.

and

(starring Ted Danson and with Tina Fey and Robert Carlock as creators) have been canceled after two seasons, while

has been canceled after a single installment.

Thursday not only left cancellations on American television.

There were also some announcements of new fictions that will be released in the coming months on free-to-air channels.

CBS, for example, will have three new dramas on its slate: the firefighting tale

, the crime drama

and the legal drama

.

None of the four comedies that I had in the offing will definitely see the light of day.

The CW will also have new fiction productions on its grid for the next season: the

prequel entitled

the Walker prequel entitled

and

in which Bruce Wayne's adopted son allies with the children of Batman's enemies when they are framed for a murder.

As for NBC, it has renewed series that it already had running such as

and

in addition to other titles that had already been renewed such as

and the

franchise and

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