NBC has canceled five series in total over the past two seasons, two of which canceled three series in late 2023-24.

It matches Friday’s total, the largest single-season clearance of the largest scripted lineup since the 2020-21 season (excluding pre-announced series finals). comedy Lopez vs. Lopez and Night scene and drama Found it, unreasonable and Suit All were abandoned (although Night scene Producer Warner Bros. said it will try to find a new home for the show). First grade drama A smart mind,,,,, Grosse Pointe Garden Society and Hunting Party As of Friday afternoon, it is still in trouble; NBC will announce its 2025-26 schedule on Monday, ahead of its earlier speech.

While NBC has slow swings to swing canceled axes in recent years, Friday’s cuts aren’t surprising. In fact, Network has billions of reasons to cut script output for next season — which is when NBC Sports’ new NBA deals kick off, and NBC will be broadcast exclusively for gaming at least during prime time this week as part of its $25 billion annual rights package.

In scripted gigs, the differences between seasons will be a clear one. At the time of publication, NBC locked in only six hours of script programming and renewed three Chicago Drama, two Law and Order Series and first-year comedy A happy place and St. Dennis Medical. At least one bubble series may receive an 11-hour renewal, so in the fall it is called an 8-hour script. NBC has also renewed sound In the 28th season of fall, this will take up two or three hours (depending on whether it airs one or two nights). This makes entertainment 11 hours, exactly half of NBC's prime time real estate.

However, at the start of the season, NBC had 13 hours of entertainment during prime time – the first hour of Monday to Thursday and Friday nights Data line Weekends and college and NFL football. In the spring, as entertainment takes up the impact of Sunday night, the total for most weeks increases to 15 hours.

As entertainment time decreases, NBC bets it can attract audiences of the size or larger size of NBA games compared to canceled shows. And, to be fair, this could be a good bet: the NBA regular season averaged 1.53 million viewers in 2024-25 (over all time periods), with the vast majority of them wired. ABC's seven games in Primetime Saturday from January, although it attracted three million viewers in March. This may be a more appropriate benchmark for NBC's prime time TV broadcast next season (these games will also be played on the Peacock).

According to Nelson, five shows NBC canceled its average of more than 2.2 million viewers of the day on Friday. Established and unreasonable It's pretty good in streaming and other late viewing, but the vast majority of NBA viewers next season will watch live games, which allows NBC to charge higher advertising rates because marketers know their ads have a higher likelihood that most viewers can see.

That doesn't make Friday's script cuts less painful to cancel the series' staff and cast. However, with NBC's huge investment in the NBA, it's always likely that (basketball) shoes will fall.