‘Nancy Drew’ EP Slams CW Execs For Abrupt Cancellation: “They Suck”
25.08.2023 - 14:59
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Following the Aug. 23 series finale of Nancy Drew, executive producer Larry Teng is making clear how he feels about the show’s cancellation.
Teng took to X/Twitter Thursday night to vent his frustration over what he considers was the inconsiderate way the team was informed about the cancellation, and that they had no opportunity to craft a proper conclusion to the show.
“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.
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Teng notes that star Kennedy McMann was readying to shoot The Good Lawyer, and the studio CBS Studios, was hoping for a way that she could do both and reached out to the CW around the time they were prepping Episode 410 about any indication of a future pick-up and scheduling. That’s when they learned that there would be no fifth season of Nancy Drew.
“And it was then, he said to us “Oh, we’re not picking you up…”, Teng continued.
“… the show is too expensive.” Had our Studio not made that call, who knows if we would’ve ever been told. At that point in the season there were only four episodes left to shoot and the writers were already breaking the finale.
What a fucking shitty way of telling us we were getting canceled. 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. It was so glib. No consideration for letting Noga and Melinda give you a proper goodbye. No closure. No consideration for the fandom who support and watch this