Volume of New Broadcast Series Orders Poised to Crater Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

12.05.2020 - 02:27 / variety.com

By Joe Otterson

TV Reporter

Viewers shouldn’t expect much new fare during the 2020-2021 broadcast season.

Last year, the broadcast networks collectively ordered 36 new series out of pilot season, on par with the historic lows of years past. This year, the number of series ordered is on track to be a fraction of that, likely somewhere between 10 and 20.

With networks and studios still largely unable to produce any shows under the coronavirus production shutdown — including their pilots ordered

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