Feds Canceled at ABC The Hollywood Reporter

ABC has firmed up its post-strike needs.

The Disney-owned broadcast network has canceled The Rookie: Feds and opted to pass on The Good Doctor spinoff, The Good Lawyer.

Both shows had been on hold since May as ABC, like other networks, took a wait-and-see approach to its needs once both the actors and writers strikes concluded.

With actors poised to join writers back at work in the coming days, ABC now has a firm picture of its schedule for what remains of the 2023-24 broadcast season. The Writers Guild and SAG-AFTRA strikes wiped out the September start and with production expected to resume in the coming weeks, ABC ultimately had no need for a second season of Feds, starring Niecy Nash-Betts. The series, like the already renewed flagship, is a co-production between Disney’s ABC Signature and outside studio Entertainment One.

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The Good Lawyer, meanwhile, was a back-door pilot of The Good Doctor that aired in March and was to have starred Kennedy McMann (The CW’s late Nancy Drew) and marked a comeback for Felicity Huffman following her 14-day sentencing for her role in the college cheating scandal. The show, like its flagship series, is a co-production with Sony Pictures Television.

Feds, from exec producer Alexi Hawley, and Lawyer, from EP David Shore, were ABC’s only remaining bubble shows. The network canceled Home Economics in September following its three-season run as both the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes dragged on. The fall season was effectively wiped out by the labor unrest.

The decision to cancel what remained of ABC’s bubble shows comes a day after Disney CEO Bob Iger revealed the company planned to cut an additional $2 billion in costs in the coming months, with scripted originals more expensive to produce than unscripted programming.

ABC has yet to announce premiere dates for both The Rookie and The Good Doctor as production is expected to begin soon on both.

Click here for a look at what shows the broadcast networks renewed and canceled and the new series that will almost certainly be delayed for the 2024-25 season.

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