Expanded universes, travelling characters, major crossover events — network television is banking on bigger franchise series across the board in the wake of overall creative deals and bolstered ratings, resulting in a new wave of storytelling and audience investment. In the 2019-20 television season, at least one franchise series punctuates each major net’s schedule, from [...
“Bluff City Law” is going to have more episodes in its freshman season than first expected. NBC had originally ordered the legal drama for a 13-episode debut season, but has now asked for six more scripts from Dean Georgaris and the other writers on the show. At the show’s Television Critics Association summer press tour [...]It’s one of the curiosities of this peak TV era: Most series now contain fewer episodes, yet often take longer to produce — with lengthier breaks between seasons.