Highlights from this past week at The Sci Fi TV Site.
Sci Fi TV News
Warner Bros. Discovery has been shopping around its Supernatural spin-off The Winchesters since it was cancelled by The CW, but they have not been able to find a venue interested in picking it up. According to Deadline, “all possible avenues have been exhausted, and the search for a new home has come to an end”. But that is basically just corporate-speak for giving up. The show performed well in the ratings and the Supernatural franchise has e a huge following. The Winchesters has strong support from fans as evidenced by the show placing in the Top 5 in our season-end poll. And Warner Bros. Discovery owns Max (previously HBO Max), so they could have shifted the show to that venue if they really wanted. But this just proves that these companies look at television shows as completely dispensable and that they are not willing to put in too much effort to support them despite the millions they sink into the productions. I expect that fans of The Winchesters will continue to stump for the show, but the chances of a second season happening now that its studio has given up on it are slim.
In other news, Manifest star Josh Dallas has suggested a sequel to that series, Raised by Wolves fans put up a billboard to support their show in Times Square, and filming wraps on Rick & Michonne.
Read about these and more in the latest Sci Fi TV Week in Review post.
And keep up with the latest news during the week at r/SciFiTV.
Schedule Notes:
The British supernatural drama The Rising kicked off last week on The CW and I missed it because it got very little promotion from its network. That show was cancelled after a one-season run on Sky Max, so this is just filler for The CW’s schedule for the Summer. You can watch the first episode on the network’s website or app if you want to catch up.
See the full listings for the sci fi and fantasy TV shows from the week at this link and you can see all the premieres for June and beyond at this link.
Sci Fi TV Trailers Week
Black Mirror (Netflix): The sixth season of Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror returns with 5 ground-breaking new stories. The most unpredictable, unclassifiable and unexpected season yet. Season 6 premieres June 15th.
You can see more recent sci fi TV trailers at this link.
CancelledSciFi.com: Keep up with the status updates of all the airing, returning, and upcoming sci fi and fantasy shows for the current season with our Cancellation Watch posts. And be sure to follow the Cancelled Sci Fi Twitter Site for breaking news and updates.
