The list of shows canceled in 2024 is long and full of some heavy hitters. CBS bore a lot of the brunt when it came to network TV’s choices this spring, axing some popular favorites including NCSI: Hawai’i , CSI : Vegas , and So Help Me Todd . As it turns out though, the network isn’t done dropping haymakers, as CBS Studios President David Stapf opened up about what happened with the cancelations, and now I’m honestly even more emotional about the decisions that were made.
Fans have been coming out of the woodwork in support of these canceled shows over the past couple of months. There’s a popular campaign to save So Help Me Todd . Meanwhile, #SaveNCISHawaii has remained an oft-used hashtag on social media.
What’s really jarring, however, is hearing David Stapf admit to Deadline that if it had been any other year, these fan-favorite shows probably would have squeaked through with a renewal order. It’s bittersweet, I love those shows a lot, so it was tough. I understood and sympathized with how difficult a decision it was to say goodbye to those.
it’s always sad, and those shows were great. Probably any other year, they would have stuck around but there’s just not as many midseason slots anymore. Basically, CBS has a classic good/bad problem.
On the one hand, the network is one of the very few places that is still able to cultivate longterm audiences who want to stick around for years and years. However, because the Eye Network has developed a loyal audience,.
