New ABC Entertainment president Craig Erwich has opted to cancel veteran comedy American Housewife , Black-ish’s sophomore spinoff Mixed-ish, freshman drama Rebel and second-year drama For Life.
On the pilot side, after handing out series orders to The Wonder Years, Queens, Abbott Elementary and Maggie, ABC has passed on Sam Esmail drama Acts of Crime and comedies Adopted , Regina Hicks’ Black Don’t Crack and blue-collar half-hour Bucktown.
The news comes hours after Erwich and ABC renewed Black-ish , The Conners, The Goldbergs, The Rookie and Home Economics for the forthcoming broadcast season.
The Katey Sagal starrer was Vernoff’s first script to get a series pickup after 13 attempts, with the Grey’s Anatomy and Station 19 showrunner currently controlling ABC’s entire Thursday primetime lineup.
American Housewife, meanwhile, experienced a shake-up behind the scenes after co-star Carly Hughes departed, citing allegations of a toxic workplace and discrimination.
Black-ish spinoff Mixed-ish was among ABC’s least-watched originals.
Kyra Sedgwick vehicle Call Your Mother was one of few new series to launch this season and bypassed the pilot stage after production was derailed by the pandemic.