ABC has renewedNot Dead Yetfor a sophomore season. the series will return to the network for the 2023-2024 season. According toDeadline, the renewals as announced today ahead of Disney/ABC’s upfront presentation in New York.
Not Dead YetstarsGina Rodriguezand Nell Stevens, a newly single woman who returns to the United States to pursue her abandoned career following a breakup. She gains employment writing obituaries for the fictionalSoCal Independent. In her new role, she finds she is able to connect with her subjects (now living in the afterlife), who assist her in writing their obituaries while bringing along meaningful life lessons for Nell.
Not Dead Yetis based on Alexandra Potter’s 2020 bookConfessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up,and was created byDavid Windsor and Casey Johnson. The two serve as executive producers alongside Rodriguez, Wonderland Sound and Vision’s McG, Mary Viola and Corey Marsh. The series also stars Hannah Simone, Lauren Ash, Rick Glassman, Joshua Banday and Angela E. Gibbs.
Also among the shows renewed wasThe Conners. In 2018, a short-lived revival ofRoseanne, the critically acclaimed series that aired from 1988 to 1997, returned to ABC with its original starring cast. The series revival was initially considered a success but was abruptly canceled after Roseanne Barr came under fire for a controversial tweet about President Barack Obama’s senior adviser Jarrett. John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Sara Gilbert, Lecy Goranson, and Michael Fishman returned to ABC later that year forThe Conners, which followed the family after the family matriarch’s death. Fishman exited the series after its fourth season, but the remaining core cast is still on board and returning for the upcoming season.
The Connerswas renewed for 13 episodes with an option for 9 more. Werner Entertainment produces the sitcom.
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Other ABC Renewals and Cancelations
The ConnersandNot Dead Yetjoin several renewals made by ABC, including scripted series likeAbbott Elementary,Grey’s Anatomy, Station 19, Will Trent, The RookieandThe Good Doctor,and unscripted series likeAmerica’s Funniest Home Videos(which returns for its 34th season!),The Bachelor, Bachelor in Paradise, American Idol, Celebrity Wheel of Fortune, Celebrity Jeopardy!andShark Tank. Fans ofHome EconomicsandThe Rookie: Fedsstill await for news regarding the future of those series.
Last week, ABC canceled three of its dramas: David E. Kelley’sBig Sky, the Hilary Swank-ledAlaska Daily, andthe thrillerThe Company You Keep, which starred Milo Ventimigliaas a con man who falls for a CIA agent.Alaska DailyandThe Company You Keepeach aired for one season, whileBig Sky’s cancelation follows its third season. While viewership numbers for the latter’s first season were high, ratings dwindled during its second and third seasons.
Ventimiglia and Swank won’t be offscreen for too long as they both have projects currently in the works. Ventimiglia is next set to appear in the action thrillerLand of Bad, opposite Russell Crowe and Liam Hemsworth, while Swank is set to star in three upcoming films:Ordinary Angels, Mother’s Milk, andN.A.R.
