‘Nancy Drew’ EP Slams The CW for Hiding Series Cancellation: ‘They Suck… Plain F—ing Disrespect’

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The CW’s “Nancy Drew” aired its final episode on Wednesday, following last year’s news that Season 4 of the detective series would be its last. At the time, showrunners Noga…

that Season 4 of the detective series would be its last. At the time, showrunners Noga Landau and Melinda Hsu Taylor said they were “full of gratitude, knowing that we were able to bring this chapter to a close with intentionality,” but executive producer Larry TengOn X, formerly known as Twitter, the EP said The CW did not tell the “Nancy Drew” team that the network planned to cancel the show until a “random call 3/4 into our season.

According to Teng, CBS “asked the president of the new CW when we would find out about a pickup so we could make scheduling decisions.” The CW president, Dennis Miller, who joined the network in October 2022 following its, allegedly told CBS, “Oh, we’re not picking you up, the show is too expensive.”

“Had our Studio not made that call, who knows if we would’ve ever been told. At that point in the season there were only four episodes left to shoot, and the writers were already breaking the finale,” Teng wrote on X. “What a fucking shitty way of telling us we were getting canceled. Thank God the Studio called. Because you all deserved the most proper ending possible. That’s why I praise the writers for pulling it together at the end. It was so glib.

Addressing fans of “Nancy Drew,” Teng continued, “No consideration for letting Noga and Melinda give you a proper goodbye. No closure. No consideration for the fandom who support and watch this show. I’ve been pissed at the upper brass of this new CW since November. They suck. They have every right to turn a profit, which means canceling shows. But to have clearly known in advance and not tell us until a random call 3/4 into our season is just plain fucking disrespect.

Teng then alluded to more details about the conversation between CBS and Miller, but said, “I can’t even go there.”A representative for The CW and Miller has not yet responded toSo… this could be long. From what I’ve read, the reaction to the series finale have been mostly positive. Now imagine if you watched that finale without us knowing it would be the last episode of

 

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