Dennis Miller took over as president of The CW in October 2022, after the network was acquired by Nexstar Media Group. He quickly set about refashioning The CW by bringing in more live sports, decreasing the number of scripted series that are exclusive to the network and deploying a coproduction model that sees series air on The CW and another network in a different country. Those include Wild Cards, about a cop and a con woman working together, and Sullivan’s Crossing, about a woman who leaves the big city to live on the campground run by her estranged father. Both also air in Canada.
Miller spoke with Broadcasting+Cable about his eventful first 18 months atop The CW, including the network’s shift away from the younger demo it once targeted, and what is next. Here’s an edited transcript of that conversation.
