As the end of the year approaches, studios in Hollywood are gearing up for the 2024 TV season. With a backlog of shows from the historic SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes, its hard to find room for everything, which unfortunately means some shows are being canceled. Sometimes that happens even after they’ve already been renewed, like Prime Video’s A League of Their Own, which later got the axe. Few shows seem to be safe and Freeform’s long-running drama series, Good Trouble, learned that the hard way, which could speak to a bigger issue for teen soaps moving forward.
The news broke days ago and, at the same time, it was confirmed that Freeform’s other original scripted series, Cruel Summer, which finished its second season earlier this year, was also getting the boot. The development probably comes as a surprise to many fans of the young adult-skewing network, especially since those were the last two scripted shows left following the cancelation of the company's first animated original, Praise Petey. This is all disappointing, and I fear what it might mean for the future of teen dramas.
