ARTICLE: 'Beyond the Gates' Renewed For Season 2 at CBS

[Taoboi]

That was my thought as well. On the other hand, there does seem to be a TV show bloodbath going on this month so...

[Errol]

May is the time of year when the broadcast networks do last-minute renewals, pickups, and/or cancellations for their primetime shows. That's why there is so much news relating to "a TV show bloodbath" right now.

That said, April is typically when the networks make their cancellation announcements for daytime shows, as has been the case for Guiding Light, As The World Turns, All My Children, One Life to Live and, more recently, The Talk. This is the time when the networks communicate their scheduling plans with their local affiliates, as these types of shows air five days a week, and local ads are much more important to stations since they also have sell space for their own programming and the syndicated shows they license.

 

My point of bringing it up is to say that CBS not saying anything in April was likely an indication leaning toward renewal, but with everything going on with primetime and Paramount, they probably thought May made a good PR statement for them.

I wouldn't have been surprised if the network had waited until July for TCAs, but since January's event was canceled, and only because Beyond the Gates premiered so late. Otherwise, July (or the summer period) is not known for renewal announcements for daytime shows.

[Taoboi]

I have always known that about May, but I guess it's been a minute since so many beloved and/or interesting shows have left at the same time so the press are getting really upset. Or just a boring amount of entertainment slow news days. 

 

But as for daytime shows, I didn't know any of that about April. Thanks for the info.

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