The CW’s decision to yank the two summer shows Wednesday brings the total number of axed shows this summer to five, three of them on the young-skewing net. It’s possible that only one new show, the already renewed NBC drama The Night Shift, will make it to a second season.
The network, which throughout the year typically airs nine drama series as part of its 10-hour schedule, is experimenting with a pair of new half-hour comedies, Backpackers (originally a digital series) and Seed, as well as magic series Penn & Teller: Fool Us and Masters of Illusion, as part of its summer lineup.
