Overview
- Tuesday’s Deadline report said series creator Roma Roth relinquished showrunner and head-writer duties but will remain on the show as an executive producer.
- Canadian writer-producer Floyd Kane, best known for Diggstown, has been tapped to run day-to-day creative operations for Season 5.
- Filming is planned to begin later this summer in Nova Scotia with Morgan Kohan and Chad Michael Murray expected to return to lead the cast.
- Scott Patterson, who left after Season 3 citing “untenable” creative differences, is not currently expected to return to the series.
- The series’ strong streaming performance on Netflix and its status as The CW’s most-watched show helped secure CTV’s renewal and may shape timing and network decisions for a potential 2027 release.