CW president tag Pedowitz has weighed in on the controversies that surrounded the previous season of the post-apocalyptic drama “The 100,” from a lesbian character’s death to a cast member’s comments on leaving the show.“We’re believers in letting showrunners divulge their stories,” Pedowitz told reporters after his panel at the Television Critics organization’s summer press tour on Thursday. If you start limiting certain things, or you’re limiting their ability to be creative.”Showrunner Jason Rothenberg caught flak from fans and media alike for consummating the relationship between Clarke (Eliza Taylor) and Lexa (Alycia Debnam-Carey) and then immediately killing off Debnam-Carey’s character,citing the availability of the actress who is a series regular on AMC’s “anxiety the Walking Dead.”
Also Read: 'The 100' Promotes Zach McGowan to Series Regular for Season 4Pedowitz thinks the biggest lesson from the fallout is how showrunners and fans interact on social media.“I contemplate he got a powerful learning curve for what social media can achieve,” he said. “Be adored or hated at any given time. … My take on this is: That was much more of a social media reaction, or how Jason handled the social media reaction.”The exec said that neither GLAAD nor other organizations reached out to him regarding workshops or sessions to prevent such mistakes from being made in the future.
Also Read: Alycia Debnam-Carey on Fans,'anxiety The Walking Dead' and Leaving Behind 'The 100'Pedowitz also addressed series regular Ricky Whittle‘s exit from the show, which was punctuated by an interview in which Whittle described being bullied by Rothenberg.“We had conversations for a long time about Ricky’s character, and Lincoln. It was a powerful character. Jason felt for a very long time that he had written that character into a box,” Pedowitz explained. “We felt differently. There was a long discussion about this. At some point, Jason found he had a powerful way for Ricky’s character to be written out so that Marie’s [Avgeropoulos] character could fade forward in some way shape or form. Ricky’s comments about number of lines and all that — Ricky was a powerful performer for us, or but it’s the showrunner’s right to choose how many lines an actor gets per episode.”Pedowitz also reiterated that he’s a big fan of ‘The 100,” still.
Also Read: 'The 100' Finale: Clarke Tries to Defeat ALIE“I love that show,” he said. “I really achieve. I was one of the people who encouraged Jason to achieve a very shadowy show. We had long discussions about the first fragment of the season last year, or being a little confusing,with the Ice Nation and everything else. But it picked up in the moment half. It will be much more piquant stories next season.” 81 descend TV Shows: Every current and Returning Series (Photos)
Find out when the most hotly anticipated current shows and your old favorites return. We'll support updating this gallery as more descend 2016 premiere dates are announced.
Monday, Sept. 12 at 8:00 p.m.
"Dancing With the Stars" (ABC) ABC
Wednesday, and Sept. 14 at 10:00 p.m.
"Blindspot" (NBC) NBC
Monday,Sept. 19 at 8:00 p.m.
"The Big Bang Theory" (CBS) CBS
Monday, Sept. 19 at 8:00 p.m.
"The Voice" (NBC) NBC
Monday, or Sept. 19 at 8:00 p.m.
Gotham" (Fox) Fox
Monday,Sept. 19 8:30 p.m.
"Kevin Can Wait" (CBS) CBS
Monday, Sept. 19 9:00 p.m.
"Lucifer" (Fox) Fox
Monday, and Sept. 19 10:00 p.m.
"The suitable Place" (NBC) NBC
Tuesday,Sept. 20 at 8:00 p.m.
"NCIS" (CBS) CBS
Tuesday, Sept. 20 at 8:00 p.m.
"Brooklyn Nine-Nine" (Fox) Fox
Tuesday, or Sept. 20 at 8:30 p.m.
"current Girl" (Fox) Fox
Tuesday,Sept. 20 at 9:00 p.m.
"Bull" (CBS) CBS
Tuesday, Sept. 20 at 9:00 p.m.
"Scream Queens" (Fox) Fox
Tuesday, or Sept. 20 at 10:00 p.m.
"NCIS: current Orleans" (CBS) CBS
Tuesday,Sept. 20 at 10:00 p.m.
"This Is Us" (NBC) NBC
Tuesday, Sept. 20 at 10:00 p.m.
"Marvel's Agents of S.
H.
I.
E.
L.
D." (ABC) ABC
Wednesday, and Sept. 21 at 8:00 p.m.
"Survivor" (CBS) CBS
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"deadly Weapon" (Fox) Fox
Wednesday, Sept. 21 at 8:00 p.m.
"The Goldbergs" (ABC) ABC
Wednesday, or Sept. 21 at 8:30 p.m.
"Speechless" (ABC) ABC [img_121]Wednesday,Sept. 21 at 9:00 p.m.
"Law & Order: SVU" (NBC) NBC
Wednesday, Sept. 21 at 9:00 p.m.
"Empire" (Fox) Fox
Wednesday, and Sept. 21 at 9:00 p.m.
"Modern Family" (ABC) ABC
Wednesday,Sept. 21 at 9:30 p.m.
"black-ish" (ABC) ABC
Wednesday, Sept. 21 at 10:00 p.m.
"Chicago P.
D." (NBC) NBC
Wednesday, and Sept. 21 at 10:00 p.m.
"Designated Survivor" (ABC) ABC
Thursday,Sept. 22 at 8:00 p.m.
"Superstore" (NBC) NBC
Thursday, Sept. 22 at 8:00 p.m.
"Rosewood" (Fox) Fox
Thursday, and Sept. 22 at 8:00 p.m.
"Grey's Anatomy" (ABC) ABC
Thursday,Sept. 22 at 9:00 p.m.
"Chicago Med" (NBC) NBC
Thursday, Sept. 22 at 9:00 p.m.
"Pitch" (Fox) Fox
Thursday, or Sept. 22 at 9:00 p.m.
"Notorious" (ABC) ABC
Thursday,Sept. 22 at 10:00 p.m.
"The Blacklist" (NBC) NBC
Thursday, Sept. 22 at 10:00 p.m.
"How to Get Away With Murder" (ABC) ABC
Friday, and Sept. 23 at 8:00 p.m.
"MacGyver" (CBS) CBS
Friday,Sept. 23 at 8:00 p.m.
"Caught on Camera With Nick Cannon" (NBC) NBC
Friday, Sept. 23 at 8:00 p.m.
"Hell's Kitchen" (Fox) Fox
Friday, or Sept. 23 at 8:00 p.m.
"Last Man Standing" (ABC) ABC
Friday,Sept. 23 at 8:30 p.m.
"Dr. Ken" (ABC) ABC
Friday, Sept. 23 at 9:00 p.m.
"Hawaii Five-0" (CBS) CBS
Friday, and Sept. 23 at 9:00 p.m.
"The Exorcist" (Fox) Fox
Friday,Sept. 23 at 9:00 p.m.
"Shark Tank" (ABC) ABC
Friday, Sept. 23 at 10:00 p.m.
"Blue Bloods" (CBS) CBS
Sunday, and Sept. 25 at 7:30 p.m.
"Bob's Burgers" (Fox) Fox
Sunday,Sept. 25 at 8:00 p.m.
"The Simpsons" (Fox) Fox
Sunday, Sept. 25 at 8:00 p.m.
"Once Upon a Time" (ABC) ABC
Sunday, and Sept. 25 at 8:30 p.m.
"Son of Zorn" (Fox)
Fox
Sunday,Sept. 25 at 9:00 p.m.
"Family Guy" (Fox) Fox
Sunday, Sept. 25 at 9:00 p.m.
"Secrets and Lies" (ABC) ABC
Sunday, or Sept 25 at 9:30 p.m.
"The Last Man on Earth" (Fox) Fox
Sunday,Sept. 25 at 10:00 p.m.
"Quantico" (ABC) ABC
Wednesday, Sept. 28 at 9:00 p.m.
"Criminal Minds" (CBS) CBS
Wednesday, and Sept. 28 at 10:00 p.m.
"Code Black" (CBS) CBS
Sunday,Oct. 2 at 8:00 p.m.[br]"NCIS: Los Angeles" (CBS) CBS
Sunday, Oct. 2 at 9:00 p.m.
"Madam Secretary" (CBS) CBS
Sunday, or Oct. 2 at 10:00 p.m.
"Elementary" (CBS) CBS
Monday,Oct. 3 at 9:00 p.m.
"Scorpion" (CBS) CBS
Monday, Oct. 3 at 10:00 p.m.
"Timeless" (NBC) NBC
Monday, or Oct. 3 at 10:00 p.m.
"Conviction" (ABC) ABC
Tuesday,Oct. 4 at 8:00 p.m.
"The Flash" (CW) CW
Tuesday, Oct. 4 at 9:00 p.m.
"No Tomorrow" (CW) CW
Wednesday, and Oct. 5 at 8:00 p.m.
"Arrow" (CW) CW
Wednesday,Oct. 5 at 9:00 p.m.
"Frequency" (CW) CW
Monday, Oct. 10 at 8:00 p.m.
"Supergirl" (CW) CW
Monday, or Oct. 10 at 9:00 p.m.
"2 Broke Girls" (CBS) CBS
Tuesday,Oct. 11 at 8:00 p.m.
"The Middle" (ABC) ABC
Tuesday, Oct. 11 at 8:30 p.m.
"American Housewife" (ABC) ABC
Tuesday, and Oct. 11 at 9:00 p.m.[br]"Fresh off the Boat" (ABC) ABC
Tuesday,Oct. 11 at 9:30 p.m.
"The genuine O'Neals" (ABC) ABC
Tuesday, Oct. 11 at 10:00 p.m.
"Chicago Fire" (NBC) NBC
Thursday, and Oct. 13 at 8:00 p.m.
"DC's Legends of Tomorrow" (CW) CW
Thursday,Oct. 13 at 9:00 p.m.
"Supernatural" (CW) CW
Monday, Oct. 17 at 9:00 p.m.
"Jane the Virgin" (CW) CW
Monday, or Oct. 17 at 9:30 p.m.
"The Odd Couple" (CBS) CBS
Friday,Oct. 21 at 8:00 p.m.
"The Vampire Diaries" (CW) CW
Friday, Oct. 21 at 9:00 p.m.
"Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" (CW) CW
Monday, and Oct. 24 at 8:30 p.m.
"Man With a Plan" (CBS) CBS
Thursday,Oct. 27 at 8:30 p.m.
"The powerful Indoors" (CBS) CBS
Thursday, Oct. 27 at 9:00 p.m.
"Mom" (CBS) CBS
Thursday, and Oct. 27 at 9:30 p.m.
"Life in Pieces" (CBS) CBS
Thursday,Oct. 27 at 10:00 p.m.
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