By , Nellie Andreeva
Published April 20, 2016
TNT has opted not to order a fifth season of the legal buddy dramedy "Franklin & Bash" starring Breckin Meyer and Mark-Paul Gosselaar.
This happens to be the first major programming decision since Turner Broadcasting last week brought in Kevin Reilly to oversee TNT and TBS. "Franklin & Bash" got off to a solid start in 2011 but has been slipping in the past couple of years.
Its most recent fourth season started with 1.246 million viewers, down -60% from the Season 3 opener. The season and now series finale drew 975,000 viewers.
"TNT is going through a transitional period as it is tweaking its drama brand. We are going to get edgier, we are going to get louder, and we are going to get more dual (male-female), but we also have an existing audience, we have an existing fan base with a lot of our very popular show," Turner Broadcasting president David Levy told Deadline last week. "It's an evolution, a bridge-type process that will take place as opposed to a turnaround. You are going to see shows like 'Legends' and 'Public Morals' that are going to bring us on a path to a more edgier type of shows; this is a path we are taking."
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