Overview
- Creator Roma Roth stepped down as showrunner Tuesday and will remain on Sullivan’s Crossing as an executive producer while Floyd Kane assumes head-writer and day-to-day showrunner duties.
- Canadian network CTV has formally renewed the series for Season 5 and production is scheduled to begin later this summer in Nova Scotia, but The CW’s U.S. pickup for the new season is still being finalized.
- Morgan Kohan and Chad Michael Murray are expected to return to lead the cast for Season 5 and there are currently no plans for Scott Patterson to reprise his role.
- The change follows reporting of long-running tensions on set tied in part to Roth’s management style, a dynamic that sources say did not hurt the show’s popularity on The CW and Netflix.
- Because Sullivan’s Crossing remains one of The CW’s most-watched shows and a recent Netflix hit, the showrunner switch could shape Season 5’s creative direction and affect timing or terms of the U.S. pickup.