This has definitely been the worst TV season in my memory, and I've been watching network television for as long as I can remember. It's all due to the actors' strike (and the recently solved writers' strike before that.) So what happens if they finally do reach an agreement and production ramps back up? Get ready for one of the shortest TV seasons since the beginning of the medium.

The major networks have confirmed they're cutting the number of episodes they'll be making to minimal levels. That is, if they ever actually get around to solving this thing. That will affect not only whatever reruns there are in the summer but future syndication packages, too. And many shows that never got made but were in development have already been dropped by nervous networks, seeing no future in the would-be but never-will-be-newcomers. 

Inside the Networks’ Post-Strike Plan to Salvage the ’23-24 TV Season