ABC did order some new series to fill comedy and drama holes left behind by these cancellations.
On the comedy front, ABC gave a series order to Call Your Mother about an empty-nester who decides to reinsert herself into her kids’ lives.
Big Sky will be a thriller involving a search for two sisters, so it wouldn’t be Emergence 2.0, but it will fill a drama gap.
ABC ordered the David E. Kelley drama Big Sky to series for the 2020-2021 TV season, starring Katheryn Winnick of Vikings fame, Kylie Bunbury of the sadly short-lived Pitch, and Ryan Phillippe of Shooter.