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Immortality is for vampires — not TV shows. The CW announced the cancellation of Legacies earlier this month, and the June series finale will bring The Vampire Diaries Universe to an end after nearly 13 years.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeIt felt like a TV bloodbath like no other. Thursday’s rapid-fire succession of primetime bullets took down “Magnum P.I.” and two Chuck Lorre comedies at CBS; Ted Danson’s “Mr. Mayor” and Kenan Thompson’s “Kenan,” plus freshman drama “The Endgame” at NBC; and a large chunk of the lineup — including “Legacies,” “Charmed,” “Dynasty” and “Roswell, New Mexico” — at The CW.And that’s not even the entire list of this week’s axed shows.

Julie Plec has probably had better days.

“Legacies” is coming to an end at The CW after four seasons, TheWrap has learned.The Season 4 finale is set to air on June 16. The end of the series also means the conclusion of the network’s “Vampire Diaries” franchise, at least for now.

There will not be a fifth season for Legacies. The CW has opted not to renew The Originals spinoff from Julie Plec (The Vampire Diaries), Warner Bros. TV and CBS Studios.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“Legacies” has been canceled after four seasons at The CW, Variety has learned.The show is the latest CW drama to get canceled. Previously, the network announced it was not moving ahead with new seasons of the DC shows “Naomi,” “Batwoman,” and “Legends of Tomorrow” as well as “4400,” “Charmed,” “Dynasty,” “Roswell, New Mexico,” and “In the Dark.”The cancellation of “Legacies” brings the “Vampire Diaries” universe to a close at The CW. “The Vampire Diaries” ran from 2009-2017 at the network, while the spinoff “The Originals” aired from 2013-2018.

The CW’s Roswell, New Mexico will not return after four seasons. Season 4 will air as planned beginning June 6.

The Endgame is over.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterNBC drama “The Endgame” starring Morena Baccarin and Ryan Michelle Bathé has been canceled after one season, Variety has learned.Described as “a pulse-pounding high-stakes two-hander,” the series follows Elena Federova (Baccarin), a recently captured international arms dealer and brilliant criminal mastermind who orchestrates a number of coordinated bank heists throughout New York City for a mysterious purpose. Her antagonist is Val Turner (Bathé), the principled, relentless and socially outcast FBI agent who will stop at nothing to foil her ambitious plan. The heist drama ”reveals how far some people will go for love, justice and the most valuable commodity in the world: the truth,” per NBC.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has taken in for development Confessions (working title), a drama series starring and executive produced by The Vampire Diaries alum Paul Wesley, I have learned. Written and executive produced by TVD co-developer, executive  and showrunner Julie Plec and Bradley Paul (Better Call Saul), the project, which is in early stages, is based on Jason Smith’s non-fiction 2015 article The Confessions Of a Drug-Addicted High School Teacher.

EXCLUSIVE: Luke Mitchell (The Republic of Sarah) will return to the CW in a recurring role on Legacies, Deadline has learned exclusively.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterSPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched “Fairytale Wedding,” the Feb. 28 episode of NBC’s “The Endgame.”NBC’s new high-octane crime drama “The Endgame” aired its second episode Monday, revealing many more compelling details about its leading ladies — Morena Baccarin’s international arms dealer/crime boss Elena Federova and Ryan Michelle Bathé’s FBI agent Val Turner — than it did in its week-ago series premiere.In the episode, “Fairytale Wedding,” we saw the titular nuptials go up in flames when the church where Elena and her now-husband Sergey Vodianov (Costa Ronin) were to be wed was blown up with everyone they loved inside.

Melissa Benoist is in talks to star in the upcoming HBO Max drama series The Girls on the Bus.

Coming off six seasons as the lead of Supergirl, Melissa Benoist is poised to reunite with Berlanti Productions on another series. Benoist is in negotiations to headline The Girls on the Bus, which just received a straight-to-series order at HBO Max, I have learned. Benoist also is expected to serve as a producer on the drama series, an adaptation of Amy Chozick’s best-selling book Chasing Hillary, from Julie Plec, Chozick, Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. TV. Reps for HBO Max and WBTV declined comment.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterMelissa Benoist could soon be returning to the Berlanti-verse.Variety has confirmed with sources that Benoist is in talks to star in the series “Girls on the Bus” at HBO Max, which is executive produced by Greg Berlanti. Berlanti previously executive produced The CW series “Supergirl,” which starred Benoist in the title role.Reps for HBO Max and Warner Bros. Television declined to comment.It was announced on Thursday that “Girls on the Bus” has received a straight-to-series order at HBO Max after previously having been set up at The CW and Netflix.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterJulie Plec and Amy Chozick’s “The Girls on the Bus” is on the move again, this time to HBO Max.The streamer has given the drama series a straight-to-series order. It was most recently set up at The CW for development, having moved to the broadcaster from Netflix. Netflix had originally given the show a series order back in 2019, but it was previously reported that they had dropped the show after the pandemic pushed back the start of production.“The Girls on the Bus” is inspired by a chapter in Chozick’s book “Chasing Hillary.” The show is described as a comedic character-driven drama that chronicles four female journalists who follow every move of a parade of flawed presidential candidates, while finding friendship, love, and scandal along the way.

The Girls On The Bus‘ long journey to the small screen has come to a successful conclusion with a straight-to-series order at HBO Max. The drama series adaptation of Amy Chozick’s best-selling book Chasing Hillary, from Julie Plec, Chozick, Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. TV, originally landed at Netflix with a series order three years and moved to the CW for development earlier in this broadcast cycle.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“The Vampire Diaries” creators Julie Plec and Kevin Williamson are teaming up again on the supernatural drama series “Dead Day” at Peacock.Based on the AfterShock comic book series of the same name, “Dead Day” has been given a straight-to-series order at the NBCU streaming service. Plec and Williamson will serve as writers, executive producers, and co-showrunners on the series.“We have been looking for a project to do together and ‘Dead Day’ has all the ingredients we love as storytellers,” said Plec and Williamson.

Peacock has given a straight-to-series order to a TV adaptation of Ryan Parrott’s comic book Dead Day.

EXCLUSIVE: Jake Coburn and Julie Plec, whose bank heist drama series The Endgame was picked up to series at NBC in September, have sold another project to the network with Arrow and Supergirl writer Emilio Ortega Aldrich.

Welcome back to Mystic Falls! Following its October 2018 debut, The CW’s Legacies was hailed as a The Vampire Diaries and The Originals spinoff for the next generation, while set at the fictitious Salvatore School run by TVD’s Alaric Saltzman (Matthew Davis).

NBC has ordered the thriller “The Endgame” from executive producers Julie Plec and Justin Lin.The series stars Morena Baccarin and Ryan Michelle Bathe as a criminal mastermind and the FBI agent trying to stop her plan. Plec will executive produce with Nicholas Wootton and Jake Coburn, who will both write the series.

NBC has handed a series order to bank heist drama The Endgame starring Morena Baccarin and Ryan Michelle Bathe.

EXCLUSIVE: The Originals alum Andrew Lees and Zoe Cipres (Grown-ish) are set for recurring roles on the upcoming fourth season of the CW’s Roswell, New Mexico.

picked up at Netflix prior to the pandemic under the oversight of the streamer’s previous originals boss Cindy Holland. Berlanti, Sarah Schechter and David Madden executive produce the series for Berlanti Productions, which has an overall deal at Warner Bros.

The Girls On The Bus, Greg Berlanti and Julie Plec’s drama series adaptation of Amy Chozick’s best-seller Chasing Hilary: Ten Years, Two Presidential Campaigns and One Intact Glass Ceiling, is now in the works at The CW after being dropped by Netflix, Deadline confirmed.

Peacock’s Vampire Academy series has revealed its main cast for the upcoming series.

Romance rewind! Vampire Diaries fans aren’t the only ones who are still shipping Elena and Stefan — executive producer Julie Plec is on board too.

Class is in session for Peacock’s Vampire Academy from Julie Plec and Marguerite MacIntyre, which has found its main cast. Joining the YA drama, based on Richelle Mead’s book series of the same name, as series regulars are Sisi Stringer (Mortal Kombat), Daniela Nieves (Sex Appeal, Five Points), Kieron Moore (Masters of the Air, Sex Education), André Dae Kim (Degrassi, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds), J. August Richards (Angel, Generation), Anita-Joy Uwajeh (West End’s Cyrano de Bergerac and King

The greatest villain in all of Mystic Falls! Just as fans of The Vampire Diaries have their favorite onscreen villains, the show’s creators and stars do too.