Roma Roth Sullivan's Crossing Exit has put Floyd Kane in charge of the series ahead of Season 5. Roth has stepped down as head writer and showrunner, but she remains an executive producer, so the change is a leadership shift rather than a full break from the show.
The series was renewed for a fifth season by CTV a month ago, and filming is set to begin later this summer in Nova Scotia. The CW pickup for Season 5 is still being finalized, which leaves the show in a narrow window where the creative handoff is already in motion even though the broadcast side is not fully settled.
Floyd Kane at Sullivan’s Crossing
Kane is taking over day-to-day leadership after building his own TV resume with Diggstown, which he created in 2019. That matters because the show is not changing ownership or source material; it is changing the person making the daily calls on scripts and production rhythm.
Roth’s continued role as executive producer suggests continuity at the top while the writing room adjusts to a new head writer. For viewers, that usually means the broad shape of the series can remain intact even as the execution shifts in smaller but still visible ways on screen.
Morgan Kohan and Chad Michael Murray
Morgan Kohan and Chad Michael Murray are still leading the returning cast for Season 5, which gives the production a stable on-camera core. That continuity matters because the show’s audience has already seen one major off-screen change: Scott Patterson left after Season 3, and there are no current plans for him to return.
Patterson said, “The creative differences were becoming untenable and I just sadly realized that the show was not something that I could agree to continue.” That line still hangs over the series, because this new leadership move arrives against a history of behind-the-scenes friction rather than in a vacuum.
Season 4 on Netflix
Season 4 wrapped its run on the CW on June 22 and then debuted on Netflix on June 30. It shot into Netflix’s daily U.S. Top 3 for TV series immediately after debuting and ranked #6 on Netflix’s English series chart globally for its opening week with 3M views.
That performance gives the new season a built-in audience bridge. Season 4 also ended with a major cliffhanger involving Maggie and Cal, and in Season 4 Maggie Sullivan settles on a new direction for her career and a renewed commitment to Cal when Liam arrives.
Nova Scotia and Season 5
Filming on Season 5 is set to begin later this summer in Nova Scotia, so the practical question now is not whether the show keeps moving, but how much of Roth’s creative stamp survives the handoff to Kane. Her exit from the showrunner chair leaves the production with a new operator, but not a total reset.
The CW still has to finish the Season 5 pickup, and that makes the next phase a two-part test: lock the broadcast deal, then move the cameras. If that happens on schedule, Sullivan’s Crossing will enter its next season with the same core cast, a new head writer, and a tighter spotlight on whether continuity can outlast the personnel change.
