The CW network is pulling the Miss USA and Miss Teen USA pageants from its schedule just a week before the events are set to air. Both pageants were scheduled for August 26 and 27, but The CW says it will not broadcast the finals as planned.
The decision comes despite the pageant organizations announcing a new deal with The CW in June, which led to the August air dates. Across the outlets, there is agreement that The CW and the pageant parties do not provide detailed explanations publicly. Variety notes that the pageants have faced multiple controversies in recent years and characterizes the timing as sudden, while also reporting that neither side is elaborating on the specific reasons for the removal.
In the coverage, the focus remains on the timeline—scheduled broadcasts on the network followed by a last-minute pull—and the lack of an official, fully specified rationale from The CW or Miss USA. The dispute centers on what viewers will not see on The CW at the end of August rather than on confirmed new contractual or operational details.
