Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-26159109-20170317173209/@comment-27060727-20170317201856

Nakis91 wrote: I don't think its up to them... it seems to be a creative decision from A&E and ABC... I really doubt writing out Snow and Charming would be a creative decision. The actors' contracts are up so they have some power this time around. If their contracts had gone through season 7, I'm pretty sure everyone would be staying. Maybe 1-2 people would be written out but it'd be more like Rumple/Belle/Zelena, not the Charmings.

All actors wanting to return would be renegotiating for higher pay, but the show is expensive and ratings are not great, so maybe ABC does intend to cut costs and refuse to pay over a certain amount, which would force A&E to write out the characters if the actors declined their offers. At the end of the day, TV is a business and if the rumors are true and Ginny and Josh are walking away, plus Rumple is getting killed off, a significant chunk of the budget will be freed and season 7 might be more cost-efficient for the network.