May 9, 2014

Network Television Renewals & Cancellations: Did your favorite show make the cut?
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Network Television Renewals & Cancellations: Did your favorite show make the cut?


It’s that time of year again! Renewals and cancellations are being announced by the hour as we all clutch our chests waiting to see if our favorite shows will live to see another season. Unlike previous years, I’m making it out of the 2013-2014 television season almost completely unscathed. With the exception of Being Human and Dexter (both ended on their own without being cancelled), all of my favorite shows have been renewed. This is a first!

Take a look at some of this season’s pick-ups and cancellations on network television.

RENEWALS

  • ABC renewed Scandal and Revenge each for a fourth season. This really isn’t a big surprise to anyone considering these are ABC’s top shows after Grey’s Anatomy and Modern Family (both of which have been renewed as well). 


  • FOX also renewed a good chuck of their comedy-block. New Girl, The Mindy Project, and the Golden Globe winning Brooklyn Nine-Nine will all return next year. Very happy to see the latter two make it. I was especially surprised Mindy got another season considering it's less-than-stellar ratings, but hey! I'm not complaining.


  • NBC renewed the fairy tale drama Grimm (a show I really need to catch up on) for a fourth season, Parks and Recreation for a seventh season, and ordered a revival of Heroes all set to air this fall. Cult favorite Hannibal was renewed for a third season while freshman comedy About a Boy received a second.

  • CBS renewed almost all of their series with the exception of How I Met Your Mother and We Are Men. Of the bunch, I am very happy to see Elementary renewed. This is probably an unpopular opinion, but I prefer it to it's BBC counterpart, Sherlock.


CANCELLATIONS

  • FOX cancelled freshman comedies Surviving JackEnlisted, and Dads. This probably wasn't a shock to anyone but it is a good reinforcement to Seth McFarland to stick to cartoon sitcoms and cartoon sitcoms only. The network also took the axe to The X Factor. The show failed to produce a single star, but at least provided us with dozens of Britney Spears reaction gifs.

  • NBC finally put Community out it's misery. I loved the show in the first two seasons but halfway through season three, the show fell dramatically in quality and never recovered. The rainbow peacock also put an end to Revolution after two seasons. 

  • ABC ended the Once Upon a Time spin-off Once Upon a Time in Wonderland and the comedy series Trophy Wife. The American Broadcasting Company continues to be a bloodbath for comedies that aren't Modern Family axing both Suburgatory and the sci-fi sitcom The Neighbors

  • The CW cancelled The Carrie Diaries after two seasons, and The Tomorrow People and Star-Crossed after one. 

A full list of cancellations and renewals can be found here. Did your favorite show make it?

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