Broadcast TV Fall Recap, What Shows Were Canceled?
Broadcast TV Fall Recap, What Shows Were Canceled?
Broadcast TV Fall Recap
We’re entering the holiday lull in the broadcast season. It’s unlikely that information will appear that would change any existing predictions before early 2023, so this will be the last post until 2023. Happy Holidays!
Here’s a recap of the important broadcast scripted show news from the fall.
Wonder Years season 2 premiere was pushed into summer 2023, which is a death knell.
A Million Little Things was renanceled and its yet to premiere season 5 will be its last.
Alaska Daily had no additional episodes ordered, which usually is a death knell for a fall rookie show. The producers have said “10 episodes was always the plan”. Your mileage may vary on that.
Stargirl was canceled during its third season and will end in December.
Nancy Drew was renanceled and its yet to premiere season 4 will be its last.
No additional episodes were ordered for CW rookies The Winchesters and Walker: Independence. New CW majority owner Nexstar said “that doesn’t mean they’re canceled”.
Monarch wasn’t mentioned in the Fox mid-season schedule, and no additional episodes were ordered. It’s dead.
Krapopolis & Grimsburg, two new Fox animated sitcoms, were both renewed for season 2 before their premiere. That’s not as strange as it sounds. Production lead times for animated shows are so long, an “early” renewal is almost required to follow a regular season schedule.
“Full season episode orders” or something close to them were given to The Rookie: Feds, So Help Me Todd, Fire Country, East New York and Quantum Leap. Their fates won’t be known until spring.
The current predictions & status for all the scripted shows that have premiered, and some that haven’t, are below.
ABC
Likely Canceled by May, 2023
The Goldbergs: very old, expensive, ratings no longer great
Alaska Daily: lowest rated of ABC’s scripted shows this season
Likely Renewed for ’23-‘24
Abbott Elementary
Big Sky
Grey’s Anatomy
Home Economics
Station 19
The Conners
The Good Doctor
The Rookie
The Rookie: Feds
Renanceled, ending in ‘22-'23
A Million Little Things
Dumped to Summer ‘23, dead
The Wonder Years
CBS
Likely Canceled
So Help Me Todd
Likely Renewed for ’23-‘24
Blue Bloods
Bob Hearts Abishola
CSI: Vegas
East New York
Fire Country
Ghosts
NCIS
NCIS: Hawaii
NCIS: Los Angeles
SWAT
The Neighborhood
Renewed for ’23-‘24
Equalizer
FBI
FBI: International
FBI: Most Wanted
Young Sheldon
CW
🤷 What’s up with CW predictions?
Nexstar purchased 75% of the CW network earlier this year. CBS & WB now own just 12.5% of the network each.
Nexstar has a deal obligating them to carry CBS & WB shows on the CW for the 2022-23 season. Nexstar can renew the deal at its option on an annual basis and carry CBS/WB shows longer, but what it will do is anyone’s guess.
All American
All American: Homecoming
Coroner
Family Law
Kung Fu
Professionals
Superman & Lois
The Winchesters
Walker
Walker Independence
Renanceled, ending in '22-'23
Nancy Drew
Riverdale
The Flash
Canceled, ending in '22-'23
Stargirl
Fox
Likely Renewed for ’23-‘24
9-1-1
Bob’s Burgers
Call Me Kat
Family Guy
Simpsons
The Cleaning Lady
The Great North
The Resident
Welcome to Flatch
Renewed for ’23-‘24
Krapopolis
Grimsburg
Canceled
Monarch
NBC
Likely Renewed for ’23-‘24
Chicago PD
Chicago Med
Chicago Fire
La Brea
Law & Order
Law & Order: OC
Law & Order: SVU
Lopez v. Lopez
Quantum Leap, renewed 12/12Young Rock
Renewed for ’23-‘24
Magnum, PI
Quantum Leap, renewed 12/12
Renanceled, ending in '22-'23
New Amsterdam
The Reaper’s running prediction tally this season: 2-0
Right: Monarch, Quantum Leap
Wrong:
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