End Of An Era! The Wrap Up Of My Final Season Of Predictions!
End Of An Era
Robert Seidman and I launched TV By The Numbers almost 17 years ago, in the Fall of 2007. In the spring of 2008, I did some backwards looking analysis of TV show renewals and cancellations from the previous season and realized it wasn’t nearly as opaque and mysterious as the trade media would have you believe.
I began predicting the renewal and cancellation of broadcast scripted shows in the Fall of 2008. The Cancellation Bear persona arrived in 2009.
We sold TV By The Numbers to Tribune Media in 2014. I continued for one more season as the Cancellation Bear, and then left in 2015 to do the TV Grim Reaper on my own as a hobby.
I don’t need to tell you how much the TV industry has changed since 2007. There are fewer scripted shows in broadcast TV primetime than there have been in decades, and predicting their fates just isn’t interesting to me any longer, so this will be my final season of it. It’s been fun!
TV Grim Reaper isn’t going anywhere though. I’ll be sticking around on Twitter doing most everything else I’ve been doing. What I do with this Substack is still TBD, if you’re a subscriber, stay tuned.
2023-24 Season Wrap Up
ABC
Canceled
Not Dead Yet
Renanceled* (renewed for a final season, ending in '23-'24)
Station 19
The Good Doctor
Renewed for the ‘24-’25 season
9-1-1
Abbott Elementary
Grey’s Anatomy
The Conners, renanceled, ending in ‘24-’25*
The Rookie
Will Trent
CBS
Canceled
CSI: Vegas
NCIS: Hawaii
So Help Me Todd
Renanceled* (renewed for a final season, ending in '23-'24)
Blue Bloods (ending Fall ‘24)
Bob Hearts Abishola
Young Sheldon
Renewed for the ‘24-’25 season
Elsbeth
FBI, renewed for 3 seasons
FBI: International
FBI: Most Wanted
Fire Country
Ghosts
NCIS
NCIS: Sydney
The Equalizer
The Neighborhood
SWAT
Tracker
Fox
Renewed for the ‘24-’25 season
Alert: Missing Persons Unit
Animal Control
Bob’s Burgers
Family Guy
Grimsburg
Krapopolis
The Cleaning Lady
The Great North
The Simpsons
Delayed until the ‘24-‘25 season
9-1-1: Lone Star
Accused
NBC
Canceled
Extended Family
Quantum Leap
Transplant, canceled in Canada after season 4
Renanceled* (renewed for a final season, ending in '23-'24)
La Brea
Magnum, PI
Renewed for the ‘24-’25 season
Chicago Fire
Chicago Med
Chicago PD
Found
Law & Order
Law & Order: OC, moving to Peacock
Law & Order: SVU
Lopez vs Lopez
Night Court
The Irrational
*Renanceled = it was announced that the show’s next season will be its final one, before that final season began.
Prediction record for the 2023-24 season: 28-4
Right: Tracker, Fire Country, Ghosts, Chicago PD, Chicago Med, Chicago Fire, Law & Order, Law & Order: SVU, 9-1-1, Grey’s Anatomy, Will Trent, Quantum Leap, NCIS, The Neighborhood, FBI, FBI: International, FBI: Most Wanted, The Rookie, Elsbeth, The Equalizer, Law & Order: OC, The Conners, Night Court, Extended Family, Not Dead Yet, Alert: Missing Persons Unit, The Cleaning Lady, The Great North
Wrong: So Help Me Todd, CSI: Vegas, NCIS: Hawaii, Lopez vs Lopez
Here’s my prediction record as the Cancellation Bear at TVbytheNumbers.com(RIP) from Sept, 2009 — May, 2015, and as TV Grim Reaper since Sept, 2015.
Scoring: A-B-C
A = correct predictions
B = incorrect predictions
C = shows renewed or canceled while predicted a “toss up” (not included in % calculation) “Toss up” predictions ended with the 2016-17 season.
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