Week 32: Animal Control Is Likely To Be Renewed

Animal Control is likely to be renewed. While the idea that it would be “the comedy that propels Fox back to the forefront of this comedy renaissance” is laughable in retrospect, its low ratings still top Fox live action sitcoms.

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When Will You Know If Your Favorite Broadcast TV Show Is Canceled Or Renewed?

In last week’s news: ABC renewed Will Trent, Station 19, The Good Doctor and The Rookie.

Predictions/Status:

All predictions are for renewal for the 2023-24 broadcast season, or cancellation by the end of the 2022-23 broadcast season.

ABC

Likely Canceled by May, 2023

• Alaska Daily, lowest rated of ABC’s scripted shows

• The Company You Keep, lowest rated of ABC’s spring rookie dramas

Likely Renewed for ’23-‘24

• Big Sky, season 3 shows likely renewed even with low ratings

• Home Economics, season 3 shows likely renewed even with low ratings

• Not Dead Yet

• The Conners

• The Rookie: Feds

Renewed for ’23-‘24

• Abbott Elementary

• Grey’s Anatomy

• Station 19

• The Good Doctor

• The Rookie

• Will Trent

Ending in '22-'23

• A Million Little Things, renanceled*

• The Goldbergs, canceled

Dumped to Summer ‘23, dead

• The Wonder Years

CBS

Likely Canceled by May, 2023

• True Lies, CBS’s lowest rated scripted show

Likely Renewed for ’23-‘24

• East New York, ratings are fine, could WB ownership doom it? 🤷

• SWAT, SWAT is in the "if you can make it cheap enough, we'll renew it" negotiation dance with CBS. I have no way to predict the outcome accurately, so I default to likely renewal.

Renewed for ’23-‘24

• Blue Bloods

• Bob Hearts Abishola

• CSI: Vegas

• Equalizer

• Ghosts

• FBI

• FBI: International

• FBI: Most Wanted

• Fire Country

• NCIS

• NCIS: Hawaii

• So Help Me Todd

• Young Sheldon

• The Neighborhood

Ending in '22-'23

• NCIS:LA, canceled

CW

🤷 What’s up with CW predictions?

Nexstar purchased 75% of the CW network in 2022. 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: Homecoming

• Coroner

• Family Law

• Gotham Knights

• Kung Fu

• Professionals

• Superman & Lois

• The Winchesters

• Walker

• Walker Independence

Renewed for ’23-‘24

• All American

Ending in '22-'23

• Nancy Drew, renanceled*

• Riverdale, renanceled*

• Stargirl, canceled

• The Flash, renanceled*

Fox

Likely Renewed for ’23-‘24

• 9-1-1

• 9-1-1 Lonestar

• Animal Control

• Call Me Kat, season 3 shows likely renewed even with terrible ratings

• Fantasy Island, this could be renewed for either the regular season or summer

• Welcome to Flatch, terrible ratings, but being a cheap international co-production saved it last season and might again

Renewed

• Accused, renewed through ‘23-’24

• Alert: Missing Persons Unit, renewed through ‘23-’24

• Krapopolis, renewed through ‘25-’26

• Grimsburg, renewed through ‘23-’24

• Bob’s Burgers, renewed through ‘24-’25

• Family Guy, renewed through ‘24-’25

• Simpsons, renewed through ‘24-’25

• The Cleaning Lady, renewed through ‘23-’24

• The Great North, renewed through ‘23-’24

Ending in '22-'23

• Monarch, canceled

• The Resident, canceled

NBC

Likely Canceled by May, 2023

• Grand Crew, lowest rated NBC scripted show

Likely Renewed for ’23-‘24

• American Auto, in danger if NBC is canning their low rated sitcoms after 2 seasons

• Lopez v. Lopez, terrible ratings, but NBC may be giving its low rated sitcoms 2 seasons to fail

• Young Rock, season 3 shows likely renewed even with low ratings

Renewed for ’23-‘24

• Chicago PD

• Chicago Med

• Chicago Fire

• La Brea, likely renanceled*

• Law & Order

• Law & Order: OC

• Law & Order: SVU

• Magnum, PI

• Night Court

• Quantum Leap

Ending in '22-'23

• New Amsterdam, renanceled*

• The Blacklist, renanceled*

Running prediction tally this season: 32-2

• Right: Monarch, Quantum Leap, Fire Country, Abbott Elementary, Ghosts, The Neighborhood, Bob Hearts Abishola, Bob’s Burgers, Family Guy, Simpsons, La Brea, The Cleaning Lady, Night Court, NCIS, NCIS:Hawaii, CSI:Vegas, The Goldbergs, Accused, Alert: Missing Persons Unit, Grey’s Anatomy, Blue Bloods, The Resident, Chicago Med, Chicago PD, Chicago Fire, Law & Order, Law & Order: OC, Law & Order: SVU, The Rookie, Will Trent, The Good Doctor, Station 19

• Wrong: NCIS:LA, So Help Me Todd

*Renanceled = it was announced that the show’s next season will be its final one, before that final season began.

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