2016 Canceled & Renewed TV Shows

[Ryan Ruck]

As I mentioned in the Firefly thread Castle's run is sadly over. Some more shows are getting the axe. List compiled from a couple sources...


CANCELLED

ABC
Agent Carter
The Astronaut Wives Club
Castle
The Family
Galavant
The Muppets
Rookie Blue
The Whispers
Nashville
Of Kings and Prophets
Wicked City
Blood & Oil


CBS
Angel From Hell
CSI: Cyber
Extant
The Good Wife
Mike and Molly
Person of Interest
Supergirl (moving to the CW)
Under the Dome


Fox
American Idol
Bordertown
Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life
Grandfathered
The Grinder
Knock Knock Live
Minority Report
Second Chance


NBC
Crowded
Game of Silence
Hannibal
Heartbeat
Mr. Robinson
Best Time Ever With Neil Patrick Harris
Heroes Reborn
Telenovela
Undateable
You, Me and the Apocalypse


The CW
America's Next Top Model (moving to VH1)
Beauty and the Beast
Containment


Others
FABLife (Syndicated)
The Meredith Vieira Show (Syndicated)
Agent X (TNT)
The Awesomes (Hulu)
The Bastard Executioner (FX)
Benders (IFC)
Cedar Cove (Hallmark)
Chasing Life (Freeform)
Complications (USA)
Defiance (Syfy)
Dominion (Syfy)
Finding Carter (MTV)
Gigi Does It (IFC)
Graceland (USA)
Hindsight (VH1)
Kocktails with Khloe (FYI)
Legends (TNT)
Mad Dogs (Amazon)
Manhattan (WGN America)
Proof (TNT)
Public Morals (TNT)
Togetherness (HBO)
Unforgettable (A&E)


RENEWED

ABC
Shark Tank
American Crime
America's Funniest Home Videos
The Bachelor
Black-ish
The Catch
Dancing With the Stars
Dr. Ken
Fresh Off the Boat
The Goldbergs
Grey's Anatomy
How to Get Away with Murder
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
The Middle
Modern Family
Once Upon a Time
Quantico
The Real O'Neals
Scandal


CBS
2 Broke Girls
The Amazing Race
The Big Bang Theory
Blue Bloods
Criminal Minds
Elementary
Hawaii Five-0
Life in Pieces Madam Secretary
Mom
NCIS
NCIS: Los Angeles
NCIS: New Orleans
Scorpion
Survivor


FOX
Bones
Empire
Gotham
Lucifer
Rosewood
Scream Queens
Bob's Burgers
Family Guy
The Simpsons
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
The Last Man on Earth
New Girl
Hell's Kitchen
MasterChef Junior
Superhuman


NBC
The Blacklist
Chicago Fire
Chicago P.D.
Chicago Med
Grimm
Law & Order: SVU
The Voice
Superstore
Heartbeat
American Ninja Warrior
Little Big Shots
Blindspot
Shades of Blue
Hollywood Game Night


The CW
The 100
Arrow
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
iZombie
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
The Flash
Jane the Virgin
Reign
Supergirl
Supernatural
The Originals
The Vampire Diaries



I'm really disappointed to see Person Of Interest get cancelled. On the cancelled list, it was my hands down favorite. It wasn't too surprising though. There was a big delay in the start of this season and, from the action they had, I'm guessing the episodes had to be expensive to make. Really liked it though...

Knew Hannibal was cancelled a while back. Really well done show that had a lot of people confused as to why it was cancelled. Liked it just as much as PoI.

Also disappointed to see Defiance and Minority Report get cancelled. Liked both of those pretty well. Had a feeling Minority Report was going to be short lived because it was SciFi on Fox (pretty sure I even called that in the thread I started on it a wihle ago).

Some others I liked pretty well but won't be torn up over were You, Me and the Apocalypse, Legends, Manhattan, Public Morals, and Agent Carter. I thought those were all pretty entertaining, especially Legends and Public Morals.

The Bastard Executioner will not be missed at all. I gave it a shot because Sons Of Anarchy was pretty good and Kurt Sutter who did SoA was behind it but I barely made it through the first episode and never turned it on again. Didn't even realize it was still around to be cancelled. Thought it had just quietly been pulled after a few eps.

Also watched Blood & Oil since Don Johnson was in it. The show wasn't as unwatchable as TBE but it was totally forgetable. Don Johnson was still entertaining and, India de Beaufort and Amber Valletta were some nice eye candy in the show though. Other than that, meh.


Very glad to see Hawaii 5-0, Blue Bloods, and Elementary weren't on the list. There was some question about all of those before their recent seasons started. H50 and BB are in the Friday Night Death Slot, and Elementary since they moved that to Sundays. Also glad to see Scorpion getting renewed. Sometimes the plots are a bit but I think it's a fun show and it, unlike most shows on TV, celebrates intelligence! It also had one of the best scenes on recent TV in S02E11 where Walter confronts the acting troupe on their trigger words and microaggressions! If I can find a clip, I'll add it.

Seeing ABC's lists, I'm actually surprised at how little of their content I watch and how much is now gone. With Castle, Agent Carter (which was limited season length to begin with), and Blood & Oil getting cancelled they've cancelled 3/4 of what I watch on their network with only Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. remaining.

A bit surprised to see NCIS on the renewed list but I don't see it going on too much longer. They lost Cote de Pablo on the cast recently and are losing Michael Weatherly at the end of this season. It's also had a huge 14 season run so far. Don't watch the other spin-offs...

Also glad to see Blacklist and Blindspot getting renewed on NBC's list. Blacklist was not too surprising considering it seems to be pretty highly rated. There was some question about Blindspot earlier though. More than a bit surprised to see Shades Of Blue on the renewed list. It seemed like it started off a little weak but has picked up. A decent show now. Figured they'd have given it the axe.

Definitely glad to see the list of shows Fox is keeping like Gotham, Lucifer, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and The Last Man On Earth. Gotham is masterful! Not much more needs said. Lucifer I was extremely skeptical about before it aired but has really hooked me. Brooklyn Nine-Nine and The Last Man On Earth are a couple of the funniest shows on TV right now!

[Ryan Ruck]

I'll leave it vague for anyone who hasn't watched it yet...

Man, talk about a rushed ending to Castle. Most of the ep was good and then boom, over. Seems they could have wrapped it up better with an extra half hour or so.

[Ryan Ruck]

Well, the series finale to Person of Interest just aired.

A much more satisfying ending than was done for Castle. You could tell by the last several episodes the writers were bringing things to a conclusion. Was cool a couple episodes ago to see the secondary numbers team ride in.

Definitely a shame to see one of the few quality shows on TV come to an end, especially when they likely could have gotten another season or two out of it, but in the age of cheap reality TV the production costs were probably just too much.