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I posted this last year and thought I would do it again. Here's your guide to which "bubble" shows are getting canned and which ones are getting renewed, courtesy of the Entertainment Weekly website:
ABC
The Bachelor: A sure thing.
Better Off Ted: A long shot.
Brothers & Sisters: A sure thing.
Castle: A sure thing.
Cougar Town: Already renewed.
Dancing with the Stars: A sure thing.
The Deep End: A long shot.
Desperate Housewives: A sure thing.
FlashForward: Could go either way.
The Forgotten: A long shot.
Grey’s Anatomy: A sure thing.
Hank: Already canceled.
Lost: Series finale airs May 23.
The Middle: Already renewed
Modern Family: Already renewed
Private Practice: A sure thing.
Scrubs: A long shot.
Ugly Betty: Already canceled. Series finale airs April 14.
V: Could go either way.
CBS
Accidentally on Purpose: Could go either way.
The Amazing Race: Already renewed.
The Big Bang Theory: Already renewed.
Cold Case: A long shot.
Criminal Minds: A sure thing.
CSI: A sure thing.
CSI: Miami: A sure thing.
CSI: NY: A safe bet.
Gary Unmarried: A safe bet.
Ghost Whisperer: A safe bet.
The Good Wife: Already renewed.
How I Met Your Mother: Already renewed
Medium: Could go either way
The Mentalist: A sure thing.
NCIS: A sure thing
NCIS: Los Angeles: Already renewed.
New Adventures of Old Christine: Could go either way.
Numb3rs: A long shot.
Rules of Engagement: Could go either way.
Survivor: Already renewed.
Three Rivers: Already canceled.
Two and a Half Men: Already renewed.
FOX
24: Could go either way.
Brothers: A long shot.
American Dad: Already renewed.
American Idol: A sure thing.
Bones: Already renewed.
The Cleveland Show: Already renewed.
Dollhouse: Already canceled.
Family Guy: Already renewed.
Fringe: A safe bet.
Glee: Already renewed.
House: A sure thing.
Human Target: Could go either way.
Lie to Me: A safe bet.
Past Life: A long shot.
The Simpsons: A sure thing.
‘Til Death: Could go either way.
NBC
30 Rock: A sure thing. (UPDATE: Renewed!)
The Biggest Loser: A sure thing.
Celebrity Apprentice: A safe bet.
Chuck: A safe bet.
Community: A sure thing. (UPDATE: Renewed!)
Friday Night Lights: Already renewed for fifth and final season.
Heroes: Could go either way.
Law & Order: Already renewed.
Law & Order: CI: Could go either way.
Law & Order: SVU: A sure thing.
Mercy: Could go either way.
The Office: A sure thing. (UPDATE: Renewed!)
Parks and Recreation: Already renewed
Trauma: A long shot.
THE CW
90210: A sure thing. (UPDATE: Renewed!)
America’s Next Top Model: A sure thing. (UPDATE: Renewed!)
Gossip Girl: A sure thing. (UPDATE: Renewed!)
Life Unexpected: Could go either way.
Melrose Place: A long shot.
One Tree Hill: Could go either way.
Smallville: A sure thing. (UPDATE: Renewed!)
Supernatural: A sure thing. (UPDATE: Renewed!)
The Vampire Diaries: A sure thing. (UPDATE: Renewed!)
My perspective: Not surprisingly, popular new shows like Vampire Diaries, Modern Family, and the NCIS spinoff have either already been renewed or will likely be. Likewise, struggling shows like Melrose Place probably won't, which is disappointing because the original series didn't pick up steam until its second season. And it ended up having a long and successful run. I'm not surprised to see that Heroes could go either way. I'm hopeful that ABC will give V and FlashForward another shot, though. A bit surprised that 24 is so questionable, but they might want to consider going out before the show becomes a parody of itself.
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TV Renewal Scorecard!
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Interesting. I'm not sure I totally get it, though. Ratings on Castle (which I love) seem to be roughly the same, yet last year it was on the edge, could go either way, whereas this year they're saying it's a sure thing, not even a good bet. I wonder why that is.
Castle and Chuck are the ones I really care about that I thought might have been in question.
Actually (right after I posted), I realized that the ratings boost (which are roughly even with what the current season is doing) came in the last two episodes of the season, after this came out last year I think. So that might make sense.
Hopeful on Chuck as well.
Yeah, I don't pretend to understand how or why certain shows get picked up while others are dumped. Part of the reason I defended Heroes so much last season was that while they didn't necessarily bring in great numbers, they were bringing in desirable numbers demographically. And they were doing relatively well when compared to other NBC shows. The downside to the series was that I would imagine production values were also relatively high, and they have a rather large cast of fairly well known actors. So obviously there's a whole lot more to the decision than ratings.
I'm relatively certain most of these executives have no idea what they're doing, anyway.
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