Will Your Favorite Show Be Renewed or Cancelled?: 1st Edition

Last season I did a series of posts on which shows on TV will be renewed and which series would be cancelled. Now, this series of posts has been "renewed" for the 2011-2012 season. (Frankly, they did better then most of my posts about normal television.) I will be posting one of these every 3-4 weeks.

What these posts are is a list of shows, my prediction of their fates, and analysis of my predictions for each of the broadcast networks. (I was asked to do this for cable, but it's just too difficult to predict those due to many other factors being involved.)

All that is after the jump.

ABC Makes its 2011-2012 Pickups (and Cancels some Shows)

ABC has made calls to producers regarding which series they will be picking up for next year, and which shows they wouldn't.

ABC picked up 7 new dramas. These are: the remake of Charlie's Angels, the soap Good Christian Belles (formally Good Christian Bitches), the 1960s drama Pan-Am, the fairy tale drama Once Upon a Time, the new Shonda Rhimes pilot Scandal, the Count of Monte Christo like drama Revenge, and the drama The River. 

On the comedy side, ABC picked up the Tim Allen sitcom Last Man Standing, the much-talked-about comedy Apartment 23 (formally Don't Trust the Bitch in Apartment 23), Chris Moynihan's Man Up, the comedy Suburgatory, and the cross-dressing comedy Work It. 

ABC made decisions on its remaining unpicked up shows. It renewed the comedy Happy Endings, the procedural Body of Proof, and the reality show Shark Tank. Other shows were not so lucky as ABC made a flurry of cancellations. These are: the sci-fi drama V, the family drama Brothers and Sisters, the comedy Mr. Sunshine, the other comedy Better with You, the superhero drama No Ordinary Family, the medical show Off the Map, and the cop drama Detroit 1-8-7. 

ABC ANNOUNCES ITS FALL SCHEDULE

NBC Makes their 2011-2012 Pickups (And Cancels some others)

I had a post up on Wednesday with the first batch of decisions (but it was eaten in the Blogger crash).

NBC has made their decisions on which pilots to pickup and which shows to Renew and Cancel. 

The network has picked up 5 new dramas. Among those picked up are the remake of the British drama Prime Suspect, the musical series Smash, the Inception-style cop drama Awake (which was known as REM in development), the 1960s show The Playboy Club, and the fairy-tale show Grimm. 

On the comedy side NBC picked up 6 new comedies. They picked up the multicamera sitcom from Whitney Cummings called Whitney. They picked up the comedy Up All Night starring Will Arnett and Christina Applegate previously in the week. Today they announced the pickups of Chelsea Handler's new comedy Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea, the adaption of the British comedy Free Agents starring Hank Azaria, the romantic comedy Bent, and they also picked up BFFs. 

This makes a total of 11 new series for NBC, as they try to rebuild their network.

Among the pilot pickups, some shows were Renewed and Cancelled as well. Chuck was given a new season. Parenthood and Harry's Law were renewed as well. Outsourced, The Event and Law and Order: LA were cancelled. 

NBC HAS ANNOUNCED THEIR FALL SCHEDULE

It's Official: Chuck Renewed for a 5th and Final Season

Today NBC made it official, the little show that could has made it for a 5th season which will consist of 13 episodes. (I don't know if there's an option for more, but I'll let you know what I do). All of the Chuck fans out there should be patting themselves on the back, because your passion was heard again. 

Then a little bit later, the news broke that it would be the final go-around for this show. Even if it is slightly bittersweet, Chuck will get to end on its own terms. Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak get to end this show on their terms and we should get an ending to what has been what of my favorite shows of my lifetime. 

Who else is excited for next season?

FOX begins the Series Pickups and Series Cancellations for 2011-2012

FOX has begun order season by announcing the pickup of three new series for next fall. The New Girl is a comedy starring Zooey Deschanel as a school teacher who moves away from her town and moves in with three guys.  The Finder is a spinoff of the show Bones that stars Geoff Stults as a "finder" as well as Michael Clarke Duncan. Alcatraz is a crime drama from JJ Abram's production company set in the prison. The series follows investigators as they investigate the disapperance of 1960s prisoners. The show stars Jorge Garcia of Lost fame.

The network also cancelled the show Human Target. The show was rebooted this year but never really gained traction in the ratings.

Updater: FOX has also cancelled Breaking In after it failed to gain traction in the post-Idol timeslot.

Update 2: FOX has also picked up the comedy pilot I Hate My Teenage Daughter starring Jamie Pressly.

Update 3: The Chicago Code, Lie to Me, and Traffic Light  have been cancelled as well.

FOX ANNOUNCES ITS FALL SCHEDULE

Will your Favorite Shows be Renewed or Cancelled?: 4th Edition

It's time for another update to my predictions on which shows will be renewed or cancelled. There are many changes to shows' fates as well as updated analysis in the post. All that is after the jump.

Will Your Favorite Shows be Renewed or Cancelled?: 3rd Edition

It's been another slow week with this week, so I thought I would keep the 2 week update schedule and update this post. You can find the updated post with a few updated fates and updated analysis after the jump.

Fringe Fans Rejoice! Fringe Renewed for a Fourth Season!

Credit: FOX

Hey everyone,while I was at rehearsal FOX renewed the Sci-Fi drama Fringe for a fourth season. It is for a full season of 22 episodes. 


The news broke when Fringe EP Jowel Wyman tweeted "Fringe was picked up!!!! Thanks Fringedom!"


While Fringe hasn't done well on Fridays, it hasn't done poorly either, improving on previous FOX Friday shows.


This is a show that I hope to catch up on over the summer so I can begin writing about it this fall.


So Fringe fans, how happy are you? Surprised at all? Feel free to discuss in the comments


(Press release from FOX has been added after the jump.

Credit: FOX

Will Your Favorite Shows be Renewed or Cancelled?: 2nd Edition

Tech week for my HS drama club show has prevented me from reviewing any new TV shows this week. To keep the blog going, I thought that I would update the Renew/Cancel post. All changes for the list are marked with an asterisk (*) and all the analysis has been updated as well. It all can be found after the jump.

Will your Favorite Shows be Renewed or Cancelled?

Because everything is in repeats, I thought I would take a stab at predicting which shows are renewed or cancelled. I do check the ratings daily, so I have a good idea of what's in good shape and what isn't (I don't cover the ratings because there are many sites who do it very well). If I say your favorite show is being cancelled, it's nothing personal, I'm going about this from an objective standpoint. After the jump are the classifications I will be using, a list of all scripted shows plus some reality mixed in, and my predictions on whether the shows will be renewed or not. There is also some analysis of the network as a whole and some reasoning for my predictions.