Deception is likely to be canceled.
Deception is likely to be canceled. The third episode fell to a 0.7 rating. ABC rookie shows do not survive with that rating, particularly those owned by Warner Brothers.
4/2 Edit: Two hours after this was posted the CW renewed 10 shows. The post has been edited with that new information.
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Canceled/likely canceled = not returning/predicted not to return in 2018-19 season
Renewed/likely renewed = returning/predicted to return in 2018-19 season
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| Net | Show (Producer) | Status |
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| ABC | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (ABC) | likely canceled |
| ABC | Alex Inc (Sony) | likely renewed |
| ABC | American Housewife (ABC) | likely renewed |
| ABC | black-ish (ABC) | likely renewed |
| ABC | Deception (WB) | likely canceled |
| ABC | Designated Survivor (ABC) | likely renewed |
| ABC | Fresh Off The Boat (Fox) | likely renewed |
| ABC | For The People (ABC) | likely canceled |
| ABC | Grey's Anatomy (ABC) | likely renewed |
| ABC | How To Get Away With Murder (ABC) | likely renewed |
| ABC | Kevin (Probably) Saves The World (ABC) | likely canceled |
| ABC | Marvel’s Inhumans (ABC) | likely canceled |
| ABC | Modern Family (Fox) | renewed |
| ABC | Quantico (ABC) | summer |
| ABC | Once Upon A Time (ABC) | canceled |
| ABC | Roseanne (ABC) | renewed |
| ABC | Scandal (ABC) | canceled |
| ABC | Speechless (ABC/Fox) | likely renewed |
| ABC | Splitting Up Together (WB) | likely renewed |
| ABC | Station 19 (ABC) | likely renewed |
| ABC | Ten Days In The Valley (Skydance) | canceled |
| ABC | The Goldbergs (Sony) | renewed |
| ABC | The Good Doctor (ABC/Sony) | renewed |
| ABC | The Mayor (ABC) | canceled |
| ABC | The Middle (WB) | canceled |
| CBS | 9JKL (CBS) | likely canceled |
| CBS | Blue Bloods (CBS) | likely renewed |
| CBS | Bull (CBS) | likely renewed |
| CBS | Code Black (CBS/ABC) | summer |
| CBS | Criminal Minds (CBS/ABC) | likely renewed |
| CBS | Elementary (CBS) | summer |
| CBS | Hawaii Five-0 (CBS) | likely renewed |
| CBS | Instinct (CBS) | likely renewed |
| CBS | Kevin Can Wait (CBS/Sony) | likely renewed |
| CBS | Life in Pieces (Fox) | likely renewed |
| CBS | Living Biblically (WB) | likely canceled |
| CBS | MacGyver (CBS) | likely renewed |
| CBS | Madam Secretary (CBS) | likely renewed |
| CBS | Man With A Plan (CBS) | likely renewed |
| CBS | Me, Myself & I (CBS/WB) | canceled |
| CBS | Mom (WB) | likely renewed |
| CBS | NCIS (CBS) | likely renewed |
| CBS | NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS) | likely renewed |
| CBS | NCIS: New Orleans (CBS) | likely renewed |
| CBS | Scorpion (CBS) | likely renewed |
| CBS | SEAL Team (CBS) | renewed |
| CBS | Superior Donuts (CBS) | likely renewed |
| CBS | SWAT (CBS/Sony) | renewed |
| CBS | The Big Bang Theory (WB) | renewed |
| CBS | Wisdom Of The Crowd (CBS/NBCU) | canceled |
| CBS | Young Sheldon (WB) | renewed |
| CW | Arrow (WB) | renewed |
| CW | Black Lightning (WB) | renewed |
| CW | Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (CBS/WB) | renewed |
| CW | DC's Legends Of Tomorrow (WB) | renewed |
| CW | Dynasty (CBS) | renewed |
| CW | iZombie (WB) | likely renewed |
| CW | Jane The Virgin (CBS/WB) | renewed |
| CW | Life Sentence (WB) | canceled |
| CW | Riverdale (WB) | renewed |
| CW | Supergirl (WB) | renewed |
| CW | Supernatural (WB) | renewed |
| CW | The 100 (WB) | summer |
| CW | The Flash (WB) | renewed |
| CW | The Originals (WB) | canceled |
| CW | Valor (CBS/WB) | canceled |
| Fox | 9-1-1 (Fox) | renewed |
| Fox | Bob's Burgers (Fox) | likely renewed |
| Fox | Brooklyn Nine-Nine (NBCU) | likely canceled |
| Fox | Empire (Fox) | likely renewed |
| Fox | Family Guy (Fox) | likely renewed |
| Fox | Ghosted (Fox) | likely canceled |
| Fox | Gotham (WB) | likely renewed |
| Fox | LA to Vegas (Fox) | likely renewed |
| Fox | Lethal Weapon (WB) | likely renewed |
| Fox | Lucifer (WB) | likely renewed |
| Fox | New Girl (Fox) | canceled |
| Fox | Star (Fox) | likely renewed |
| Fox | The Exorcist (Fox) | likely canceled |
| Fox | The Gifted (Fox) | renewed |
| Fox | The Last Man On Earth (Fox) | likely canceled |
| Fox | The Mick (Fox) | likely renewed |
| Fox | The Orville (Fox) | renewed |
| Fox | The Resident (Fox) | likely renewed |
| Fox | The Simpsons (Fox) | renewed |
| Fox | The X-Files (Fox) | likely canceled |
| NBC | A.P. Bio (NBCU) | likely canceled |
| NBC | Blindspot (WB) | likely renewed |
| NBC | Champions (NBCU) | likely canceled |
| NBC | Chicago Fire (NBCU) | likely renewed |
| NBC | Chicago Med (NBCU) | likely renewed |
| NBC | Chicago P.D. (NBCU) | likely renewed |
| NBC | Good Girls (NBCU) | likely renewed |
| NBC | Great News (NBCU) | likely canceled |
| NBC | Law & Order: SVU (NBCU) | likely renewed |
| NBC | Law & Order: True Crime (NBCU) | likely canceled |
| NBC | Rise (NBCU) | likely renewed |
| NBC | Shades Of Blue (NBCU) | likely renewed |
| NBC | Superstore (NBCU) | renewed |
| NBC | Taken (NBCU) | likely canceled |
| NBC | The Blacklist (Sony) | likely renewed |
| NBC | The Brave (NBCU) | canceled |
| NBC | The Good Place (NBCU) | renewed |
| NBC | This Is Us (Fox) | renewed |
| NBC | Timeless (Sony) | likely canceled |
| NBC | Will & Grace (NBCU) | renewed |
ABC shows predicted to be canceled
For The People – low ratings, rookie show
Kevin (Probably) Saves The World – low ratings, only 3 additional episodes ordered
Inhumans – low ratings, rookie show
Agents of SHIELD – low ratings, old/expensive
Deception – low ratings, rookie show, owned by Warner Brothers.
ABC shows predicted to be renewed
Alex Inc – premiere ratings OK, stay tuned.
Designated Survivor – borderline ratings that are probably good enough at 10pm
American Housewife, black-ish, Fresh Off The Boat, Grey’s Anatomy, How To Get Away With Murder, Speechless, Station 19, Splitting Up Together – ratings in the renewal range, no negative issues
CBS shows predicted to be canceled
9JKL – low ratings, only three additional episodes ordered
Living Biblically – lowest rated CBS rookie premiere, owned by Warner Brothers
CBS shows predicted to be renewed
Instinct – premiere ratings OK. Stay tuned.
Criminal Minds – ratings still fine, old/expensive, owned by ABC, likely the first veteran drama to be canceled
Blue Bloods, Hawaii Five-0, NCIS:LA – ratings still fine, old/expensive, if more than one veteran drama gets canceled, it will be one of these
Madam Secretary, NCIS:NO, Scorpion – CBS hasn’t canceled a CBS Studios drama after its 3rd, 4th, 5th or 6th season in recent memory
NCIS, Kevin Can Wait, Life In Pieces, Man With A Plan, Mom, Bull, MacGyver, Superior Donuts– ratings in the renewal range, no negative issues
CW shows predicted to be canceled
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CW shows predicted to be renewed
iZombie – CW has canceled only one non-rookie show with fewer than 70 episodes in the Pedowitz era (The Carrie Diaries)
Fox shows predicted to be canceled
The Exorcist – ultra-low ratings
Ghosted – borderline ratings, Spring return date indefinitely postponed.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine – low ratings, old/expensive, owned by NBCU
The X-Files – Gillian Anderson is done, and the show won’t return without her.
Last Man On Earth – lowest rated of the Sunday comedies, guessing Fox gives similarly rated LA to Vegas and The Mick the renewals instead.
Fox shows predicted to be renewed
Gotham, The Mick – borderline ratings, listed from most to least at risk
Bob’s Burgers, Family Guy, Empire, Lethal Weapon, Star, LA to Vegas, The Resident – ratings in the renewal range, no negative issues
NBC shows predicted to be canceled
Law & Order: True Crime – low ratings, rookie show
Great News – lowest rated NBC sitcom, episodes being burned off in December, only 13 episodes ordered, with no additional back order
Taken – lowest rated show on NBC
A.P. Bio – low ratings, rookie show
Champions – lowest rated NBC rookie premiere this season, rookie show
Timeless – low ratings that keep falling, Sony’s big check to NBC saved it last year, guessing that doesn’t happen twice.
NBC shows predicted to be renewed
Rise, Good Girls – such promise, such promotion, such borderline ratings.
Blindspot – third season shows produced by third party studios (WB) are almost never canceled.
Shades of Blue – third season shows owned by the network’s studio are almost certain to be renewed no matter how many episodes they have produced
Chicago Fire, Chicago Med, Chicago PD, SVU, The Blacklist – ratings in the renewal range, no negative issues
Summer shows
The 100, Elementary, Code Black, Quantico – Shows that have gone from the regular broadcast season to airing most of their episodes in the summer have never subsequently moved back into the regular broadcast season, and the reaper’s predictions are only for the broadcast season.
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The reaper’s running prediction tally this season: 27-0
- Right: Ten Days In The Valley, Me Myself & I, The Orville, Valor, The Brave, The Good Place, Wisdom Of The Crowd, The Mayor, The Gifted, Young Sheldon, 9-1-1, Once Upon A Time, Superstore, The Good Doctor, SWAT, SEAL Team, Life Sentence, Dynasty, Jane The Virgin, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow, Riverdale, Supergirl, Supernatural, The Flash, Black Lightning
- Wrong:
Modern Family, The Goldbergs, The Simpsons, Will & Grace, This Is Us, and The Big Bang Theory were renewed before the season began. Roseanne was renewed in less than a week, before the reaper’s next prediction post.
Scandal, The Originals, The Middle and New Girl were canceled before the season began.
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