TV Grim Reaper’s predictions are for scripted broadcast primetime show renewals for the 2020-21 season or cancellations by the end of the 2019-20 season.
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Bluff City Law Is Likely To Be Canceled
Bluff City Law is likely to be canceled. Its ratings keep falling, and are well into the likely cancellation range.
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Net | Show (Producer) | Status |
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ABC | A Million Little Things (Disney) | likely renewal |
ABC | American Housewife (Disney) | likely renewal |
ABC | black-ish (Disney) | likely renewal |
ABC | Bless This Mess (Disney) | likely renewal |
ABC | Emergence (Disney) | likely cancellation |
ABC | Fresh Off The Boat (Disney) | likely cancellation |
ABC | Grey's Anatomy (Disney) | renewed |
ABC | How To Get Away With Murder (Disney) | canceled |
ABC | Mixed-ish (Disney) | likely renewal |
ABC | Modern Family (Disney) | canceled |
ABC | Single Parents (Disney) | likely renewal |
ABC | Schooled (Disney/Sony) | likely renewal |
ABC | Station 19 (Disney) | likely renewal |
ABC | Stumptown (Disney) | likely renewal |
ABC | The Conners (Carsey-Werner) | likely renewal |
ABC | The Goldbergs (Sony) | likely renewal |
ABC | The Good Doctor (Disney/Sony) | likely renewal |
ABC | The Rookie (Disney/eOne) | likely renewal |
CBS | All Rise (WB) | likely cancellation |
CBS | Blue Bloods (CBS) | likely renewal |
CBS | Bob Hearts Abishola (WB) | likely renewal |
CBS | Bull (CBS) | likely renewal |
CBS | Carol’s Second Act (CBS) | likely renewal |
CBS | Criminal Minds (CBS/Disney) | canceled |
CBS | Evil (CBS) | likely cancellation |
CBS | FBI (CBS/NBCU) | likely renewal |
CBS | God Friended Me (CBS/Sony) | likely renewal |
CBS | Hawaii Five-0 (CBS) | likely renewal |
CBS | Madam Secretary (CBS) | canceled |
CBS | Magnum, P.I. (CBS/NBCU) | likely renewal |
CBS | Mom (WB) | renewed |
CBS | NCIS (CBS) | likely renewal |
CBS | NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS) | likely renewal |
CBS | NCIS: New Orleans (CBS) | likely renewal |
CBS | SEAL Team (CBS) | certain renewal |
CBS | SWAT (CBS/Sony) | certain renewal |
CBS | The Neighborhood (CBS) | likely renewal |
CBS | The Unicorn (CBS) | likely renewal |
CBS | Young Sheldon (WB) | renewed |
CW | All American (WB) | certain renewal |
CW | Arrow (WB) | canceled |
CW | Batwoman (WB) | likely renewal |
CW | Black Lightning (WB) | certain renewal |
CW | Charmed (CBS) | certain renewal |
CW | DC's Legends Of Tomorrow (WB) | certain renewal |
CW | Dynasty (CBS) | certain renewal |
CW | In The Dark (CBS) | certain renewal |
CW | Legacies (WB) | certain renewal |
CW | Nancy Drew (CBS) | likely renewal |
CW | Riverdale (WB) | certain renewal |
CW | Roswell, NM (WB) | certain renewal |
CW | Supergirl (WB) | certain renewal |
CW | Supernatural (WB) | canceled |
CW | The Flash (WB) | certain renewal |
Fox | 9-1-1 (Disney) | likely renewal |
Fox | Almost Family (Disney) | likely cancellation |
Fox | Bless The Harts (Disney) | likely renewal |
Fox | Bob's Burgers (Disney) | likely renewal |
Fox | Empire (Disney) | canceled |
Fox | Family Guy (Disney) | likely renewal |
Fox | Prodigal Son (WB) | likely renewal |
Fox | The Resident (Disney) | likely renewal |
Fox | The Simpsons (Disney) | renewed |
NBC | Blindspot (WB) | canceled |
NBC | Bluff City Law (NBCU) | likely cancellation |
NBC | Chicago Fire (NBCU) | likely renewal |
NBC | Chicago Med (NBCU) | likely renewal |
NBC | Chicago P.D. (NBCU) | likely renewal |
NBC | Good Girls (NBCU) | likely renewal |
NBC | Law & Order: SVU (NBCU) | likely renewal |
NBC | New Amsterdam (NBCU) | likely renewal |
NBC | Perfect Harmony (Disney) | likely cancellation |
NBC | Sunnyside (NBCU) | likely cancellation |
NBC | Superstore (NBCU) | likely renewal |
NBC | The Blacklist (Sony) | likely renewal |
NBC | The Good Place (NBCU) | canceled |
NBC | This Is Us (Disney) | renewed through '21-'22 season |
NBC | Will & Grace (NBCU) | canceled |
ABC shows predicted to be canceled
Emergence– ABC’s lowest rated rookie show
Fresh Off The Boat– ratings now too low even for a Friday veteran show.
ABC shows predicted to be renewed
Single Parents, Stumptown – borderline ratings, stay tuned
Station 19, The Good Doctor – third season shows are rarely canceled, no matter the ratings.
The Conners, Mixed-ish, Black-ish, Bless This Mess,The Goldbergs, Schooled, Grey’s Anatomy, A Million Little Things, American Housewife, The Rookie – ratings in the renewal range.
CBS shows predicted to be canceled
All Rise, Evil – low ratings
CBS shows predicted to be renewed
The Unicorn, Carol’s Second Act – borderline ratings, stay tuned
Bull – borderline ratings, but CBS 4th season drama cancellations are rare.
NCIS: New Orleans, NCIS: LA – borderline ratings, there is some danger for low rated CBS dramas of this age.
SEAL Team, SWAT – a show that is produced by its corporate studio and ends season 3 with 66 or more episodes has not been canceled in 12 years.
The Neighborhood, Bob Hearts Abishola, NCIS, FBI, Young Sheldon, Mom, Hawaii Five-0, Magnum P.I., Blue Bloods, God Friended Me – ratings in the renewal range.
CW shows predicted to be canceled
CW shows predicted to be renewed
Batwoman, Nancy Drew– good enough ratings, stay tuned.
Black Lightning, Charmed, Legends of Tomorrow, Dynasty, In the Dark, Legacies, Riverdale, Roswell, NM, Supergirl, The Flash – The CW hasn’t canceled a non-rookie show without announcing a final season at the same time (aka, “renanceling”) since Hart Of Dixie in May, 2015.
Fox shows predicted to be canceled
Almost Family– low ratings.
Fox shows predicted to be renewed
Bless The Harts– borderline ratings. Stay tuned.
The Resident – third season shows are rarely canceled, no matter the ratings.
Prodigal Son, 9-1-1, Family Guy, Bob’s Burgers – ratings in the renewal range, no negative issues
NBC shows predicted to be canceled
Sunnyside, Perfect Harmony, Bluff City Law– low ratings.
NBC shows predicted to be renewed
The Blacklist – borderline ratings, stay tuned.
Good Girls – third season shows are rarely canceled, no matter the ratings.
Law & Order: SVU – borderline ratings, but the show is unlikely to end without an announced final season
Superstore, New Amsterdam, Chicago Med, Chicago PD, Chicago Fire – ratings in the renewal range.
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The reaper’s running prediction tally this season:
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Grey’s Anatomy, Mom, Young Sheldon,The Simpsons and This is Us were renewed for the 2020-21 season before the 2019-20 season began.
Modern Family, How To Get Away With Murder, Madam Secretary, Criminal Minds, Arrow, Supernatural, Empire, Blindspot, Will & Grace and The Good Place were canceled before the 2019-20 season began and will end in the 2019-20 season.
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