Predictions Week 12: B Positive Is Likely To Be Renewed

B Positive is likely to be renewed. Its ratings put it almost at the CBS scripted show median, plenty good enough for renewal.

In last week’s news, Superstore was canceled after its season had begun. Too late for it to be called a renanceling, and the first prediction miss of the season! After season 6 is often when contracts are renegotiated (upward) so is often a tipping point for shows. As for the prediction miss, cancellations at this time of year for non-rookie shows are *freakishly* rare, so I default to “likely renewal” for every non-rookie show until April.

Why no predictions for Fox’s LA’s Finest, Filthy Rich, & NEXT; CBS’s Star Trek Discovery, Manhunt:Deadly Games, & One Day At A Time; CW’s Pandora, The Outpost, Devils, Coroner, & Swamp Thing; and NBC’s Transplant?

All of those shows were either no hope “mid-season” shows from the 2019-20 season delayed into Fall 2020, or shows that had aired “elsewhere” (outside the US, on cable, or on SVOD) and were bought/corporate transferred for Fall 2020 fill in purposes only. None of them have any in-season futures on US broadcast networks, so predictions for them are moot.

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TV Grim Reaper’s predictions are for scripted broadcast primetime show renewals for the 2021-22 season or cancellations by the end of the 2020-21 season.

See all the Reaper’s past predictions here.

• Right: Connecting
• Wrong: Superstore

Already renewed:
Bob’s Burgers, Family Guy, Chicago Fire, Chicago Med, Chicago, PD, Law & Order: SVU, New Amsterdam & This is Us were renewed for the 2021-22 season before their 2020-21 seasons began.

*Renanceled (renewed for a final season):
Supergirl, Black Lightning & Last Man Standing were renanceled before their seasons began and will end in the 2020-21 season.
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How good have TV Grim Reaper’s predictions been in past seasons? See his past prediction record here.