Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays!
The broadcast TV holiday lull is your chance to second guess the reaper!
While this is an unusual Fall with only 2 surviving rookie shows so far, and there aren’t any current likely canceled predictions, the holiday tradition continues!
Which of the reaper’s predictions do you think are wrong?
As they say in Chicago, vote early, vote often!
The next set of updated predictions will appear in January.
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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.
| Net | Show (Producer) | Status |
|---|---|---|
| ABC | A Million Little Things (Disney) | likely renewal |
| ABC | American Housewife (Disney) | likely renewal |
| ABC | Big Sky (Disney) | likely renewal |
| ABC | black-ish (Disney) | likely renewal |
| ABC | For Life (Disney/Sony) | likely renewal |
| ABC | Grey's Anatomy (Disney) | likely renewal |
| ABC | Station 19 (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/CBS) | likely renewal |
| CBS | Blue Bloods (CBS) | likely renewal |
| CBS | Bob Hearts Abishola (WB) | likely renewal |
| CBS | B Positive (WB) | likely renewal |
| CBS | Bull (CBS) | likely renewal |
| CBS | FBI (CBS/NBCU) | certain renewal |
| CBS | FBI: Most Wanted (CBS) | likely renewal |
| CBS | MacGyver (CBS) | likely renewal |
| CBS | Magnum, P.I. (CBS/NBCU) | certain renewal |
| CBS | Mom (WB) | likely renewal |
| CBS | NCIS (CBS) | likely renewal |
| CBS | NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS) | likely renewal |
| CBS | NCIS: New Orleans (CBS) | likely renewal |
| CBS | SEAL Team (CBS) | likely renewal |
| CBS | SWAT (CBS/Sony) | likely renewal |
| CBS | The Neighborhood (CBS) | certain renewal |
| CBS | The Unicorn (CBS) | likely renewal |
| CBS | Young Sheldon (WB) | likely renewal |
| CW | Black Lightning (WB) | renanceled* |
| CW | Supergirl (WB) | renanceled* |
| Fox | Bless The Harts (Fox/Disney) | likely renewal |
| Fox | Bob's Burgers (Disney) | renewed through '22-'23 season |
| Fox | Family Guy (Disney) | renewed through '22-'23 season |
| Fox | Last Man Standing (Disney) | renanceled* |
| Fox | The Simpsons (Disney) | likely renewal |
| NBC | Chicago Fire (NBCU) | renewed through '22-'23 season |
| NBC | Chicago Med (NBCU) | renewed through '22-'23 season |
| NBC | Chicago P.D. (NBCU) | renewed through '22-'23 season |
| NBC | Connecting (NBCU) | canceled |
| NBC | Law & Order: SVU (NBCU) | renewed through '22-'23 season |
| NBC | Manifest (WB) | likely renewal |
| NBC | New Amsterdam (NBCU) | renewed through '22-'23 season |
| NBC | Superstore (NBCU) | canceled |
| NBC | The Blacklist (Sony) | likely renewal |
| NBC | This Is Us (Disney) | renewed |
ABC shows predicted to be canceled
ABC shows predicted to be renewed
For Life – borderline ratings, stay tuned
The Conners, The Rookie, A Million Little Things – third season shows are rarely canceled, no matter the ratings.
Black-ish,The Goldbergs, Grey’s Anatomy, American Housewife, Big Sky – ratings in the renewal range.
CBS shows predicted to be canceled
CBS shows predicted to be renewed
SWAT – CBS 4th season drama cancellations are rare, but it happened to Scorpion. It will be determined by its (non-public) syndication deal, since its ratings are borderline.
NCIS: New Orleans, NCIS: LA, Blue Bloods, NCIS – there is some danger for these very old CBS dramas, since their (non-public) syndication deals determine their longevity.
FBI, Magnum, PI, The Neighborhood – third season shows that will have completed 66 episodes are guaranteed renewal.
SEAL Team, Bob Hearts Abishola, Young Sheldon, FBI: Most Wanted, B Positive, All Rise– ratings in the renewal range.
CW shows predicted to be canceled
CW shows predicted to be renewed
Fox shows predicted to be canceled
Fox shows predicted to be renewed
Bless The Harts, The Simpsons – ratings in the renewal range.
NBC shows predicted to be canceled
NBC shows predicted to be renewed
The Blacklist – borderline ratings, again, stay tuned.
Manifest, New Amsterdam – third season shows are rarely canceled, no matter the ratings.
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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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The reaper’s running prediction tally this season: 1-1
- 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.