Prodigal Son is likely to be canceled. Last season it was renewed with 102% of the Fox scripted ratings average. This spring, ratings have dropped to just 67% of the Fox average. That’s unlikely to be enough for renewal.
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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.
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| 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 | Call Your Mother (Sony) | likely cancellation |
| ABC | For Life (Disney/Sony) | likely cancellation |
| ABC | Grey's Anatomy (Disney) | likely renewal |
| ABC | Mixed-ish (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) | renewed |
| CBS | B Positive (WB) | likely renewal |
| CBS | Bull (CBS) | likely renewal |
| CBS | Clarice (CBS) | likely renewal |
| CBS | Equalizer (CBS/NBCU) | 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) | canceled |
| CBS | NCIS (CBS) | likely renewal |
| CBS | NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS) | likely renewal |
| CBS | NCIS: New Orleans (CBS) | canceled |
| CBS | SEAL Team (CBS) | likely renewal |
| CBS | SWAT (CBS/Sony) | likely renewal |
| CBS | The Neighborhood (CBS) | renewed |
| CBS | The Unicorn (CBS) | likely cancellation |
| CBS | Young Sheldon (WB) | likely renewal |
| CW | All American (WB) | renewed |
| CW | Batwoman (WB) | renewed |
| CW | Black Lightning (WB) | renanceled* |
| CW | Charmed (CBS) | renewed |
| CW | DC's Legends Of Tomorrow (WB) | renewed |
| CW | Dynasty (CBS) | renewed |
| CW | In The Dark (CBS) | renewed |
| CW | Legacies (WB) | renewed |
| CW | Nancy Drew (CBS) | renewed |
| CW | Riverdale (WB) | renewed |
| CW | Roswell, NM (WB) | renewed |
| CW | Supergirl (WB) | renanceled* |
| CW | Superman And Lois (WB) | likely renewal |
| CW | The Flash (WB) | renewed |
| CW | Walker (CBS) | renewed |
| Fox | 9-1-1 (Disney) | likely renewal |
| Fox | 9-1-1: Lonestar (Disney) | likely renewal |
| Fox | Bless The Harts (Fox/Disney) | likely renewal |
| Fox | Bob's Burgers (Disney) | renewed through '22-'23 season |
| Fox | Call Me Kat (WB) | likely renewal |
| Fox | Family Guy (Disney) | renewed through '22-'23 season |
| Fox | Last Man Standing (Disney) | renanceled* |
| Fox | Prodigal Son (WB/Fox) | likely cancellation |
| Fox | The Great North (Fox/Disney) | renewed |
| Fox | The Resident (Disney) | likely renewal |
| Fox | The Simpsons (Disney) | likely renewal |
| NBC | Brooklyn Nine-Nine (NBCU) | renanceled* (ending in '21-'22) |
| 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 | Kenan (NBCU) | likely renewal |
| NBC | Law & Order: SVU (NBCU) | renewed through '22-'23 season |
| NBC | Manifest (WB) | likely renewal |
| NBC | Mr. Mayor (NBCU) | likely renewal |
| NBC | New Amsterdam (NBCU) | renewed through '22-'23 season |
| NBC | Superstore (NBCU) | canceled |
| NBC | The Blacklist (Sony) | renewed |
| NBC | This Is Us (Disney) | renewed |
| NBC | Young Rock (NBCU) | likely renewal |
| NBC | Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (NBCU) | likely renewal |
ABC shows predicted to be canceled
Call Your Mother – ratings have fallen to a level where renewal is unlikely.
For Life – currently ABC’s lowest rated scripted show
ABC shows predicted to be renewed
The Conners, The Rookie, A Million Little Things – third season shows are rarely canceled, no matter the ratings.
Black-ish, Mixed-ish, The Goldbergs, Grey’s Anatomy, American Housewife, Big Sky – ratings in the renewal range.
CBS shows predicted to be canceled
The Unicorn – currently the lowest rated CBS scripted show
CBS shows predicted to be renewed
Clarice – borderline ratings, stay tuned
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 among CBS’s lowest.
NCIS: LA, Blue Bloods, NCIS – there WAS is some danger for these very old CBS dramas, since their (non-public) syndication deals determine their longevity, but now that NCIS: New Orleans was canceled, I’d be shocked if any of the others were canceled this season.
FBI, Magnum, PI – third season shows that will have completed 66 episodes are guaranteed renewal.
SEAL Team, Young Sheldon, FBI: Most Wanted, B Positive, All Rise, Equalizer – ratings in the renewal range.
CW shows predicted to be canceled
CW shows predicted to be renewed
Superman And Lois – good ratings, the CW rarely cancels shows, and only then rookies with terrible ratings.
Fox shows predicted to be canceled
Prodigal Son – low ratings
Fox shows predicted to be renewed
Call Me Kat – ratings OK, stay tuned.
Bless The Harts – ratings crazy low on return, stay tuned.
The Simpsons, The Resident – ratings in the renewal range.
NBC shows predicted to be canceled
NBC shows predicted to be renewed
Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist – borderline ratings again, stay tuned.
Manifest – third season shows are rarely canceled, no matter the ratings.
Mr. Mayor, Young Rock, Kenan – ratings in the renewal range.
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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: 15-3
- Right: Connecting, The Blacklist, Walker, Batwoman, Nancy Drew, Charmed, Legends of Tomorrow, Dynasty, In the Dark, Legacies, Riverdale, Roswell, NM, The Flash, The Neighborhood, Bob Hears Abishola
- Wrong: Superstore, Mom, NCIS: New Orleans
Already renewed:
Bob’s Burgers, Family Guy, Chicago Fire, Chicago Med, Chicago, PD, Law & Order: SVU, New Amsterdam, The Great North & 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, Brooklyn Nine-Nine (in 2021-22) & Last Man Standing were renanceled before their seasons began and will end in the 2020-21 season.
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