As the broadcast networks plan their schedules for the next TV season, the axes come out and hard choices must be made.
All the canceled and renewed TV shows from the 2017-’18 season
All of this TV season’s cancellations and renewals, in one handy list.
Aja Romano wrote about pop culture, media, and ethics. Before joining Vox in 2016, they were a staff reporter at the Daily Dot. A 2019 fellow of the National Critics Institute, they’re considered an authority on fandom, the internet, and the culture wars.
Renewals and cancellations season can bring sad losses and consternation — like Fox cancelling Lucifer and canceling Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and then announcing a revival of the canceled ABC comedy Last Man Standing. But it can also bring unexpected delights, like ABC renewing Black-ish and NBC swooping in a few days after Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s cancellation to pick it up for a sixth season on that network.
This year, the networks — ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, and The CW — have been quick to announce their decisions, so we already have a good idea of which shows will thrive, barely survive, or die. But there are plenty of fates still in the balance, so check back here for the comprehensive list of what’s leaving the air and what’s returning.
Which broadcast TV shows were recently canceled or have already aired their planned series finales?
9JKL (CBS)
Alex Inc. (ABC)
The Brave (NBC)
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Fox) — picked up by NBC for a sixth season
The Crossing (ABC)
Deception (ABC)
Designated Survivor (ABC)
The Exorcist (Fox)
Great News (NBC)
Kevin Can Wait (CBS)
Kevin (Probably) Saves the World (ABC)
Last Man on Earth (Fox)
Law & Order: True Crime (NBC)
Life Sentence (CW)
Living Biblically (CBS)
Lucifer (Fox)
Marvel’s Inhumans (ABC)
The Mayor (ABC)
Me, Myself & I (CBS)
The Mick (Fox)
The Middle (ABC)
New Girl (Fox)
The Night Shift (NBC)
Once Upon a Time (ABC)
The Originals (CW)
Rise (NBC)
Quantico (ABC)
Scandal (ABC)
Scorpion (CBS)
Shades of Blue (NBC)
Superior Donuts (CBS)
Taken (NBC)
Ten Days in the Valley (ABC)
Valor (CW)
Wayward Pines (Fox)
Wisdom of the Crowd (CBS)
The X-Files (Fox) (As always with The X-Files, another revival series a few years down the road isn’t out of the question.)
Zoo (CBS)
Which broadcast TV shows have been renewed for the 2017-’18 TV season?
The 100 (CW)
The $100,000 Pyramid (ABC) — returns in summer
9-1-1 (Fox)
The Amazing Race (CBS)
American Grit (Fox) — returns in summer
American Housewife (ABC)
American Idol (ABC)
American Ninja Warrior (NBC) — returns in summer
America’s Funniest Home Videos (ABC)
America’s Got Talent (NBC) — returns in summer
A.P. Bio (NBC)
Arrow (CW)
The Bachelor (ABC)
Bachelor in Paradise (ABC) — returns in summer
Beat Shazam (Fox) — returns in summer
The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Big Brother (CBS)
Black-ish (ABC)
Black Lightning (CW)
The Blacklist (NBC)
Blindspot (NBC)
Blue Bloods (CBS)
Bob’s Burgers (Fox)
Bull (CBS)
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (NBC) — picked up after Fox cancelled it
Celebrity Big Brother (CBS)
Celebrity Family Feud (ABC) — returns in summer
Chicago Fire (NBC)
Chicago Med (NBC)
Chicago P.D. (NBC)
Child Support (ABC)
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (CW)
Criminal Minds (CBS)
Dancing With the Stars (ABC)
Dynasty (CW)
Elementary (CBS)
Ellen’s Game of Games (NBC)
Empire (Fox)
Family Guy (Fox)
The Flash (CW)
For the People (ABC)
The Four (Fox)
Fresh Off the Boat (ABC)
The Gifted (Fox)
The Goldbergs (ABC)
The Gong Show (ABC)
The Good Doctor (ABC)
The Good Fight (CBS All Access only)
Good Girls (NBC)
The Good Place (NBC)
Gotham (Fox) (The upcoming fifth season will be the show’s last.)
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)
Hawaii Five-0 (CBS)
Hell’s Kitchen (Fox)
How to Get Away With Murder (ABC)
Instinct (CBS)
iZombie (CW)
Jane the Virgin (CW)
Last Man Standing (FOX) — ABC had canceled the show a year ago in its sixth season, but Fox is bringing it back for season seven.
Law & Order: SVU (NBC)
Lethal Weapon (Fox) (Actor Clayne Crawford, who played Riggs, has been fired and replaced with Seann William Scott.)
Life in Pieces (CBS)
Love Connection (Fox) — returns in summer
MacGyver (CBS)
Madam Secretary (CBS)
Man With a Plan (CBS)
Marlon (NBC) — returns in summer
MasterChef (FOX)
MasterChef Junior (FOX)
Midnight, Texas (NBC)
Modern Family (ABC)
Mom (CBS)
NCIS (CBS)
NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS)
NCIS: New Orleans (CBS)
The Orville (Fox)
Ransom (CBS)
The Resident (Fox)
Riverdale (CW)
Roseanne (ABC)
Salvation (CBS)
SEAL Team (CBS)
Shark Tank (ABC)
The Simpsons (Fox)
So You Think You Can Dance (FOX)
Speechless (ABC)
Splitting Up Together (ABC)
Star (Fox)
Star Trek: Discovery (CBS All Access only)
Station 19 (ABC)
Supergirl (CW)
Supernatural (CW)
Superstore (NBC)
Survivor (CBS)
S.W.A.T. (CBS)
This Is Us (NBC) — NBC welcomed back the return of the crockpot
To Tell the Truth (ABC) — returns in summer
Trial & Error (NBC)
Undercover Boss (CBS) — returns in summer
The Voice (NBC)
The Wall (NBC)
Whose Line Is It, Anyway? (CW)
Will & Grace (NBC)
World of Dance — returns in summer
Young Sheldon (CBS)
Which broadcast TV shows are still waiting on an official verdict?
Battle of the Network Stars (ABC)
The Biggest Loser (NBC)
Boy Band (ABC)
Champions (NBC)
Code Black (CBS)
Genius Junior (NBC)
Ghosted (Fox)
LA to Vegas (Fox)
Little Big Shots (Fox)
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (ABC)
Match Game (ABC)
Penn & Teller: Fool Us (CW)
Prison Break (Fox)
Shots Fired (FOX)
Timeless (NBC)
The Toy Box (ABC)
World’s Funniest (Fox)
