# Renewed and Cancelled **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 20, 2017, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renewed-and-cancelled/789430 "2017-06-20T07:27:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renewed-and-cancelled/789430/1 "2017-06-20T07:27:36Z")
I just saw a list announcing which television series have been renewed or cancelled for next season. [http://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/2017-tv-show-cancellations-renewals.html/?a=viewall](http://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/2017-tv-show-cancellations-renewals.html/?a=viewall) _Grey’s Anatomy_ is still on the air? Didn’t everybody leave that show? ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renewed-and-cancelled/789430/2 "2017-06-20T07:44:42Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I just saw a list announcing which television series have been renewed or cancelled for next season. > > [http://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/2017-tv-show-cancellations-renewals.html/?a=viewall](http://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/2017-tv-show-cancellations-renewals.html/?a=viewall) > > _Grey’s Anatomy_ is still on the air? Didn’t everybody leave that show? List wasn’t very comprehensive (West World was renewed and it wasn’t mentioned) but it does make me think there are a lot of shows I need to check out. Which is good since summer is coming up. Thanks for posting. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renewed-and-cancelled/789430/3 "2017-06-20T10:09:28Z")
Yay! _Drunk History_ was renewed! I can’t believe _Criminal Minds_ is coming back, though. Isn’t it time to put that show out of its misery? I used to watch if for laughs, but it’s not even funny anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renewed-and-cancelled/789430/4 "2017-06-20T10:36:02Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Yay! _Drunk History_ was renewed! I can’t believe _Criminal Minds_ is coming back, though. Isn’t it time to put that show out of its misery? I used to watch if for laughs, but it’s not even funny anymore. Holy crap! There’s another DH fan on this board besides me! I fucking LOVE that show! ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renewed-and-cancelled/789430/5 "2017-06-20T11:55:08Z")
They have “Elementary” listed under NBC. Is it moving or did they just list it under the wrong network? ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renewed-and-cancelled/789430/6 "2017-06-20T12:17:28Z")
[TV By The Numbers](http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/category/renewcancel/) does a much better job. (I thought this thread was going to be about TV shows that were renewed but quickly canceled. E.g., _Vinyl_ on HBO. Announced renewed for a second season but then killed before production on it started.) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renewed-and-cancelled/789430/7 "2017-06-20T12:52:36Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > Holy crap! There’s another DH fan on this board besides me! > > I fucking LOVE that show! I like _Drunk History_, I wouldn’t say love it, but I do enjoy it enough to have programmed it on my DVR. I’m happy the _Good Place_ got renewed, but sad it is only 13 episodes. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renewed-and-cancelled/789430/8 "2017-06-20T12:57:35Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > Holy crap! There’s another DH fan on this board besides me! > > I fucking LOVE that show! 4 out of 5 Indrians agree, it’s a great show. The fifth is going to be a dick about things. I can’t believe _Law & Order: SVU_ is still on the tube. I caught a few episodes of this for the first time recently and it was the most beyond preposterous, disjointed mess I’ve ever seen on TV. It’s like the writers weren’t even trying! ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renewed-and-cancelled/789430/9 "2017-06-20T13:12:25Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Yay! _Drunk History_ was renewed! I can’t believe _Criminal Minds_ is coming back, though. Isn’t it time to put that show out of its misery? I used to watch if for laughs, but it’s not even funny anymore. I think the question was raised this year, after the loss of two stars, as to whether it would be renewed. It was, but I suspect that the question will be raised next year… ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renewed-and-cancelled/789430/10 "2017-06-20T14:10:04Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I can’t believe _Law & Order: SVU_ is still on the tube. I caught a few episodes of this for the first time recently and it was the most beyond preposterous, disjointed mess I’ve ever seen on TV. It’s like the writers weren’t even trying! It’s more like they take bets on what they can actually get away with. It used to be a good show, and has had some really outstanding episodes through the 6th season or so. All I can think is that Dick Wolf wants it to limp over the 20 year mark, like _L&O: TOS_ (one of the greatest shows ever). But SVU has never measured up to TOS. SVU moralizes; TOS never did, and yet, TOS had a soul or something, that SVU lacks. SVU isn’t as uneven as CI was, so at least you know what you are getting when you tune in, but even the early years, when it was pretty decent, aren’t terribly _re_watchable, which TOS is, and that’s saying a lot for a cop drama. I’ll bet if Paget Brewster hadn’t come back, _Criminal Minds_ would have been cancelled. Whatever she gets paid, it’s not enough. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renewed-and-cancelled/789430/11 "2017-06-20T14:47:36Z")
Neither link in this thread mentions that TruTV show _Adam Ruins Everything_ got a second season, which starts July 11th. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renewed-and-cancelled/789430/12 "2017-06-20T15:21:54Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I just saw a list announcing which television series have been renewed or cancelled for next season. > > [http://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/2017-tv-show-cancellations-renewals.html/?a=viewall](http://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/2017-tv-show-cancellations-renewals.html/?a=viewall) > > _Grey’s Anatomy_ is still on the air? Didn’t everybody leave that show? I don’t know about the cast of Grey’s, but I left it several years ago 😊. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renewed-and-cancelled/789430/13 "2017-06-20T15:44:55Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Neither link in this thread mentions that TruTV show _Adam Ruins Everything_ got a second season, which starts July 11th. Adam Ruins Everything already had a second season, which sucked. The first season ran from September to December 2015. The second season went from August through December 2016. IMDb is all screwed up. If you click on Season 1 they mush all those together with no episode numbering, but lists the upcoming season episodes as 201, 202 etc., which is baffling. But whatever is starting in July will be season 3. ---
**Author:** ![cormac262](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@cormac262](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cormac262)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renewed-and-cancelled/789430/14 "2017-06-20T15:51:45Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > _Grey’s Anatomy_ is still on the air? Didn’t everybody leave that show? “Grey’s of Our Lives” (did I just make that up ?) is still chugging. My SO is still a big fan. I used to watch, but now I can only watch until the first ridiculous storyline comes along…about 5 minutes (“…the helicopter decapitated her, but I think we can save the baby…even though her husband is infertile and doesn’t want it !!!”) By my count, I think only 4 of the original “core” cast are still around: - Meredith. I’m thinking they’re waiting for her (adopted) daughter to become an intern, and then the circle will have be complete. - Bailey. The Sondra Rhimes character (can never leave the show) - Dr. Weber - Kerev (sp ?) ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renewed-and-cancelled/789430/15 "2017-06-20T17:39:35Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > They have “Elementary” listed under NBC. Is it moving or did they just list it under the wrong network? It should be CBS still as far as I can tell. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renewed-and-cancelled/789430/16 "2017-06-20T17:40:50Z")
I wish “Blindspot” would go away. Far away. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renewed-and-cancelled/789430/17 "2017-06-20T18:11:06Z")
_ **Hell’s Kitchen** _ renewed? \* Really?!?\* :eek: That’s one show where if you’ve seen one, you really have seen them all. Way past the time to stop, since we already have a lifetime’s supply of episodes. ---
**Author:** ![WildBlueYonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renewed-and-cancelled/789430/18 "2017-06-21T12:36:09Z")
Retain the garbage. Dump the good shows. Been that way for my whole life ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renewed-and-cancelled/789430/19 "2017-06-21T15:26:39Z")
> [@Patx2](#): > > I don’t know about the cast of Grey’s, but I left it several years ago 😊. Maybe it’s petty of me but I’m amused to see that Katherine Heigl, who left the series because she didn’t feel it as good enough for somebody with her talent, has now found new work. Doing commercials. For kitty litter. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renewed-and-cancelled/789430/20 "2017-06-21T16:31:19Z")
Cancel good shows with mediocre ratings, keep bad ones. Cancel marginal shows, replace with ones that do even worse. (Fox’s Friday nights during basically the entire run of X-Files). Create good show, run episodes out of order. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renewed-and-cancelled/789430.md?page=2)