# The Cancel/Renew TV show thread, 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 9, 2015, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cancel-renew-tv-show-thread-2015/719633 "2015-05-09T16:47:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [May 9, 2015, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cancel-renew-tv-show-thread-2015/719633/1 "2015-05-09T16:47:40Z")
The networks are starting to report which shows “on the bubble” are being canceled and which are being renewed. [TVByTheNumbers](http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/the-renew-cancel-index/) has their ongoing list organized by network. Their “experts” have been surprised quite a bit already. Many surely canceled shows have instead been renewed. Among the shows I’ve watched that are gone: _State of Affairs_. Katherine Heigl’s “comeback” show. I watched several of these but it went south, storywise. A lesser version of _Scandal_/_Homeland_/etc. _Backstrom_. I actually (forced myself to) watched the entire run, trying to finish up before it was canceled. You could see it coming. The show got really random near the end, the good goofy stuff faded. Other shows of interest: _CSI_ appears to be heading to cancellation, ending with a 2-hour “movie” finale. OTOH, the joke of a series _CSI:Cyber_ might actually be renewed. _Bones_ was renewed for reasons beyond explanation. _The Mindy Project_ was canceled but Hulu is interested in continuing it. No word on _Family Guy_. Presumably hung up on financial negotiations. We can only hope this zombie show finally gets the burial it deserves. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cancel-renew-tv-show-thread-2015/719633/2 "2015-05-09T18:45:49Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > _CSI_ appears to be heading to cancellation, ending with a 2-hour “movie” finale. NBC should have done that for the original _Law & Order_; given it a proper send-off. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cancel-renew-tv-show-thread-2015/719633/3 "2015-05-09T18:53:20Z")
_Castle_, _Agents of SHIELD_ and \*Agent Carter \*all got renewed, so I’m good. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cancel-renew-tv-show-thread-2015/719633/4 "2015-05-09T18:54:58Z")
The Simpsons got 2 more years. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2015, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cancel-renew-tv-show-thread-2015/719633/5 "2015-05-09T19:05:55Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > _Castle_, _Agents of SHIELD_ and \*Agent Carter \*all got renewed, so I’m good. That is good news, _Agent Carter_ was a well written and done and it didn’t look like the ratings were quite enough to ensure it getting picked up. Any word on how many episodes for season 2? I saw the \*Librarians \*were renewed for another 10 episodes on TNT. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cancel-renew-tv-show-thread-2015/719633/6 "2015-05-09T19:09:24Z")
_Agent Carter_ is getting 13 episodes, I read. Although the final number is still up in the air. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2015, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cancel-renew-tv-show-thread-2015/719633/7 "2015-05-09T19:12:59Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > _Agent Carter_ is getting 13 episodes, I read. Although the final number is still up in the air. Cool, thanks, they can build a good story line that way. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2015, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cancel-renew-tv-show-thread-2015/719633/8 "2015-05-09T19:54:42Z")
Woohoo! Galavant gets renewed! ♪ Maybe ABC isn’t the worst station ever! ♪ ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cancel-renew-tv-show-thread-2015/719633/9 "2015-05-09T20:59:46Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > ♪ Maybe ABC isn’t the worst station ever! ♪ As long as there’s a Fox, the “best” that ABC can hope for is #2 on that list. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cancel-renew-tv-show-thread-2015/719633/10 "2015-05-09T21:08:47Z")
I heard Constantine was done, but being shopped around to other networks. ---
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cancel-renew-tv-show-thread-2015/719633/11 "2015-05-09T21:38:43Z")
“Forever” wasn’t. Forever that is. It was cancelled. Boo! ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cancel-renew-tv-show-thread-2015/719633/12 "2015-05-09T22:11:53Z")
> [@Isosleepy](#): > > “Forever” wasn’t. Forever that is. It was cancelled. Boo! “Resurrected” won’t be. ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cancel-renew-tv-show-thread-2015/719633/13 "2015-05-09T22:55:35Z")
_Revenge_ has been … has been served cold for the final time. ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2015, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cancel-renew-tv-show-thread-2015/719633/14 "2015-05-10T00:43:40Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > NBC should have done that for the original _Law & Order_; given it a proper send-off. Nah, it should still be on. I miss it all the time. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2015, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cancel-renew-tv-show-thread-2015/719633/15 "2015-05-10T14:23:18Z")
> [@Isosleepy](#): > > “Forever” wasn’t. Forever that is. It was cancelled. Boo! That’s bad news but I kind of knew it was coming with the way ABC was handling the show. ---
**Author:** ![DoperChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@DoperChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoperChic)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2015, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cancel-renew-tv-show-thread-2015/719633/16 "2015-05-11T03:06:03Z")
Resurrection was cancelled, which I’m really bummed about. It was a decent enough show and I got into the mystery end of it. Does anyone know where the storyline was headed next? I can’t handle the not knowing. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2015, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cancel-renew-tv-show-thread-2015/719633/17 "2015-05-11T03:34:58Z")
Forever is no more, Resurrection stays dead, Bones got new life Constantine isn’t so constant anymore. hmmmm… ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2015, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cancel-renew-tv-show-thread-2015/719633/18 "2015-05-11T18:28:20Z")
American Idol is finally heading up the river. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cancel-renew-tv-show-thread-2015/719633/19 "2015-05-11T19:30:09Z")
The wife and I really liked Backstrom, but I believe it has officially been axed. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2015, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cancel-renew-tv-show-thread-2015/719633/20 "2015-05-11T20:13:22Z")
Bones is still OK. I know how I think it _should_ end: A few episodes before the last one, Bones’ father gets murdered. Bones figures out who is responsible, but she can’t prove it. In the last episode, the person responsible turns up dead. The evidence turns out to be confusing and contradictory. Eventually, Booth and the rest of the team realize that the only way this can be explained is that Bones killed the guy, and is using her position to steer suspicion away from herself. They confront her with this. She confesses, and out of friendship they let her quit her job and depart for an antropological expedition in some far-flung part of the world. Officially, the case remains unsolved. I think this would be in-character for Bones. She’s a total sociopath, and would probably commit murder if she thought she could get away with it. Booth would take care of their kids, and frankly I don’t see Bones losing a ton of sleep over them. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cancel-renew-tv-show-thread-2015/719633.md?page=2)