All the TV Shows That Were Canceled, Renewed, or Picked Up in 2016

A comprehensive list of the shows returning, going away or just getting started.

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It’s that most wonderful time of the year when networks decide whether or not to bring back your favorite shows or move on to greener pastures. While networks like the CW were particularly generous with handing out renewal notices, others treated this season like an episode of Game of Thrones and went straight for the jugular. For a comprehensive guide to which broadcast shows are staying or going, see the list below.

ABC

Veteran shows:

Agent Carter: canceled after season 2

Agents of SHIELD: renewed for season 4

America's Funniest Home Videos: renewed for season 27

American Crime: renewed for season 3

The Astronaut Wives Club: canceled after season 1

The Bachelor: renewed for season 21

Black-ish: renewed for season 3

Castle: canceled after season 8

Dancing With the Stars: renewed for season 22

Fresh Off the Boat: renewed for season 3

Galavant: canceled after season 2

The Goldbergs: renewed for season 4

Grey's Anatomy: renewed for season 13

How to Get Away With Murder: renewed for season 3

Last Man Standing: renewed for season 6

The Middle: renewed for season 8

Mistresses: renewed for season 4

Modern Family: renewed for season 8

Nashville: canceled after season 4

Once Upon a Time: renewed for season 6

Rookie Blue: canceled after season 6

Scandal: renewed for season 6

Secrets and Lies: TBD

Shark Tank: renewed for season 8

Shark Tank: Beyond the Tank TBD

The Whispers: canceled after season 1

Freshman shows:

Blood and Oil: effectively canceled; order trimmed to 10

The Catch: renewed for season 2

Dr. Ken: renewed for season 2

The Family: canceled after 1 season

Of Kings and Prophets: canceled after 2 episodes

The Muppets: canceled after 1 season

Quantico: renewed for season 2

The Real O'Neals: renewed for season 2

Uncle Buck: TBD

Wicked City: canceled after three episodes

New shows:

Designated Survivor (drama)

Still Star-Crossed (drama)

Conviction (drama)

Downward Dog (single-camera comedy)

Untitled Sarah Dunn (single-camera comedy)

Time After Time (drama)

Notorious (drama)

Imaginary Mary (single-camera comedy)

CBS

Veteran shows:

2 Broke Girls: renewed for season 6

The Amazing Race: renewed for season 28

The Big Bang Theory: renewed through season 10

Big Brother: renewed for season 18

Blue Bloods: renewed for season 7

Criminal Minds: renewed for season 12

CSI: Cyber: canceled after season 2

Elementary: renewed for season 5

Extant: canceled after season 2

The Good Wife: canceled after seven seasons

Hawaii Five-0: renewed for season 7

Madam Secretary: renewed for season 3

Mike and Molly: canceled after six seasons

Mom: renewed for season 4

NCIS: renewed for two seasons, through season 15 in 2017-18

NCIS: Los Angeles: renewed for season 8

NCIS: New Orleans: renewed for season 3

The Odd Couple: TBD

Person of Interest: canceled after five seasons

Scorpion: renewed for season 3

Survivor: renewed for season 32

Under the Dome (summer): canceled after season 3

Undercover Boss (season 7)

Zoo* (summer): renewed for season 2

Freshman shows:

Angel From Hell: canceled

Code Black: five-episode pickup

Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders TBD

Life in Pieces: renewed for season 2

Limitless: full season

Rush Hour: TBD

New shows:

American Gothic: straight-to-series for summer 2016

BrainDead: straight-to-series for summer 2016

Kevin Can Wait: 13-episode straight-to-series

The CW

Veteran shows:

The 100: renewed for season four

America's Next Top Model: canceled

Arrow: renewed for season five

Beauty and the Beast: season 4 to be its last

The Flash: renewed for season three

iZombie: renewed for season three

Jane the Virgin: renewed for season three

The Originals: renewed for season four

Reign: renewed for season four

Significant Mother: TBD

Supernatural: renewed for season 12

The Vampire Diaries: renewed for season eight

Whose Line Is It Anyway: TBD

Freshman shows:

Containment: canceled after 1 season

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: renewed for season 2

Legends of Tomorrow: renewed for season 2

Supergirl: renewed for season 2

New shows:

Riverdale (drama)

No Tomorrow (drama)

Frequency (drama)

Fox

Veteran shows:

American Idol: ending after season 15

Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader: TBD

Bob's Burgers: renewed through season 8

Bones (season 11): renewed for shortened 12th and final season

Boom! (unscripted)

Brooklyn Nine-Nine: renewed for season 4

Empire: renewed for season 3

Family Guy (season 14)

Gotham: renewed for season 3

Hell's Kitchen (season 14)

Knock Knock Live: canceled

The Last Man on Earth: renewed for season 3

MasterChef: renewed for season 7

MasterChef Junior (season 4)

New Girl: renewed for season 6

The Simpsons (season 26): renewed through season 28

Sleepy Hollow: renewed for season 4

So You Think You Can Dance: renewed for season 13 in summer 2016

Wayward Pines: renewed for season 2 in summer 2016

World's Funniest: renewed

Freshman shows:

Bordertown: canceled after 1 season

Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life: canceled after 1 season

Grandfathered: canceled after 1 season

The Grinder: canceled after 1 season

Houdini and Doyle (10-episode straight-to-series)

Second Chance (formerly The Frankenstein Code): canceled after 1 season

Lucifer: renewed for season 2

Minority Report: effectively canceled; order trimmed to 10

Rosewood: renewed for season 2

Scream Queens: renewed for season 2

The X-Files (six-part limited series)

New shows:

Prison Break (drama)

Shots Fired (drama)

Son of Zorn (live-action/animated single-cam) (comedy)

Star (13 episodes) (drama)

24: Legacy (12 episodes) (drama)

Pitch (drama)

APB (drama)

Exorcist (drama)

Lethal Weapon (drama)

Making History (single-cam)

The Mick (single-cam)

NBC

Veteran shows:

America's Got Talent: renewed for season 11

American Ninja Warrior: renewed for season 8

Aquarius: renewed for season 2

The Blacklist: renewed for season 4

The Biggest Loser: renewed

Celebrity Apprentice: renewed for 15th cycle in 2016-17

Chicago Fire: renewed for season 5

Chicago PD: renewed for season 4

Grimm: renewed for season 6

Hannibal: canceled after season 3

Hollywood Game Night

Law & Order: SVU renewed for season 18

Mr. Robinson: canceled after season 1

Mysteries of Laura (season 2, 13 episodes): three-episode pickup

The Night Shift (season 3)

Undateable: canceled

The Voice: renewed

Freshman shows:

Best Time Ever With Neil Patrick Harris: canceled after one season

Blindspot: renewed for season 2

The Carmichael Show: renewed for season 2

Chicago Med: renewed for season 2

Coach (13-episode comedy): canceled before premiere

Crowded: canceled after one season

Emerald City: revived for 2015-16 season

Game of Silence: canceled after one season

Heartbeat: canceled after one season

Heroes Reborn: canceled

I Can Do That! (six-episode variety show, summer)

Little Big Shots (unscripted)

Manhunt (cast contingent) (anthology drama)

The Player: trimmed to nine episodes

The Reaper (miniseries)

Shades of Blue: renewed for season 2

Superstore: trimmed to 11 episodes; renewed for season 2

Telenovela: canceled after one season

Truth Be Told: trimmed to 10 episodes

You, Me and the End of the World (hourlong Canadian co-pro, 10 episodes)

Untitled Graham Moore-Marc Forster outbreak drama (10-episode straight to series)

New shows:

Taken (drama, straight to series)

Mike Schur (comedy, straight to series)

Powerless (single-cam)

Trial & Error (single-cam)

Chicago Justice (drama)

This Is Us 

Midnight, Texas (Drama)

Marlon (Comedy)

Great News (Comedy)

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