A Run Down of the Cancellations, Renewals, and Schedule Changes: 2018 Edition

Sorry in advance for many things such as various confusion that I have done with this blog. For one, sorry that this post is as late as it is. Second off, sorry that there wasn't a post here last Monday. You might have thought correctly that it was my plan to update this every Monday. Only now there is a problem where I now have to alternate this blog with my Madam Secretary blog which will do political posts or posts about a new episode due to rolling something then and now this blog will have to be shared with that one. So know that if you don't see a post of this blog on Mondays, it will be a different blog updated instead. If it's not my Madam Secretary blog, it could be a different one entirely. Also know that Mondays will be phased out of this blog entirely except for maybe random updates at times. We'll see what happens. Now enjoy this post that I hope you enjoy in advance of this upcoming new schedule.

If you are like me and keep track of what the TV grim reaper posts, then you’d know what they would predict gets cancelled going into each season and they keep you updated as the season goes along. I do think that there are some cases where they are predicting badly and they can be wrong as a result because of it. Still, it would be nice to do a rundown of different shows and I’ll tell you what all things mean in the future because of it. This will avoid any upcoming new shows.

First things first: let’s get all of the obvious renewals without a time change out of the way. The CBS shows that fit that mold are 60 Minutes, NCIS: Los Angeles, NCIS, NCIS: New Orleans, Survivor, SEAL Team, 48 Hours, Criminal Minds, The Big Bang Theory, Young Sheldon, Mom, MacGyver, Hawaii Five-0, Blue Bloods, and S.W.A.T. The CW shows that fit that mold are The Flash, Black Lightning, Riverdale, Supernatural, and Dynasty.

The ABC shows that fit that mold are America’s Funniest Home Videos, Shark Tank, Dancing with the Stars, The Good Doctor, Back-ish, Splitting up Together, The Goldbergs, Modern Family, Grey’s Anatomy, Station 19, How to Get Away with Murder, and 20/20. The new show called The Conners sort of fits this mold as it airs when Roseanne used to.

Continuing this list with the FOX network, the shows they have that fit the mold of having an obvious renewal without a time change are Empire, Star, The Simpsons, and Family Guy. The NBC shows that fit this mold are The Voice, Ellen’s Game of Games, This is Us, Chicago P.D., Superstore, The Good Place, Will & Grace, Blindspot, and Dateline.

Now, were there any renewals that were illogical in some way? It didn’t seem like Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. should have lasted. For the People shouldn’t have lasted either. Instinct was a surprise since it went against long time CBS standards. A.P. Bio didn’t makes sense to stick around either.

Some cancellations came as a shock, although some weren’t as bad a shock as others. Kevin Can Wait was highly rated, but they did enough wrong with it that made it messed up. There wasn’t much that lead into Scorpion’s cancellation outside of them not rerunning it. Those were the only two real shocks in terms of renewals as the rest weren’t as bad as what the TV Grim Reaper thought. I don’t think that I will talk about the other cancellations and just go into the future with these notes.

Let’s get to all of the schedule changes starting with Sundays. Supergirl is moving there from Mondays in order to expand upon the CW’s schedule. Since Smallville had aired there, that makes sense as a change in the schedule. Bob’s Burgers has now moved back an hour in order to make room for more football coverage on the network. On Mondays, CBS trimmed their comedies and got rid of nearly everything on it for some point. Bull was moved there from Tuesdays to fill the gaps of what is gone now. I almost thought that they would put Survivor there between all those cancellations and them announcing the schedule for the next season.

More of the Monday changes are that Arrow is now there from Thursdays with the lead-in for that night putting Legends of Tomorrow back an hour. The Resident is up an hour on FOX. 9-1-1 is now there as well from Wednesdays. On Tuesdays, Lethal Weapon has moved back an hour. The Gifted is now there from Mondays. On Wednesdays, American Housewife has moved up an hour. Chicago Med is now there from Tuesdays. Chicago Fire is now there from Thursdays. As for Thursdays, Law and Order: SVU has been moved there from Wednesdays and will now be on at the latest hour which makes more sense given its gruesome subject matter.

What shows are now on Fridays? Fresh off the Boat has been moved there from Tuesdays. Speechless has been moved there from Wednesdays. They are being put there as part of the new TGIF. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend has moved back an hour to air its final season. Hell’s Kitchen has been moved back an hour in order to accommodate an hour of comedies on FOX for the first hour. The Blacklist has been moved there from Wednesdays and won’t be airing until later in the season.

You might wonder what is taking or coming back from a long hiatus. Midnight, Texas has been on hiatus for more than a year, but has been moved from the summers to the falls. The Blacklist is on later as I have stated before premiering sometime at midseason. The Amazing Race will be on later in the season as well. I have no idea when Elementary or Celebrity Big Brother will air, just that they will be later again as usual. I’m not going to mention too much what midseason replacements will be on at midseason in the future unless I feel it is notable enough in some way.

No idea when Ransom will air again. The 100 won’t be on until later. Both iZombie and Jane the Virgin will air their final seasons sometime at midseason. Gotham and The Orville will be on later in the season with Gotham airing its last season. Last Man Standing is returning after over a year of being off the air. It was on ABC, but now will be on FOX. Brooklyn Nine-Nine will be on NBC at some point after airing on FOX. And while Timeless was cancelled, it will be airing a wrap-up made for TV movie just like CSI did. Is this going to be a weird and recurring on and off trend?

That’s about it for this post. I don’t think that there is much else to say about it. What I do know is that I thought it would be better to exclude most cancellations and new shows in this post. I don’t yet know if I will do this again next year or not.