All the broadcast shows that won't be returning next season
Image: NBC
As Revenge and Forever
fans have learned over the past few days, we've officially entered one
of TV fans' most anxiety-filled times of the year: when broadcast
networks decide which shows are coming back for another year and which
ones aren't.
For weeks, network executives have been taking stock of their current
TV lineups, watching pilots looking for the next breakout hit (or, at
the very least, shows that have promise) and deciding which series
deserve a spot on the final list.
Decisions on shows fates' are coming slowly, and viewers are either starting their celebrations or are taking their anger to social media, where they're only taking breaks to sign "Save My Show" petitions.
In the coming days ahead of the annual mega-meeting with advertisers
known as Upfronts, the axe will fall fast and furious upon some of your
favorites as part of the inevitable process. We'll keep you up to date
on the action with the list of canceled shows, below.
Just remember, though, we're only the messengers.
Here are the shows* from the five major broadcast networks that are officially not returning next year:
* = some special cases are noted; shows that air during summer seasons have been excluded
Canceled/Bowed gracefully
ABC
- Revenge (after 4 seasons)
- Manhattan Love Story (after 4 episodes)
- Selfie (after 7 episodes)
- Cristela (after 1 season)
- Forever (after 1 season)
- The Taste (after 3 seasons)
- Resurrection (after 2 seasons)
CBS
- The Mentalist (after 7 seasons)
- Reckless (after 1 season)
- The Millers (after 1 season + 4 episodes)
- Two and a Half Men (after 12 seasons)
- *Unforgettable (after 3 seasons but A&E saved it)
- Battle Creek (after 1 season)
- The McCarthys (after 1 season)
- Stalker (after 1 season)
The CW
- Backpackers (after 2 episodes)
- Seed (after 2 episodes)
- The Messengers (after 3 episodes)
- Hart of Dixie (after 4 seasons)
FOX
- *The Mindy Project (after 3 seasons — but a move to Hulu is in the works)
- Gang Related (after 1 season)
- Glee (after 6 seasons)
- Kitchen Nightmares (after 7 seasons)
- Gracepoint (after 1 season)
- Utopia (after 12 episodes)
- The Following (after 3 seasons; series finale airs May 18)
- Backstrom (after 1 season)
NBC
- Parks and Recreation (after 7 amazing seasons)
- Parenthood (after 6 tear-inducing seasons)
- A to Z (after 1 season)
- Allegiance (after 5 episodes)
- Bad Judge (after 1 season)
- Working the Engels (after 1 season)
- The Slap (after 1 season; was a limited series)
- Constantine (after 1 season)
- State of Affairs (after 1 season)
- Marry Me
- About a Boy
- One Big Happy
A show you love not on this list?
Maybe it's below — on the dreaded limbo list, which is admittedly a pretty ridiculous list because you have shows like NCIS (definitely coming back) sitting next to the likes of Stalker (probably not coming back). But you can expect announcements on all of these soon. In the meantime, though...
Not officially renewed or canceled
ABC
- Last Man Standing
CBS
- Blue Bloods
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
- CSI: Cyber
- Criminal Minds
- Elementary
- The Good Wife
- Hawaii Five-0
- NCIS
- NCIS: Los Angeles
- Person of Interest
- The Odd Couple
- Survivor
- Undercover Boss
Fox
- Red Band Society
- Hell's Kitchen
- Mulaney
- Weird Loners
NBC
- American Odyssey
- The Mysteries of Laura
- Undateable
- The Voice
The fates of these shows will be unveiled in the coming days. We'll keep it up to date.
