Timeless is likely to be canceled.

Timeless is likely to be canceled. Sony’s big check to NBC saved it last year. The reaper’s predicting that doesn’t happen again, given that the ratings have fallen from 76% of the NBC scripted average last season to 66% this season.

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Canceled/likely canceled = not returning/predicted not to return in 2018-19 season

Renewed/likely renewed = returning/predicted to return in 2018-19 season

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Net Show (Producer) Status ABC Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (ABC) likely canceled ABC Alex Inc (Sony) likely renewed ABC American Housewife (ABC) likely renewed ABC black-ish (ABC) likely renewed ABC Deception (WB) likely canceled ABC Designated Survivor (ABC) likely renewed ABC Fresh Off The Boat (Fox) likely renewed ABC For The People (ABC) likely canceled ABC Grey's Anatomy (ABC) likely renewed ABC How To Get Away With Murder (ABC) likely renewed ABC Kevin (Probably) Saves The World (ABC) likely canceled ABC Marvel’s Inhumans (ABC) likely canceled ABC Modern Family (Fox) renewed ABC Quantico (ABC) summer ABC Once Upon A Time (ABC) canceled ABC Roseanne (ABC) renewed ABC Scandal (ABC) canceled ABC Speechless (ABC/Fox) likely renewed ABC Splitting Up Together (WB) likely renewed ABC Station 19 (ABC) likely renewed ABC Ten Days In The Valley (Skydance) canceled ABC The Crossing (ABC) likely renewed ABC The Goldbergs (Sony) renewed ABC The Good Doctor (ABC/Sony) renewed ABC The Mayor (ABC) canceled ABC The Middle (WB) canceled CBS 9JKL (CBS) likely canceled CBS Blue Bloods (CBS) likely renewed CBS Bull (CBS) likely renewed CBS Code Black (CBS/ABC) summer CBS Criminal Minds (CBS/ABC) likely renewed CBS Elementary (CBS) summer CBS Hawaii Five-0 (CBS) likely renewed CBS Instinct (CBS) likely canceled CBS Kevin Can Wait (CBS/Sony) likely renewed CBS Life in Pieces (Fox) likely renewed CBS Living Biblically (WB) likely canceled

CBS MacGyver (CBS) likely renewed CBS Madam Secretary (CBS) likely renewed CBS Man With A Plan (CBS) likely renewed CBS Me, Myself & I (CBS/WB) canceled CBS Mom (WB) renewed CBS NCIS (CBS) renewed CBS NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS) likely renewed CBS NCIS: New Orleans (CBS) likely renewed CBS Scorpion (CBS) likely renewed CBS SEAL Team (CBS) renewed CBS Superior Donuts (CBS) likely renewed CBS SWAT (CBS/Sony) renewed CBS The Big Bang Theory (WB) renewed CBS Wisdom Of The Crowd (CBS/NBCU) canceled CBS Young Sheldon (WB) renewed CW Arrow (WB) renewed CW Black Lightning (WB) renewed CW Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (CBS/WB) renewed CW DC's Legends Of Tomorrow (WB) renewed CW Dynasty (CBS) renewed CW iZombie (WB) likely renewed CW Jane The Virgin (CBS/WB) renewed CW Life Sentence (WB) canceled CW Riverdale (WB) renewed CW Supergirl (WB) renewed CW Supernatural (WB) renewed CW The 100 (WB) summer CW The Flash (WB) renewed CW The Originals (WB) canceled CW Valor (CBS/WB) canceled Fox 9-1-1 (Fox) renewed Fox Bob's Burgers (Fox) likely renewed Fox Brooklyn Nine-Nine (NBCU) likely canceled Fox Empire (Fox) likely renewed Fox Family Guy (Fox) likely renewed Fox Ghosted (Fox) likely canceled Fox Gotham (WB) likely renewed Fox LA to Vegas (Fox) likely renewed Fox Lethal Weapon (WB) likely renewed Fox Lucifer (WB) likely renewed Fox New Girl (Fox) canceled Fox Star (Fox) likely renewed Fox The Exorcist (Fox) likely canceled Fox The Gifted (Fox) renewed Fox The Last Man On Earth (Fox) likely canceled Fox The Mick (Fox) likely renewed Fox The Orville (Fox) renewed Fox The Resident (Fox) likely renewed Fox The Simpsons (Fox) renewed Fox The X-Files (Fox) likely canceled NBC A.P. Bio (NBCU) likely canceled NBC Blindspot (WB) likely renewed NBC Champions (NBCU) likely canceled NBC Chicago Fire (NBCU) likely renewed NBC Chicago Med (NBCU) likely renewed NBC Chicago P.D. (NBCU) likely renewed NBC Good Girls (NBCU) likely renewed NBC Great News (NBCU) likely canceled NBC Law & Order: SVU (NBCU) likely renewed NBC Law & Order: True Crime (NBCU) likely canceled NBC Rise (NBCU) likely renewed NBC Shades Of Blue (NBCU) canceled NBC Superstore (NBCU) renewed NBC Taken (NBCU) likely canceled NBC The Blacklist (Sony) likely renewed NBC The Brave (NBCU) canceled NBC The Good Place (NBCU) renewed NBC This Is Us (Fox) renewed NBC Timeless (Sony) likely canceled NBC Trial & Error (WB) summer NBC Will & Grace (NBCU) renewed

ABC shows predicted to be canceled

For The People – low ratings, rookie show

Kevin (Probably) Saves The World – low ratings, only 3 additional episodes ordered

Inhumans – low ratings, rookie show

Agents of SHIELD – low ratings, old/expensive

Deception – low ratings, rookie show, owned by Warner Brothers.

ABC shows predicted to be renewed

The Crossing – premiere ratings borderline, stay tuned.

Alex Inc – borderline ratings, owned by Warner Brothers, stay tuned.

Designated Survivor – borderline ratings that are probably good enough at 10pm

American Housewife, black-ish, Fresh Off The Boat, Grey’s Anatomy, How To Get Away With Murder, Speechless, Station 19, Splitting Up Together – ratings in the renewal range, no negative issues

CBS shows predicted to be canceled

9JKL – low ratings, only three additional episodes ordered

Living Biblically – lowest rated CBS rookie premiere, owned by Warner Brothers

Instinct – low ratings, rookie show

CBS shows predicted to be renewed

Criminal Minds – ratings still fine, old/expensive, owned by ABC, likely the first veteran drama to be canceled

Blue Bloods, Hawaii Five-0, NCIS:LA – ratings still fine, old/expensive, if more than one veteran drama gets canceled, it will be one of these

Madam Secretary, NCIS:NO, Scorpion – CBS hasn’t canceled a CBS Studios drama after its 3rd, 4th, 5th or 6th season in recent memory

Kevin Can Wait, Life In Pieces, Man With A Plan, Bull, MacGyver, Superior Donuts– ratings in the renewal range, no negative issues

CW shows predicted to be canceled

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CW shows predicted to be renewed

iZombie – CW has canceled only one non-rookie show with fewer than 70 episodes in the Pedowitz era (The Carrie Diaries)

Fox shows predicted to be canceled

The Exorcist – ultra-low ratings

Ghosted – borderline ratings, Spring return date indefinitely postponed.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine – low ratings, old/expensive, owned by NBCU

The X-Files – Gillian Anderson is done, and the show won’t return without her.

Last Man On Earth – lowest rated of the Sunday comedies, guessing Fox gives similarly rated LA to Vegas and The Mick the renewals instead.

Fox shows predicted to be renewed

Gotham, The Mick – borderline ratings, listed from most to least at risk

Bob’s Burgers, Family Guy, Empire, Lethal Weapon, Star, LA to Vegas, The Resident, Lucifer – ratings in the renewal range, no negative issues

NBC shows predicted to be canceled

Law & Order: True Crime – low ratings, rookie show

Great News – lowest rated NBC sitcom, episodes being burned off in December, only 13 episodes ordered, with no additional back order

Taken – lowest rated show on NBC

A.P. Bio – low ratings, rookie show

Champions – lowest rated NBC rookie premiere this season, rookie show

Timeless – low ratings, Sony’s big check to NBC saved it last year, guessing that doesn’t happen twice.

NBC shows predicted to be renewed

Rise, Good Girls – such promise, such promotion, such borderline ratings.

Blindspot – third season shows produced by third party studios (WB) are almost never canceled.

Chicago Fire, Chicago Med, Chicago PD, SVU, The Blacklist – ratings in the renewal range, no negative issues

Summer shows

The 100, Elementary, Code Black, Quantico, Trial & Error – Shows that have gone from the regular broadcast season to airing most of their episodes in the summer have never subsequently moved back into the regular broadcast season, and the reaper’s predictions are only for the broadcast season.

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The reaper’s running prediction tally this season: 29-1

Right: Ten Days In The Valley, Me Myself & I, The Orville, Valor, The Brave, The Good Place, Wisdom Of The Crowd, The Mayor, The Gifted, Young Sheldon, 9-1-1, Once Upon A Time, Superstore, The Good Doctor, SWAT, SEAL Team, Life Sentence, Dynasty, Jane The Virgin, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow, Riverdale, Supergirl, Supernatural, The Flash, Black Lightning, Mom, NCIS

Wrong: Shades Of Blue

Modern Family, The Goldbergs, The Simpsons, Will & Grace, This Is Us, and The Big Bang Theory were renewed before the season began. Roseanne was renewed in less than a week, before the reaper’s next prediction post.

Scandal, The Originals, The Middle and New Girl were canceled before the season began.

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