TV Renewals and Cancellations for 2017-2018: Which Shows Are Coming Back?
Jul 19, 2018
Loving a TV show is knowing that, at any time, it could be taken away from you. But it's also choosing to watch every week anyway — for a long time, if you're lucky. It can be hard to keep track of all the renewals and cancellations each season, so keep this page bookmarked for every good or bad development on your favorite 2017-2018 TV shows.
Updated as of Thursday, July 19, 3:15pm ET. (Photos via Patrick Harbron/Netflix + Justin M. Lubin/courtesy of HBO + Justin Lubin/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images + John Britt/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
9-1-1 (Fox):Renewed for season 2. The Ryan Murphy show, which stars Angela Bassett, Connie Britton, and Peter Krause, was renewed after airing only two episodes. (Photo via Mathieu Young/Fox)
The Affair (Showtime): Renewed for a fifth and final season to air in 2019. (Photo via Jeff Neumann/Showtime)
Alex, Inc. (ABC): Canceled after one season. (Photo via ABC/Bob D'Amico)
The Amazing Race (CBS): Renewed for season 31. (Photo via CBS)
American Housewife (ABC): Renewed for season 3. (Photo via ABC/Bob D'Amico)
American Idol (ABC): Renewed for season 2. (Photo via ABC/Craig Sjodin)
America's Funniest Home Videos (ABC): Renewed for season 29. The longest-running prime-time entertainment show in the network’s history, hosted by Alfonso Ribeiro since 2015, is breaking its own record. (Photo via ABC/Michael Ansell)
Animal Kingdom (TNT): Renewed for season 4. (Photo via Eddy Chen/TNT)
Arrow (The CW): Renewed for season 7. (Photo via The CW)
The Bachelor (ABC): Renewed for season 23. No shocker here — the reality TV mainstay will be back with a new leading man after Becca Kufrin's season of The Bachelorette. (Photo via ABC/Paul Hebert)
Ballers (HBO): Renewed for season 4 after just wrapping a dramatic third season on HBO. (Photo via Jeff Daly/courtesy of HBO)
The Big Bang Theory (CBS): Renewed for season 12. (Photo via Sonja Flemming/CBS via Getty Images)
Big Brother (CBS): Renewed for season 20, to return in the summer of 2018 — but not before Celebrity Big Brother makes its US debut. (Photo via Johnny Vy/CBS via Getty Images)
Billions (Showtime): Renewed for season 4. (Photo via Jim Fiscus/Showtime)
black-ish (ABC): Renewed for season 5. (Photo via ABC/Bob D'Amico)
Black Lightning (The CW): Renewed for season 2. (Photo via The CW)
Blue Bloods (CBS): Renewed for season 9. (Photo via John Paul Filo/CBS)
The Brave (NBC): Canceled after one season. (Photo via Maarten de Boer/NBC via Getty Images)
Broad City (Comedy Central): Renewed for season 5, though the show is still currently in its fourth season. (Photo via Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Fox): Canceled by Fox after five seasons, but rescued from extinction by NBC! The show will get a season 6 after all, and we couldn't happier. To prove it, here are seven reasons we love the show. (Photo via Fox)
Bull (CBS): Renewed for season 3. (Photo via Jojo Whilden/CBS)
Child Support (ABC): Renewed for season 2. The Fred Savage and Ricky Gervais-starring game show will be back with more kids and more laughs. (Photo via ABC/Eric Liebowitz)
Claws (TNT): Renewed for season 3. (Photo via Skip Bolen/TNT)
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (The CW): Renewed for season 4, which star Rachel Bloom called the show's "final season." (Photo via Frank Ockenfels 3/The CW)
Criminal Minds (CBS): Renewed for season 14. (Photo via Cliff Lipson/CBS)
The Crossing (ABC): Canceled after one season. (Photo via ABC/Bob D'Amico)
Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO):Renewed for season 10. (Photo via John P. Johnson/HBO)
Dancing With the Stars (ABC): Renewed for season 27. The reality competition show isn't going anywhere anytime soon. (Photo via ABC/Adam Rose)
DC's Legends of Tomorrow (The CW): Renewed for season 4. (Photo via The CW)
Deception (ABC): Canceled after one season. (Photo via ABC/Bob D'Amico)
Designated Survivor (ABC): Canceled and will not return after season 2. (Photo via ABC/Bob D’Amico)
The Deuce (HBO): Renewed for season 2 just days after it premiered in September. (Photo via Paul Schiraldi/courtesy of HBO)
Difficult People (Hulu): Canceled after three seasons. Star Billy Eichner said of costar and creator Julie Klausner, "A singular comedic voice and the funniest person I know. I cannot WAIT to see what Julie creates next." (Photo via Ali Goldstein/Hulu)
Don't Be Tardy (Bravo): Renewed for season 7. (Photo via Mark Hill/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
Dynasty (The CW): Renewed for season 2. (Photo via The CW)
Empire (Fox): Renewed for season 5. (Photo via Michael Lavine/Fox)
The Exorcist (Fox): Canceled after two seasons. (Photo via Mathieu Young/Fox)
Fear the Walking Dead (AMC): Renewed for season 4. The companion series to The Walking Deadwill return in 2018. (Photo via Richard Foreman, Jr/AMC)
The Flash (The CW): Renewed for season 5. (Photo via Cate Cameron/The CW)
Flipping Out (Bravo): Renewed for season 11. (Photo via Nicole Wilder/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
For the People (ABC): Renewed for season 2. (Photo via ABC/Craig Sjodin)
Fresh Off the Boat (ABC): Renewed for season 5. (Photo via ABC/Bob D'Amico)
Ghosted (Fox): Canceled after one season. (Photo via Fox)
The Gifted (Fox):Renewed for season 2.
(Photo via Frank Ockenfels/Fox)
The Goldbergs (ABC): Renewed for season 6, which was announced at the same time as the season 5 renewal in spring 2017. (Photo via ABC/Craig Sjodin)
The Good Doctor (ABC): Renewed for season 2. ABC's most-watched freshman series in 13 years will try to avoid the sophomore slump. (Photo via ABC/Bob D'Amico)
The Good Fight (CBS All Access): Renewed for season 3. (Photo via Elizabeth Fisher/CBS)
Good Girls (NBC): Renewed for season 2. (Photo via Steve Dietl/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
The Good Place (NBC):Renewed for season 3. NBC says that, like seasons 1 and 2, season 3 will consist of 13 episodes. (Photo via Robert Trachtenberg/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
Grey's Anatomy (ABC): Renewed for season 15. (Photo viaABC/Byron Cohen)
Grown-ish (Freeform): Renewed for season 2. The Yara Shahidi-starring Black-ish spinoff was a hit after airing just four episodes. (Photo via Freeform/Andrew Eccles)
The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu): Renewed for season 3. (Photo via George Kraychyk/Hulu)
Hawaii Five-0 (CBS): Renewed for season 9. (Photo via Karen Neal/CBS)
How to Get Away With Murder (ABC): Renewed for season 5. (Photo via ABC/Bob D'Amico)
Insecure (HBO): Renewed for season 3. Though no air dates have been given just yet, season 3 is expected to start in 2018. (Photo via Justina Mintz/courtesy of HBO)
Instinct (CBS): Renewed for season 2. (Photo via Jeff Neumann/CBS)
Jane the Virgin (The CW): Renewed for season 5. (Photo via The CW)
Kevin (Probably) Saves the World (ABC): Canceled after one season. (Photo via ABC/Bob D'Amico)
The Last Man on Earth (Fox): Canceled and will not return after season 4. (Photo via Pamela Littky/Fox)
Lethal Weapon (Fox): Renewed for season 3, but without star Clayne Crawford, who was accused of bad on-set behavior. Seann William Scott will replace Crawford as Damon Wayans' new costar. (Photo via Jordin Althaus/Fox)
Life in Pieces (CBS): Renewed for season 4. (Photo via Cliff Lipson/CBS)
Life Sentence (The CW): Canceled and will not return after season 1. (Photo via Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for Bumble)
Lucifer (Fox): Canceled and will not return after season 3. (Photo via Jason Bell/Fox)
MacGyver (CBS): Renewed for season 3. (Photo via Annette Brown/CBS)
Madam Secretary (CBS): Renewed for season 5. (Photo via David Needleman/CBS)
Man With a Plan (CBS): Renewed for season 3. (Photo via Monty Brinton/CBS)
Married to Medicine (Bravo): Renewed for season 6. (Photo via Annette Brown/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
The Mayor (ABC): Canceled and will not return at the end of its debut 13-episode season, despite being one of the best critically received new comedies of the season. Producers are reportedly shopping the show elsewhere. (Photo via ABC/Bob D'Amico)
Me, Myself & I (CBS): Pulled from the network's schedule after just six episodes, but not officially canceled just yet. (Photo via Neil Jacobs/CBS)
The Mick (Fox): Canceled and will not return for a third season. (Photo via Brian Bowen Smith/Fox)
The Middle (ABC): Canceled and set to end after the current ninth season, which premiered on October 3. (Photo via ABC/Craig Sjodin)
Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles (Bravo): Renewed for season 11. (Photo via Maarten de Boer/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
Million Dollar Listing New York (Bravo): Renewed for season 7. (Photo via Kurt Iswarienko/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
Mindhunter (Netflix):Renewed for season 2. The show's official Twitter account confirmed the news with a presumed quote from its FBI figureheads, Holden and Bill: "We need to talk to more subjects." (Photo via Patrick Harbron/Netflix)
Modern Family (ABC): Renewed for season 10. The award-winning hit comedy, currently airing its ninth season, doesn't seem to be going anywhere. (Photo via ABC/Bob D’Amico)
Mom (CBS): Renewed for season 6. (Photo via Darren Michaels/Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.)
Mr. Robot (USA): Renewed for season 4 and already deep into the writing process. (Photo via Peter Kramer/USA Network/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
Nashville (CMT): Canceled and will not return (for real this time) after its upcoming sixth season, set to premiere on January 4. Six seasons — but endless tears. (Photo via Mark Levine/ABC via Getty Images)
NCIS (CBS): Renewed for season 16, with Mark Harmon signed on to return as star and executive producer. (Photo via Kevin Lynch/CBS)
NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS): Renewed for season 10. (Photo via Bill Inoshita/CBS)
NCIS: New Orleans (CBS): Renewed for season 5. (Photo via Skip Bolen/CBS)
The Night Shift (NBC): Canceled after four seasons, the medical drama will no longer be part of NBC's summer lineup. (Photo via John Britt/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
Once Upon a Time (ABC): Canceled. After a tumultuous cast upheaval, the show will end with its current 7th season. (Photo via ABC/Craig Sjodin)
The Orville (Fox): Renewed for season 2, Seth McFarlane's space comedy is one of the first new shows of the year to get the green light. (Photo via Noah Schutz/FOX)
The Path (Hulu): Canceled after three seasons. (Photo via Craig Blankenhorn)
Preacher (AMC): Renewed for season 3. Co-creator Seth Rogen excitedly announced the news in a tweet after the second season had wrapped. (Photo via Matthias Clamer/AMC)
Quantico (ABC): Canceled after three seasons. (Photo via ABC/Bob D'Amico)
Ransom (CBS): Renewed for season 2. (Photo via Steve Wilkie/CBS)
Ray Donovan (Showtime): Renewed for season 6. The show's setting will make a move from LA to New York. (Photo via Michael Desmond/Showtime)
The Resident (Fox): Renewed for season 2. (Photo via Justin Stephens/Fox)
Rise (NBC): Canceled after one season. (Photo via Peter Kramer/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
Riverdale (The CW): Renewed for season 3. (Photo via The CW)
Roseanne (ABC): Canceled after one season due to controversy over a racist tweet from star Roseanne Barr. (Photo via ABC/Adam Rose)
Santa Clarita Diet (Netflix): Renewed for season 3. (Photo via Saeed Adyani/Netflix)
Salvation (CBS): Renewed for 13 episodes, to air in summer 2018. (Photo via Mark Holzberg/CBS via Getty Images)
Scandal (ABC): Canceled, with its current seventh season being its last. "I used to know how it ended, and then Donald Trump was elected," creator Shonda Rhimes said prior to the show's cancellation. "We had a destination, and I don’t know if that’s our destination anymore." (Photo via ABC/Bob D’Amico)
Scorpion (CBS): . Canceled after four seasons. (Photo via CBS)
SEAL Team (CBS): Renewed for season 2 in March. (Photo via Eric Ray Davidson/CBS)
Shadowhunters (Freeform): Canceled and will not return after its third season, which concludes in 2019. (Photo via Freeform)
Shahs of Sunset (Bravo): Renewed for season 7. (Photo via Isabella Vosmikova/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
Shameless (Showtime): Renewed for season 9, just a few days after starting its eighth season. The show has been adding viewers in droves, according to Showtime president and CEO David Nevins. (Photo via Paul Sarkis/SHOWTIME)
Shooter (USA): Canceled after three seasons. (Photo via Eddy Chen/USA Network)
SMILF (Showtime): Renewed for season 2 after airing only four episodes. (Photo via Showtime)
Southern Charm Savannah (Bravo): Renewed for season 2. (Photo via Stephen Morton/Bravo)
So You Think You Can Dance (Fox):Renewed for a 15th season and returning with host Cat Deeley this summer. (Photo via Adam Rose/FOX)
Speechless (ABC): Renewed for season 3. (Photo via ABC/Richard Cartwright)
Splitting Up Together (ABC): Renewed for season 2. (Photo via ABC/Bob D'Amico)
Star (Fox): Renewed for season 3. (Photo via Jason Bell/Fox)
Star Trek: Discovery (CBS): Renewed for season 2, although it's not likely to return until 2019. (Photo via CBS via Getty Images)
Station 19 (ABC): Renewed for season 2. (Photo via ABC/Ed Herrera)
Supergirl (The CW): Renewed for season 4. (Photo via Frank Ockenfells III/The CW)
Superior Donuts (CBS): Canceled after two seasons. (Photo via Monty Brinton/CBS)
Supernatural (The CW): Renewed for season 14. (Photo via Frank Ockenfells III/The CW)
Superstore (NBC):Renewed for season 4, which will consist of 22 episodes. (Photo via Adam Rose/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
Survivor (CBS): Renewed for seasons 37 and 38. (Photo via Screen Grab/CBS Entertainment)
S.W.A.T. (CBS): Renewed for season 2. (Photo via Bill Inoshita/CBS)
Sweetbitter (Starz): Renewed for season 2. (Photo via Starz)
This Is Us (NBC): Renewed for season 3, which NBC announced midway through season 1. It will get a minimum of 18 episodes. (Photo via Ron Batzdorff/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
Timeless (NBC):Canceled (for a second time) after being saved following a previous cancellation at the end of season 1. (Photo via Justin Lubin/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
Valor (The CW): Canceled and will not return for season 2. (Photo via Mark Hill/The CW)
Vanderpump Rules (Bravo): Renewed for season 7. (Photo via Isabella Vosmikova/USA Network/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
Veep (HBO): Canceled and will not return after its upcoming seventh season. Production is currently delayed while the show's star Julia Louis Dreyfus undergoes treatment for breast cancer. (Photo via Justin M. Lubin/courtesy of HBO)
Vikings (History): Renewed for season 6. The hit drama will get a 20-episode continuation. (Photo via Jonathan Hession/History Channel)
The Walking Dead (AMC):Renewed for season 9. Longtime show writer Angela Kang will take over as showrunner from Scott M. Gimple. (Photo via Gene Page/AMC)
Westworld (HBO): Renewed for season 3. (Photo via John P. Johnson/HBO)
Will and Grace (NBC): Renewed for season 2 (before the first season even started!). (Photo via NBCUniversal)
Wisdom of the Crowd (CBS): Canceled and will not return after its originally slated 13-episode run. CBS made the decision shortly after a number of sexual harassment allegations arose against star Jeremy Piven. (Photo via CBS)
Younger (TV Land): Renewed for season 6 even before season 5 started. (Photo via TV Land)
Young Sheldon (CBS): Renewed for season 2 just two days after its return from the midseason hiatus. Not surprising, considering the fact that the Big Bang Theory spinoff was one of the first new shows of the fall to get a full-season order. (Photo via Robert Voets/CBS)
Zoo (CBS): Canceled after three summer seasons. The scripted drama is more or less being replaced with CBS's Salvation, which also has a streaming deal with Amazon. (Photo via Timothy Kuratek/CBS)
