Decision time is here again.
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Save Our Shows 2021: Is your favorite series canceled, renewed or ‘on the bubble’?
Major broadcast networks are weighing the fates of 25 endangered sitcoms and dramas, hovering “on the bubble” between renewal and cancellation. USA TODAY’s 24th annual Save Our Shows poll asked you to weigh in on which you’d like saved – and which dropped – as the networks set their 2021-2022 schedules. The results are here.
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Christopher Meloni reprises his role of Detective Elliot Stabler for “Law & Order: Organized Crime.”
Many factors go into renewal decisions, including Nielsen ratings, creative quality, profitability, digital viewership and program ownership.
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The coronavirus pandemic, which shuttered production of pilot episodes for new series replacements last spring, remains a factor, but network executives say it’s less critical this year in determining the fate of series.
More: ‘Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist,’ ‘The Rookie’ top 2021 Save Our Shows poll
Instead, it may impact when (not if) they continue: NBC’s “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” was renewed last spring for what was planned as its final season. The pandemic prevented a return to production until this month, so 10 remaining episodes won’t air until August. And CW’s “Supernatural,” due to end in May 2020, delayed its final episodes until last fall.
Here’s a status update for every current series.
ABC: ‘The Rookie,’ ‘Black-ish’ to return
Renewed
- Big Sky
- Black-ish
- The Conners
- The Goldbergs
- The Good Doctor
- Grey’s Anatomy
- Home Economics
- A Million Little Things
- The Rookie
- Station 19
Canceled
- American Housewife
- Call Your Mother
- For Life
- Mixed-ish
- Rebel
CBS: ‘All Rise,’ ‘NCIS: New Orleans’ gone
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Queen Latifah as Robyn McCall in “The Equalizer,” which benefited from a post-Super Bowl premiere and was quickly renewed for a second season.
Renewed
- B Positive
- Blue Bloods
- Bob Hearts Abishola
- Bull
- The Equalizer
- FBI
- FBI: Most Wanted
- Magnum P.I.
- NCIS
- NCIS: Los Angeles
- SEAL Team (moving to Paramount+)
- S.W.A.T.
- The Neighborhood
- United States of Al
- Young Sheldon
Canceled
- All Rise
- Clarice
- MacGyver
- Mom
- NCIS: New Orleans
- The Unicorn
Fox: ‘9-1-1,’ ‘The Resident’ are back
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Tim Allen and Kaitlyn Dever in “Last Man Standing,” which had a nine-season run on ABC and Fox but calls it quits this spring.
Renewed
- Bob’s Burgers
- Call Me Kat
- Duncanville
- Family Guy
- The Great North
- 9-1-1
- 9-1-1: Lone Star
- The Resident
- The Simpsons
Canceled
- Bless the Harts
- Filthy Rich
- Last Man Standing
- The Moodys
- NeXt
- Prodigal Son
CW: ‘Supergirl,’ ‘Black Lightning’ to end
Renewed
- All American
- Batwoman
- Charmed
- Dynasty
- The Flash
- In the Dark
- Legacies
- Legends of Tomorrow
- Nancy Drew
- Riverdale
- Roswell, New Mexico
- Stargirl
- Superman and Lois
- Walker
Canceled
- Black Lightning
- Supergirl
- Supernatural
NBC: ‘Zoey’s Playlist,’ ‘Manifest’ canceled
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Dylan McDermott, Ibrahim Renno, Christopher Meloni and Danielle Moné Truitt in NBC’s “Law & Order: Organized Crime.”
Renewed
- The Blacklist
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine
- Chicago Fire
- Chicago Med
- Chicago PD
- Kenan
- Law & Order: Organized Crime
- Law & Order: SVU
- Mr. Mayor
- New Amsterdam
- This Is Us
- Young Rock
Canceled
- Debris
- Good Girls
- Manifest
- Nurses
- Superstore
- Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Is your favorite network TV series canceled or renewed? The full is here.

