TV Look Fall 2016: Cancellations and renewals

CBS  ABC NBC CW FOX   TVLOOK FALL 2016 

   

   This is our ultimate list to the networks , renewals and cancellations of  series from the 2015-16 season for the 2016-17 season.  (This is an updating list, recently updated  16  May 2016 at 9:20PM MT)

ABC  Renewed
 American Crime 
   America's Funniest Home Videos 
 The Bachelor  
 Black-ish 
The Catch 
Dancing with the Stars 
Dr.Ken   
Fresh off The Boat 
The Goldbergs 
Grey's Anatomy 
How to Get Away with Murder 
Marvel's Agents of S.H.E.L.D
The Middle 
Mistresses  
Modern Family 
Once Upon a Time 
Quantico  
The Real O'Neals 
Scandal 
Shark Tank 
Last Man Standing 

ABC Canceled
  The Astronaut Wives Club
  Blood &Oil 
 Castle  
Galavant
  Of Kings and  Prophets 
Marvel's Agent Carter 
Nashville 
Rookie Blue 
The Muppets  
The Whispers
The Family 
Undercover Boss 

CBS Renewed
2 Broke Girls 
The Amazing Race 
The Big Bang Theory 
Big Brother 
Blue Bloods 
Criminal Minds 
Criminal Minds : Beyond Borders  
 Code Black 
Elementary 
Hawaii Five-O 
Life in Pieces
Madam Secretary 
Mom 
NCIS 
NCIS: Los Angeles 
NCIS: New Orleans
The Odd Couple 
Scorpion 
Survivor 
Zoo 

Moving to the CW
Supergirl 

CBS Canceled
Angel From Hell 
Extant 
Mike and Molly 
Person of  Interest 
Under the Dome 
The Good Wife , series Finale may 8th 
CSI:Cyber  
Rush Hour 
Limtless


THE CW Renewed
The 100 
Arrow 
Crazy EX-Girlfriend 
DC's Legends of Tomorrow 
The Flash 
iZombie 
Jane the Virgin 
The Originals 
Reign 
Supernatural 
The Vampire Diaries 
Whose Line is it Anyway? 

The CW Canceled
America's Next Top Model (moving to VH1) 
The  Messengers 
Containment  
---Ending : Beauty and The Beast  final season in Summer

The CW To Be determined

Significant Mother 


FOX Renewed
Bob's Burgers 
Bones (renewed for Final season ) 
Brookyln Nine-Nine 
Empire 
Family Guy 
Gotham 
The Last Man on Earth 
Lucifer 
Masterchef 
Masterchef :Junior 
New Girl 
Rosewood 
Scream Queens 
The Simpsons 
So you Think You Can Dance 
Sleepy Hallow
Wayward Pines 
World's Funniest 

FOX Canceled
American Idol (ends April) 
Bordertown 
Cooper Barrett's Guide  to Life 
Grandfathered 
The Grinder 
Minority Report 
Knock Knock Live 
Second Chance 

FOX To Be Determined
The X Files

NBC Renewed
America's Got Talent 
American Ninja Warrior 
Aquarius 
The Blacklist 
Blindspot 
Celebrity Apprentice (Coming late 2016) 
The Carmichael Show 

Chicago Fire 

Chicago Med 
Chicago P.D 
Grimm 
Law and Order:SVU 
Little Big Shots 
The Night Shift (returning at midseason) 
Shades of Blue 
Superstore 
The Voice 

NBC Canceled
Best Time  Ever With Neil Patrick Harris 
Game of Silence 
Hannibal 
Heartbeat 
Heroes Reborn 
Mr.Robinson 
The Mysteries of Laura 
Telenovela 
The Player 
Truth Be Told 
Undateable 
Crowded 


NBC To Be Determined
The Biggest Loser
Emerald City  (summer) 
Hollywood Game Night 











  

The Lookback : Children's TV Shows : ABC Saturday Mornings Part 2

The Lookback 

 Our sequel of ABC Saturday Mornings continues this is part two , if you missed part one  you can read that here. 

 In this edition we are staying in the 70's ( go disco) , since our last one was in the 80's ( Disco died).  

1.  Hong Kong Phooey 

      You know what was hot in the mid 1970's? ( Charlie's Angels?)  Kung Fu movies and TV shows. So we  have this from 1974  , Hong Kong Phooey was  an Hannah and Barbera  animated series ( are you shocked?)  than began in September of the year. It was about a dog with double identity, he works a janitor at the police station (Mopping up after crime fighters) with the name Penry. His secret identity was  that he was  Hong Kong Phooey the wacky crime fighter. He has a cool car that can turn in a plane, boat and more. (Even a car!)  When he heard of a crime he would get into his cabinet  and turn into his alter ego.  Like Inspector Gadget, later , it was his "sidekick" , Spot, who would be instrumental of capturing the baddy.  The series ran for 16 episodes  and ended in December 1974.

                   
                   Who is this Hero?/  Copy right 1974 by H&B

2. Lassie's Rescue Rangers
   The "Lassie" TV series (live-action) ran from 1954-1973 after it was canceled  , there was still  love of the heroic Collie. In 1972 there was an hour long animated Movie called "Lassie and the Spirit of Thunder Mountain".  ABC must have liked it because they asked for more and thus we get "Lassie's Rescue Rangers"  It was made by Filmation.  Our hero . lives with the Turner Family (Not Ted). The Father is Ranger Ben  Turner  he has a wife and 3 kids , and works as for the Forest Force , whose Job is it to  protect and help. Lassie is the leader of the Rescue Rangers , a group of wild animals who also help keep the environment and also the park safe.


                  
                 What are the lyrics? I forgot   / Copyright  Filmation
 Anyway, it ran 15 episodes. (so way less than the real Lassie )

3. FangFace
    Now it's time for a Ruby-Spears show (this article is just filled with giants who made TV animation in the 70's) it premiered on  ABC in 1978. It's about a group of teenagers :  the leader is named Biff  (Biff?) , his girlfriend Kim, Puggsy  and Fangsworth (uhhh)  the last character  is Fang Face (why isn't he the leader, his name is on the show?)  he turns  into a werewolf whenever he sees the full moon, or the picture of the moon or moon like moon,  The four kids ride around in a dune buggy and fight crime. ( eh finally some good teenagers) Also interestingly enough they only want to use "FangFace" whenever it is really really needed.also Fangface doesn't know of his alter ego and vice-versa.   Pugsy's character also adds new words into each episode.  This show ran two seasons , the 2nd season had the name " FangFace and Fangpuss" There was a new character added , a baby  who is the cousin of Fangs . The Baby also can turn into a werewolf (which kind of breaks the fact that intro says that there  is only one Werewolf born into the family ever 400 years, but why I am I applying logic to a TV  show?)  the series ended after 2 seasons.


                  
                Yep.../ Copyright Ruby-Spears or Turner

4.  Spider-Woman (yes Spider Woman )
   Here's an Idea .. Spider Woman ...a woman named Jessica Drew was bitten by  a poisonous spider (while most would either have to go the hospital , or die) , she was saved by a special spider serum  (father of the year)  and one of the symptoms was super powers. Now Jessica is an adult , she writes for Justice Magazine ( the most read magazine ever) . When Jessica has to fight crime as Spider Woman she slips away and fights crime.
  As you may have guessed it was based of a comic book , called Spider Woman , the TV series came in 1979 , a year after the comic book started There is no supporting cast in the comic compared to the TV show , where you have  a photographer and her nephew.  The Cartoon is also much brighter than the comic could be .  The series ran 1 season of 16 episodes though and faded of ABC's line up.

                       
                   
                  Kids... don't open spider containers  and there are 33 other spider serums? / Copyright Marvel

5. Here comes the Double Deckers
    Hey Britain !    This was a live-action show  made by a UK television producer and 20th Century FOX. It premiered in 1970 on ABC  and 1971 on BBC One in the UK . It revolved around  7 children whose place was an old double decker bus.  Each episode had our heroes falling into different adventures like runaway hovercraft  , martian invasions ,  and more. (you know kid stuff) It ran 17 episodes which was shorter than the intended 26 episodes.

                 
                   Good Fun... and I will see you next week/ Thanks Fox

And that's our lookback at ABC Saturday Mornings (part 2) tune in next time when there's  a British show about Werewolfed Spider Kids,

CW Renews 11 series

The CW TVLOOK Fall 2016 

     The CW has jumped into the announce Fall Early  and pretty renewed their entire line up.
  Shows renewed  as follows :  Jane the Virgin, Crazy  Ex-Girlfriend , The Originals , Reign, Arrow, Supernatural, Izombie , The 100, The Vampire Diaries ,  Legends of Tomorrow.  

          To be determined is where the shows fall ,what if any, of the pilots ,the network decides to make into a full fledged series.  Containment  ,which hasn't premiered yet , is to be determined.

 Full Press release after the Jump

ABC Renews shows

ABC  TVLookfall2016 

     ABC has announced today, which earlier than normal for these sort of things especially for  ABC, the renewal of 15 shows.    ABC has renewed  the perennial early Sunday evening show, America's Funniest Home Videos.   The Goldbergs  has been renewed for it's 4th season ,  Sunday Hit , Once Upon a Time has been renewed for season 6, a Freshman series, Quantico,  will be getting a 2nd season,  Reality series,Dancing With the Stars and The Bachelor  ,  Sophomore comedy ,Fresh Off the Boat,  has been renewed for a 3rd season.  Wedesday Night comedies of  The Middle  , Black Ish , and Modern Family get an 8th  ,3rd , and 8th season respectively.  Thursday Night : Grey's Anatomy , How to Get away with Murder,  and Scandal.  Shark Tank  , Fresh off the Boat , and  Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. round off the list.
       Now, this leaves the status of other shows  unknown for now ... but we will have news on those when we get it.  

here's the list in a cleaner form :

• America's Funniest Home Videos 
• The Bachelor 
• Black-ish 
•  Dancing with The Stars 
• Fresh off the Boat 
• The Goldbergs 
• Grey's Anatomy 
• How To Get Away with Murder 
• The Middle
• Modern Family 
• Marvel's Agent's of Shield 
• Once Upon A Time 
• Quantico 
• Scandal 
• Shark Tank 

press release after the jump 

It's A Lookback ,Charlie Brown : Play it Again , Charlie Brown

Peanuts  The Flashback 

  The  Special we take a look back at this month , is  Play it again , Charlie Brown the 7th Prime time special and it premiered in March of 1971.  This special focuses on  Schroeder  and Lucy, which if we did the specials in order this would be the first not to focus on Chuck or to an extent , Snoopy,  and of course this means Lucy trying to get Schroeder to pay attention to her.    The first few minutes is a  mixture of the opening with  Schroeder playing Beethoven music (of course)  and then Lucy grievances at  Linus and Snoopy dancing , then she visit Schroeder,  She  does the classic talking to him and trying to get is attention, talking about money ,which  Schroeder protests, then she does a spray can that plays Beethoven music.    Fredia (the girl with the curly hair) make a visit and does the Lucy thing of leaning on the piano when  Lucy comes over wondering what she's doing here. (First off , Locks save the world ) . 

   Keep attention this is a rare picture / Copyright Peanuts 

    After attempts and even kissing Schroeder (Full house audience wooooo sound) but he goes all Lucy "dog germs" act on her  and she  then confides to Peppermint Patty and Sally to help her out.  P.P suggests to Lucille that her idea is to get Schroeder to preform for the PTA it would be his big break. (Hope it's not the harper valley )    He seems happy about this and starts practicing.  Peppermint then brings the bad news that Beethoven is out  and Rock music is in. (I knew the day classical 102.5 would become rock was a sad one)  That of course gives Lucy a problem sense well you know.  Charlie Brown  suggests maybe they can get their "combo" back together and see if that would help. 

That's Charlie Brown and the gang  / copyright Peanuts 

   Schroeder  doesn't really want to do this but Lucy tells him they don't want Beethoven they want rock at the PTA meeting. ( Lucky they weren't Chopin fans)   Charlie Brown then convinces him (wow CB did that)  and he goes along with it.  But he feels guilty that he sold out on Beethoven ( he feels like the co-op that went corporate man)  He tells Peppermint Patty that he can't go through with it and that he must stand for what he believes in.   Lucy has spray can PTA meeting and they will use that as entertainment. (ummm couldn't they have used Chuck's band? )   It ends with telling Schroeder that Beethoven wouldn't have made it to Nashville (or New Orleans either)  he leaves and Lucy plays rock and roll on the radio on his piano. 

we are more a Mozart City 

     It's a very musical special and the focus on Lucy is interesting  , she wasn't really her mean side more her open pining lovey side. There is some funny moments like the spray can surreal jokes.  That's our lookback , tune in Next time for the special where Charlie Brown and his band make it big in Nashville. 

Dr.Seuss Lookback : Hoober Bloob Highway

The Lookback 

   Today is Dr.Seuss' Birthday (if you are reading this on March 2nd) Theodor Seuss Geisel, was born on March 2nd ,1904 so we take a look back at one of his TV specials , in a fun fact... he had involvement in his TV specials.
     Where do children come from ?  Well when ...(forget that)  they come from space , that is the Hoober Bloob Highway.

The one highway that never has congestion /Copyright  Dr.Seuss

    The premise of the special is there's a man (in the non literal sense) named Hoober Bloob and he talks to a new born human baby  who he calls Bub. The Highway is a highway to earth... and the mission is to see what the human wants to be.   We see the human as young boy  as Hoober Bloob shows him some problems on Earth life... like Tigers in the Attic ( I hate when that happens) , milking a walrus,or a bathroom in a badly planned spot. The wheel is spun and the boy will end up in a place called West- Watch-a-ka-tella ( much better than the north)  The special then turns to seeing his life would be like  in West (you know the rest) where we have him grow through a bunch of commands and the chaos of life.  

 math is hard/ Copyright Dr.Seuss

      They ask him what he wants to be going through an assortment of creatures ,but showing how it would be a human some more.  Hoober Gloob gets a bit worked up  about  seeing what the Earth and has to be reminded by his lute that he has to remain neutral. (thanks lute)  The baby decides he wants to be go to Earth and be human. That's the special. 

  It's a 30 minute special ,but it's not story heavy , its very musical , it's pleasant and the imagery is wonderful and it has the Dr.Seuss wording and style.  It's one of my favorites of the TV specials.. If you never head of a book called that , that's because this one is TV original.   It's  a good special that says there's good in life and there's bad in life, but that's life. That's a good message that we can look for the good in things and that  we can try things and not always be successful.  

   

                         
                   If you ever wondered how to Milk a Walrus

   I recommend while honoring the birthday with the books take a look at this special too.  Anyway that's our lookback .

The lookback :What happened to ALF?

The Flashback 

  We delve back into primetime TV in the past, and well ALF was canceled right during a cliff hanger, see cliff hangers aren't insurance, in 1990. NBC seemed to promise another season so they made this cliff hanger then NBC changed their minds and well ... oops.   In the final episode "Consider Me Gone" , ALF  hears  a broadcast from his friends Skip and Rhonda (people need to name their kids these again come on people do it!) and they found a planet.  The ATF hears the transmission ( ATF stands for Alien Task Force , not the other ATF) and ALF was captured.

NBC: That's what you think/  Copyright NBC 

   So  what happened to ALF? Well  it's 1996 (it is? cool I've gotta warn people about the macarena...ah it's too late)  so ABC (the A stands for Alf) made a TV music to tie up the loose ends. That brings us to Project :ALF (coming this fall to Bravo) . First mistake, the Tanners weren't there , now it could be hard to have like Brian some how be 6 years older if you continue right were you left off ... or they could have done a time skip , but then why are they taking 6 years to kill ALF? 

   Our movie starts with  the Alien  Task Force (you know were are going to call them the ATF for now on , that's too much writing) at a government panel to consider the future of ALF.  In fact the movie is a time skip , because the Tanners were put in a Witness Protection in 1990, (way to get out of that movie ) in Iceland.   

      There is footage of Alf's scientific evaluation which takes up a lot of time. Meanwhile ALF jailing  is more lax after charming the airmen that are holding him at the airforce base. Colonel Milfoil, played by Martin Sheen, talks about his mother who was abducted by aliens and she seemed to crazy and commit suicide.   He thinks ALF is a threat to the Earth , his plan is to fake a medical procedure to get rid of Alf.  Major Melissa Hill and Capt. Rick Mullican  see something strange about this and go to help ALF. 

    oh no! We're too late... oh wait nevermind/copyright ABC

    The Major and Captain seem to have a thing for each other too  (awww love)  anyway they escape with ALF and go to a cheap motel.( Well we've never written that before)  Alf escapes and calls one of his guards. (Well that was dumb)  Then ALF goes to a strip club ( well  we wrote that now .. ummm ) Now his defense the place is called the Kitty  Cat lounge and he thinks they serve cat there. Rick helps out .  ALF  trades the van to a motel owner  for his car because everyone might be looking for a Van that the government on it.  They are on their way to  Dexter Moyers place, he was a former NASA Scientist , who was discredited by the government because he wanted UFO info released. 

Yet the scientists who demoted Pluto ... not one was discredited /NASA

       Dr.Moyes is fascinated by  ALF  and his plan is to go public with ALF and he would be safe. (That's were  Dog with A Blog got the idea from )  Rick  is not happy Dexter ,( he doesn't have showtime anyway)  and he finds on Dexter's computer something that might not up to snuff.  Oh year the military is looking for them.  Rick left the building  and calls the Air Force Base  of course he's being monitored. Dexter has some plan called Operation payback ,which is  a trap  he's going to sell ALF "...to the Highest bidder.  Meanwhile Rick has been arrested and he says he's ready to make a deal  only in exchange  for the safety of Alf and Melissa.  

       Though after ALF notices a change in Dexter , he locks himself a bathroom during the broadcast.  This allows the military to come and arrest Alf and Melissa. (Also the British talk show host ... said commercials... they don;t say commercials over the pond ....bad movie)  The deal of course ...the Colonel  changes his mind.  Now ... since ALF can't be killed off , there is a secret tape of the Colonel when his whole mission was revealed.   The committee promises to keep ALF protected  and the others are promoted , while I guess the other Colonel has been  I guess jailed. 

  I guess that's closure. 

 Anyway ...well it had that Alf strangeness and ofcourse he was still himself , but it was an alright movie ...to bad no Tanners. 

  Tune in next time when we find out what really Happened to Doris Day's characters kids on the Doris Day show. 

Days of our Lives Renewed

NBC  Daytime  Soaps 

    NBC's only Daytime Soap,  "Days of Our Lives" has been renewed for it's 51th season.  The show recently  celebrated it's 50th anniversary will get to live to see another day of it's life.
 Via press release

ICONIC NBC DAYTIME DRAMA ‘DAYS OF OUR LIVES’ RENEWED FOR 51ST SEASON
The Tales From Salem Will Continue as Beloved Series Earns Pickup Following Recent Ratings Surge

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — Feb. 11, 2016 — “Days of our Lives,” which recently celebrated its 50th anniversary and is one of the most iconic programs in the history of daytime television, has been renewed for a new season by NBC.

The announcement was made by Jennifer Salke, President, NBC Entertainment.

“NBC is incredibly proud of the legacy of ‘Days of our Lives’ and we couldn’t be more excited to brings its fans new stories for the 51st season,” Salke said. “In a business where having a show remain on the air for two seasons is considered a success, what ‘Days’ has achieved is extraordinary.” 

So far this season, “Days of our Lives” is averaging a 0.90 rating, 6 share in women 18-49 and 2.901 million viewers overall in “most current” ratings from Nielsen Media Research. Through the first five weeks of the current quarter, “Days” has grown to a 0.93 rating, 6 share in women 18-49, up +6% versus its 0.88 for the same period last year, and 2.993 million viewers overall, up +15% versus its 2.601 million for the same weeks last year.

“Days of our Lives” has garnered 43 Daytime Emmy Awards, including 2015’s Outstanding Daytime Drama, and numerous nominations, as well as multiple People’s Choice Awards, GLAAD Media Awards, and Prism Awards. The show airs nationally on NBC in the United States and in more than 25 countries internationally.

“Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.” For over a half-century, those words have introduced and underscored one of daytime drama’s rare mainstays.  NBC’s “Days of our Lives” first premiered as a half-hour drama in 1965 and expanded to an hour 10 years later.

The success of the series derives from its consistent commitment to excellence in writing and storytelling — supported by a diverse ensemble of performers — and its uncanny knack for anticipating viewer interests. With its mix of classic genre traditions and groundbreaking narratives reflecting modern life, “Days of our Lives” remains a perennial favorite among viewers of all ages.

“Days of our Lives” is set in the fictitious Midwestern town of Salem. The core families are the Bradys, Hortons and DiMeras, and the multi-layered storylines involve elements of romance, adventure, mystery, comedy and drama.

“Days of our Lives” is produced by Corday Productions Inc. in association with Sony Pictures Television. Ken Corday is executive producer, with co-executive producers Greg Meng and Albert Alarr. Dena Higley and Josh Griffith are the head writing team.

source : http://www.nbcumv.com/news/iconic-nbc-daytime-drama-%E2%80%98days-our-lives%E2%80%99-renewed-51st-season?network=33129