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The fall TV lineup has been set. What’s renewed, what’s canceled?
Kristi Turnquist
The Oregonian/Oregonlive.com
During the past year, TV viewers have seen the return of favorite shows delayed because of pandemic-related production pauses, watched as late-night hosts broadcast from their temporary studios, and been bombarded with streaming services eager for new subscribers.
At times, it felt like TV would never be the same. But amid the uncertainty, fans have still wondered: Which shows have been renewed, and which ones are canceled? Following a week of virtual “upfronts,” the events where executives announce their upcoming schedules, details of the 2021-2022 TV season are coming into focus.
As always, the news is good for some shows (“Grey’s Anatomy” is returning, yet again), not so great for others (goodbye, “The Unicorn”) and super for a few (NBC has renewed “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” for five more years).
Even with vaccines and fewer coronavirus cases promising better days ahead, by now, there still may be surprises coming up. Also uncertain are the fates of many cable and streaming shows. Announcements have been made during the year about some shows that are technically renewed. In many cases, we’re waiting to see whether they are able to resume production, and when we might expect to see them.
For now, here’s what we know about the 2021-2022 season, which shows have been renewed, and which ones are canceled.
RENEWED “All American” (The CW): The drama will return for a fourth season.
“American Idol” (ABC): The singing competition is renewed for a fifth season on ABC, its current network home.
“America’s Funniest Home Videos” (ABC):
The videos apparently never run dry, as the show is renewed for Season 32.
“B Positive” (CBS): The first-season comedy will be back for Season 2.
“Batwoman” (The CW): The adventure continues, in Season 3.
“Big Sky” (ABC): The Montana-set crime drama created by David E. Kelley is renewed for Season 2.
“Black-ish” (ABC): The comedy will return for an eighth, and final season.
“The Blacklist” (NBC): Just when you start to wonder if this drama is still on, NBC renews it. The show will be back for Season 9.
“Blue Bloods” (CBS): The police/family drama keeps coming back, and will return for Season 12.
“Bob’s Burgers” (Fox): The long-running animated comedy will be back for Season 13.
“Bob Hearts Abishola” (CBS): The comedy is renewed for Season 3.
“Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (NBC): After being off the air for a while, and following the announcement that it will end with Season 8, the comedy is indeed coming back, for that promised Season 8.
“Bull” (CBS): The legal drama is renewed for Season 6.
“Call Me Kat” (Fox): The comedy starring M ayim Bialik will be back for Season 2.
“Celebrity Wheel of Fortune” (ABC): The nighttime version of the game show perennial is renewed for a second season.
“Charmed” (The CW): The supernatural drama returns for Season 4.
“Chicago Fire” (NBC): The procedural is renewed through Season 11.
“Chicago Med” (NBC): The medical procedural is renewed through Season 8.
“Chicago PD” (NBC): Bet you can’t guess — the crime procedural is renewed through Season 10. Aww, you guessed it.
“The Conners” (ABC): The comedy spun off from the “Roseanne” revival (after the exit of original star Roseanne Barr) will be back for Season 4.
“Dancing With the Stars” (ABC): The dance competition has been renewed for Season 30, with new host Tyra Banks set to return.
“Duncanville” (Fox): The animated comedy is renewed for Season 3.
“Dynasty” (The CW): The nighttime soap returns for Season 5.
“The Equalizer” (CBS): The Queen Latifah- starring reboot of the original action drama is renewed for Season 2.
“Evil” (CBS): After a pandemic-caused filming delay, the supernatural drama is now expected to move to the Paramount+ streaming platform for its second season.
“Family Guy” (Fox): The ever-present animated comedy is renewed through Season 20.
“FBI” (CBS): The crime procedural will come back for Season 4.
“FBI: Most Wanted” (CBS): The spinoff is also returning, for Season 3.
“The Flash” (The CW): The superhero drama returns for Season 8.
“The Flight Attendant” (HBO Max): The drama starring Kaley Cuoco is renewed for a second season.
“Ginny & Georgia” (Netflix): The comedy is renewed for a second season.
“The Goldbergs” (ABC): The long-running comedy is renewed for a ninth season.
“The Good Doctor” (ABC): The medical drama will be back for Season 5.
“The Great North” (Fox): Another Fox animated series will be on the schedule as the freshman series is renewed for Season 3.
“Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC): The medical drama that feels like it’s been on for all eternity will stay on the case for Season 18.
“Home Economics” (ABC): The freshman comedy will be back for Season 2.
“I Can See Your Voice” (Fox): Ken Jeong will return to host a second season of the singing competition.
“In the Dark” (The CW): The drama returns for Season 4.
“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” (FXX): Another long-running comedy, this is renewed through Season 18.
“Kenan” (NBC): The freshman sitcom starring Kenan Thompson, of “Saturday Night Live” fame, will return for a second season.
“Kung Fu” (The CW): The reimagined take on the original series will be back for Season 2. “Law & Order: Organized Crime” (NBC): Christopher Meloni returned to his role as Elliot Stabler in this spinoff of “Law & Order: SVU,” and it has already been renewed for a second season.
“Law & Order: SVU” (NBC): Another example of the “Shows That Will Probably Run Forever” school, this procedural is renewed through Season 24.
“Legacies” (The CW): The drama will be back for Season 4.
“Legends of Tomorrow” (The CW): More superhero adventures are in store as the series is renewed for Season 7.
“Lego Masters” (Fox): The competition series featuring teams taking on Lego building challenges will be back for Season 2.
“Magnum PI” (CBS): The reboot of the vintage series returns for Season 4.
“The Masked Singer” (Fox): The show that featured masks before everybody was wearing them will return for Season 6.
“Mayans M.C.” (FX): The biker drama is renewed for Season 4.
“Mr. Mayor” (NBC): The freshman comedy starring Ted Danson as a mayor of Los Angeles will get a second term.
“A Million Little Things” (ABC): The ensemble drama will be back for Season 4.
“Nancy Drew” (The CW): The untraditional take on the young detective returns for Season 3.
“NCIS” (CBS): The long-running ratings hit is renewed for Season 19.


“NCIS: Los Angeles” (CBS): The drama returns for Season 13.
“The Neighborhood” (CBS): The comedy will be back for Season 4.
“New Amsterdam” (NBC): The medical drama is renewed through Season 5.
“911” (Fox): The drama about first responders will return for Season 5.
“911: Lone Star” (Fox): The “911” spinoff, starring Rob Lowe, is renewed for Season 3.
“The Resident” (Fox): The medical drama will return for Season 5.
“Riverdale” (The CW): The unlikely comics- derived drama returns for Season 6.
“The Rookie” (ABC): The police drama starring Nathan Fillion is renewed for Season 4.
“Roswell, New Mexico” (The CW): The supernatural drama will be back for Season 4.
“SEAL Team” (CBS): This series will move from CBS to the Paramount+ streaming service for a new season.
“Shark Tank” (ABC): More would-be entrepreneurs will make their pitches in Season 13.
“The Simpsons” (Fox): The show created by Matt Groening will run forever. Or, at least, through Season 34.
“60 Minutes” (CBS): The TV newsmagazine has been renewed, for Season 53.
“Snowfall” (FX): The drama will return for Season 4.
“Stargirl” (The CW): Another superhero series, this one flies back for Season 3.
“Station 19” (ABC): The “Grey’s Anatomy” spinoff will be back in action for Season 5.
“Superman & Lois” (The CW): The superhero/ family drama will return for a second season.
“Supermarket Sweep” (ABC): The gameshow revival will be back for a second season.
“Survivor” (CBS): The long-running reality show will return with Season 41.
“SWAT” (CBS): The crime drama is renewed for Season 5.
“Ted Lasso” (Apple TV+): The comedy is renewed for Seasons 2 and 3.
“This Is Us” (NBC): The family saga will end with its upcoming sixth and final season.
“United States of Al” (CBS): The recently debuted comedy is renewed for Season 2.
“The Voice” (NBC): The singing competition will be back.
“Walker” (The CW): Another reimagined version of an original, this drama will return for Season 2.
“Young Rock” (NBC): A comedy inspired by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s memories of growing up amid a family involved in the colorful world of professional wrestling will suit up for a second season.
“Young Sheldon” (CBS): At this rate, he’s going to be Rapidly Maturing Sheldon. The “Big Bang Theory” prequel is renewed for three more seasons, through at least 2024.
CANCELED “All Rise” (CBS): The legal drama brings the gavel down after two seasons.
“American Gods” (Starz): The fantasy drama has been canceled after three seasons.
“American Housewife” (ABC): The comedy is canceled after five seasons.
“Black Lightning” (The CW): The superhero drama is ending its fourth and final season this month.
“Bless the Harts” (Fox): Not every animated series on Fox runs forever. This one is canceled after two seasons.
“Call Your Mother” (ABC): The sitcom starring Kyra Sedgwick can hang up the phone — it won’t be back for Season 2.
“Filthy Rich” (Fox): The drama starring Kim Cattrall as the widow of the head of a Christian TV network didn’t make much of a ripple, and won’t be back for a second season.
“For Life” (ABC): The legal drama is canceled after two seasons.
“The Irregulars” (Netflix): The drama has been canceled after one season.
“Last Man Standing” (Fox): The Tim Allen sitcom recently ended with Season 9.
“MacGyver” (CBS): The action drama ended with the recent Season 5, and series, finale.
“Mixed-ish” (ABC): The “Black-ish” spinoff won’t be back for a third season.
“Mom” (CBS): The comedy recently ended, after an eight-season run.
“NCIS: New Orleans” (CBS): The spinoff ended with Season 7.
“Pose” (FX): The drama will end with its third season, which recently began airing.
“Prodigal Son” (Fox): The drama about a criminal profiler (Tom Payne) and his totally messed-up family — which included his serial killer father (Michael Sheen) — is done for, after two seasons.
“Rebel” (ABC): The recently premiered drama starring Katey Sagal as an Erin Brockovich-like crusader won’t return for a second season.
“Shameless” (Showtime): The series ended with its eleventh season, and series finale.
“Shrill” (Hulu): The comedy starring Aidy Bryant ends with Season 3.
“Supergirl” (The CW): Amazing, but true — a superhero series on The CW actually isn’t returning.
“Superstore” (NBC): The workplace comedy ended with Season 6.
“The Twilight Zone” (CBS All Access/Paramount+): After two seasons, the new version of the classic series has been canceled.
“The Unicorn” (CBS): The comedy is been canceled, after two seasons.
NOT YET ANNOUNCED “Clarice” (CBS): If this “Silence of the Lambs” drama is renewed for a second season, it will likely move from CBS to the Paramount+ streaming service.
“Debris” (NBC): There’s no word yet on whether this recently launched science fiction series will be back for a second season.
“Good Girls” (NBC): The drama is awaiting word on whether it will return for a fifth season.
“Manifest” (NBC): The mystery may or may not be back for Season 4.
“The Moodys” (Fox): Cancellation seems all but guaranteed, considering the network pulled the show after five episodes, and will air the remaining Season 1 episodes in June.
“Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” (NBC): The comedy-with-music is holding off on bursting into celebratory song until word comes down on whether it will be back for Season 3.
RENEWED: Sterling K. Brown and Justin Hartley star in “This Is Us,” which will return for its sixth and final season in the 2021-2022 TV season. NBC
CANCELED: Michael Sheen, guest star Esau Pritchett and Tom Payne star in “Prodigal Son,” which won’t be returning for a new season. Fox
RENEWED: The freshman series “Home Economics,” starring, from left, Caitlin McGee, Topher Grace and Jimmy Tatro, will get a second season. ABC
































































































































































































































































































































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