Who’s in, who’s out, who’s on the bubble.
USA TODAY’s 21st annual Save Our Shows poll counts 30 network comedies and dramas “on the bubble” between renewal and cancellation. The unusually high number stems from late premieres and shifting metrics for determining their fates. Final decisions will come in mid-May, but you can vote to keep your favorites at sos.usatoday.com. Here’s a status report on which shows are locks to return, fading into oblivion or truly uncertain. (A handful of very recent or soon-to-premiere series, including CBS drama Instinct and ABC’s The Crossing, Alex, Inc. and Splitting Up Together are excluded.)
ABC
❚ Renewed, or almost: American Housewife, Black-ish, The Goldbergs, The Good Doctor, Grey’s Anatomy, How to Get Away With Murder, Modern Family, Roseanne
❚ On the bubble: Deception, Designated Survivor, For the People, Fresh Off the Boat, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Quantico, Speechless, Station 19
❚ Canceled, or nearly dead: Kevin (Probably) Saves the World, Marvel’s Inhumans, The Mayor, The Middle, Once Upon a Time, Scandal, Ten Days in the Valley
CBS
❚ Renewed or almost: The Big Bang Theory, Blue Bloods, Bull, Hawaii Five-0, MacGyver, Madam Secretary, Mom, NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, NCIS: New Orleans, SEAL Team, SWAT, Young Sheldon
❚ On the bubble: Code Black, Criminal Minds, Elementary, Kevin Can Wait, Life in Pieces, Living Biblically, Man With a Plan, Scorpion, Superior Donuts
❚ Canceled, or nearly dead: Me, Myself & I ,9JKL, Wisdom of the Crowd
CW
❚ Renewed, or almost: Arrow, Black Lightning, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Dynasty, The Flash, Jane the Virgin, Riverdale, Supergirl, Supernatural
❚ On the bubble: iZombie, The 100
❚ Canceled, or nearly dead: Life Sentence, The Originals, Valor
Fox
❚ Renewed, or almost: Bob’s Burgers, Empire, Family Guy, The Gifted, Gotham, LA to Vegas, Lethal Weapon, The Mick, 9-1-1, The Orville, The Resident, The Simpsons, Star
❚ On the bubble: Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Last Man on Earth, Lucifer
❚ Canceled, or nearly dead: The Exorcist, Ghosted, New Girl, The X-Files
NBC
❚ Renewed, or almost: Chicago Fire, Chicago Med, Chicago PD, The Good Place, Good Girls, Law & Order: SVU, Rise, Superstore, This Is Us, Will & Grace
❚ On the bubble: AP Bio, The Blacklist, Blindspot, The Brave, Champions, Great News, Taken, Timeless
❚ Canceled, or almost: Law & Order: True Crime