Posts Tagged ‘TV
The Amazing Race (Officially Renewed)
American Dad (Officially Renewed)
American Idol (Officially Renewed)
America’s Next Top Model (Officially Renewed)
Batman: The Brave and the Bold (Officially Renewed)
Better Off Ted (Officially Renewed)
The Big Bang Theory (Officially Renewed)
Bones (Officially Renewed)
Breaking Bad (Officially Renewed)
Brothers & Sisters (Officially Renewed)
Burn Notice (Officially Renewed)
Californication (Officially Renewed)
Castle (Officially Renewed)
Celebrity Apprentice (Officially Renewed)
Chuck (Officially Renewed)
The Closer (Returns June 8 )
Cold Case (Officially Renewed)
Crash (Officially Renewed)
Criminal Minds (Officially Renewed)
CSI (Officially Renewed)
CSI: Miami (Officially Renewed)
CSI: NY (Officially Renewed)
Curb Your Enthusiasm (Officially Renewed)
Damages (Officially Renewed)
Dancing with the Stars (Officially Renewed)
Desperate Housewives (Officially Renewed)
Dexter (Officially Renewed)
Dollhouse (Officially Renewed)
Eastbound & Down (Officially Renewed)
Entourage (Officially Renewed)
Eureka (Officially Renewed)
Family Guy (Officially Renewed)
Flashpoint (Expected to Air Next Summer)
Friday Night Lights (Officially Renewed)
Fringe (Officially Renewed)
Gary Unmarried (Officially Renewed)
Ghost Whisperer (Officially Renewed)
Gossip Girl (Officially Renewed)
Grey’s Anatomy (Officially Renewed)
Heroes (Officially Renewed)
The Hills (Officially Renewed)
House (Officially Renewed) )
How I Met Your Mother (Officially Renewed)
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (Officially Renewed)
Law & Order (Officially Renewed)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (Officially Renewed)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Officially Renewed)
Lie to Me (Officially Renewed)
Lost (Officially Renewed)
Mad Men (Officially Renewed)
Medium (Offically Renewed)
The Mentalist (Officially Renewed)
Monk (Final Season Starts Summer ’09)
NCIS (Officially Renewed)
The New Adventures of Old Christine (Officially Renewed)
90210 (Officially Renewed)
Nip/Tuck (Officially Renewed)
Numb3rs (Officially Renewed)
The Office (Officially Renewed)
One Tree Hill (Officially Renewed)
Parks and Recreation (Officially Renewed)
Penn & Teller: Bulls**t! (Returns in Summer ’09)
Private Practice (Officially Renewed)
Project Runway (Officially Renewed)
Psych (Returns in Summer ’09)
Robot Chicken (Officially Renewed)
Rules of Engagement (Officially Renewed)
Sanctuary (Officially Renewed)
Saturday Night Live (Officially Renewed)
Scrubs (Officially Renewed)
The Simpsons (Officially Renewed)
Smallville (Officially Renewed)
Sons of Anarchy (Officially Renewed)
Southland (Officially Renewed)
South Park (Officially Renewed)
The Spectacular Spider-Man (Returns in Summer ’09)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Officially Renewed)
Supernatural (Officially Renewed)
Survivor (Officially Renewed)
30 Rock (Officially Renewed)
‘Til Death (Returns in Summer ’09)
Torchwood (Officially Renewed)
True Blood (Returns June 14)
24 (Officially Renewed)
Two and a Half Men (Officially Renewed)
Ugly Betty (Officially Renewed)
United States of Tara (Officially Renewed)
Weeds (Returns June 8 )
Wipeout (Returns May 27)
Wolverine and the X-Men (Officially Renewed)
According to Jim
This show has inexplicably been renewed before, when it seemed over – but this year is truly the end for this Jim Belushi “comedy.”
Dirty Sexy Money
The ratings were down for this show in Season 2, as was the buzz, leading ABC to cancel it last fall. The final episodes will air this summer.
Eli Stone
This quirky ABC series was cancelled last fall. The final episodes will air this summer.
ER
This landmark and long-running series came to an end this spring, with a satisfying group of final episode that included the return of several key cast members.
Everybody Hates Chris
It was the end of the road for the critical favorite, as CW has completely stopped working on comedy series.
The Game
The CW has effectively abandoned comedy series going forward. That included this show.
Harper’s Island
After just a few episodes, this murder mystery – which has struggled in the ratings — was moved to Saturday nights. While always intended as a self-contained 13-episode story, there had initially been talk of using the format in some way for more seasons, but that definitely won’t occur now.
In the Motherhood
Bad ratings and bad reviews were given to this series, causing ABC to pull its short firt season off the air faster than intended.
Kath & Kim
NBC’s hoped for new comedy hit was torn apart by critics and failed to hold the ratings of the rest of Thursday’s comedy lineup on the network. With the hype machine now behind Parks and Recreation, this show has been left in the dust.
King of the Hill
While King has been cancelled before, only to get a reprieve, this looks to truly be the end for the quiet work horse of FOX’s animation lineup – though a few already-produced episodes may air next season.
Kings
The final episodes will air this summer, but from the moment this NBC series debuted to extremely low ratings (despite some great reviews), the writing was on the wall.
Knight Rider
Low ratings + terrible reviews = cancelled show.
Prison Break
With ratings dropping, FOX decided to make this season the final one. A two-hour finale airs in May, followed by a straight-to-DVD movie this summer.
Privileged
Despite being a well-liked show among critics and its small fanbase, Privileged was cancelled. The CW just didn’t have the room for it on their smaller schedule.
Pushing Daisies
While it was beloved by many, the ratings for this expensive series were down in Season 2, leading to its cancellation. ABC will air the final episodes this summer.
Samantha Who
A hit series in its first season, ratings dropped for the Christina Applegate comedy this year. The network attempted to bring the back with a reduced budget, but ultimately terms could not be agreed upon.
The Shield
Shawn Ryan was able to bring his Shakespearean story of corrupt cop Vic Mackey to a satisfying conclusion last fall – even if fans had to wait longer to see the episodes than we would have liked.
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Despite a passionate core following, ratings continually dropped for this series. While FOX ultimately gave a surprise renewal to Dollhouse, the show TSCC was most recently paired with, it was unfortunately the end for IGN favorite Terminator.
Trust Me
After a string of hits, TNT failed to find success with this advertising-based drama and cancelled it after one season.
The Unit
Among CBS’s numerous one-hour crime-fighting/procedural series, The Unit was on the lower end of the ratings scale and ultimately was let go.
Without a Trace
It came down to a choice between this show and Cold Case. CBS went with Cold Case.
Our favorite TV vamps finally have a premiere date for season 2. According to E! Online, HBO’s True Blood will return to the small screen June 14th. The series, based on the Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlaine Harris, takes place in the Louisiana bayou, in a world where vampires walk amongst humans without needing to feed, thanks to a synthetic blood created by the wacky Japanese. Of course, fresh human blood is always tastier than the Twinkie version. What will season 2 be about? And, most importantly, what will Sookie’s hair look like?
According to E! Online, season 2 will closely follow the plotline of the second novel, Living Dead in Dallas (much like Dexter’s formula of one-book-per-season). Dallas sees Sookie (played by Anna Paquin) attacked by a poisonous creature. When a vampire sucks out the venom – thereby saving her life – Sookie agrees to return the favor, and use her telepathic power to find a missing vamp. But don’t think just because you’ve read the book you can skip this season. E! Online tells us that the season follows “some but not all of its major storylines – there will definitely be a few big surprises and deviations.”
Source: Fearnet.com, HBO
