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Cable Renew/Cancel: Paramount, TV Land, FXX - Lip Sync Battle Falls Off the Wagon

Source: Paramount Network, Variety

Welcome to the latest installment of Cable Renew/Cancel for Paramount Network, TV Land, and FXX. We may have forgotten Cops' prediction for Paramount Network, so we are getting to it in this installment.

Show	Prediction
Bar Rescue	Certain Renewal
Yellowstone	Certain Renewal
COPS	Likely Renewal
Ink Master: Angels	Likely Renewal
Lip Sync Battle	Leans Renewal
American Woman	Certain Cancelation
Ink Master	Renewed
Waco	Mini-Series

Lip Sync Battle: Whatever happened to Lip Sync Battle? Ratings were fine back in March, but when it came back in June, it collapsed to ratings levels that scripted show American Woman is pulling. Mind you, I still think the show will get renewed for a hypothetical final season, but I think the chances are becoming less likely. In that context, American Woman does not look as bad. So Lip Sync Battle is simply downgraded to the leans renewal category.

COPS: Nobody noticed that long running series COPS returned back in June, but it has been holding at a 0.13 A18-49 rating for the past few weeks. But because it is an unscripted show and likely cheaper to produce, it starts out in likely renewal territory. It also is currently the fifth highest rated show on Paramount, but that doesn't seem like much of an accomplishment. When every show is pulling tepid ratings except for Bar Rescue, Ink Master, and Yellowstone, it's the fault of the network itself rather than the show.

Ink Master: Angels: Since the middle of the road performers are in the 0.1s range, an upgrade for the Ink Master spinoff is overdue. The only other shows that are higher rated than it currently are Bar Rescue and recently renewed and wrapped up Ink Master, and Paramount (when it was called Spike) usually renews third place unscripted shows. So the spinoff is now likely to be renewed.

Show	Prediction
Teachers	Leans Cancelation
Nobodies	Canceled
Younger	Renewed

No updates.

Show	Prediction
Archer	Renewed
You’re the Worst	Renewed for a Final Season
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia	Returns September 5

No updates.

What do you think about these predictions? Let us know in the comments below!

Retro Recommendations: Bewitched

Welcome to a long awaited installment of Retro Recommendations! Today we will focus on an ABC sitcom that ran for eight seasons and 254 episodes. This show was the longest running supernatural themed sitcoms of the 1960s-1970s. If you don't know what we are talking about exactly, we'll say the name of the show, as it is in the title - Bewitched.

Bewitched starred Elizabeth Montgomery as Samantha Stephens, a beautiful witch married to a mortal named Darrin Stephens. Samantha's husband was originally played by Dick York from 1964 to 1969, and then the role was recasted by Dick Sargent for the remainder of the series. Samantha's meddling mother, Endora, was played by Agnes Moorehead.

Episodes would often begin with Darrin in a spell, and its effects throughout the episodes would wreak havoc on mortals, especially with the neighbors, the workplace, and everything in between. By the end of the episode, despite Samantha's family's attempts to separate them, her and Darrin always embrace. To perform a spell, Samantha would often twitch her nose. Special effects are accompanied by music to highlight many spell-tastic actions.

In its first season, Bewitched was the number one sitcom on television, and the number two show after Bonanza. It aired at 9pm after My Three Sons and was followed by Peyton's Place. The block happened to be the highest rated blocks in the ABC schedule that year. The first two seasons aired at 9pm on Thursday, but was switched to 8:30pm afterwards. Fast forward to many creative changes later, Bewitched remained highly rated as one of the top 15 shows.

York's severe back condition worsened, starting with the third season, where multiple shooting delays were occurring. The straw that broke the camel's back occurred during the fifth season when York collapsed during filming of the episode "Daddy Does His Thing". Soon after, York departed the series. Beginning in season six, Dick Sargent took over the role and ratings significantly declined from 11th to 24th place. The Salem Saga, shot on location in Salem, Magnolia, and Gloucester in Massachusetts, helped the show's dwindling ratings, but ratings slipped again after scripts from old episodes were recycled frequently and in the seventh season the show was out of the top 30. Season 8 had many time slot changes from Wednesday at 8pm in the beginning of the season to Saturday nights at 8pm where the show's ratings dwindled to an 11.4 in the household numbers, finishing in 72nd place, sealing its eventual fate at cancelation.

Nevertheless, Bewitched had a great run of episodes. In syndication, it currently airs on Antenna TV.

That does it for today's Retro Recommendation. We'll have more shows to recommend as time goes on.

Retro Recommendations: Growing Pains

Today on Retro Recommendations, we focus in on Growing Pains.

Growing Pains ran for seven seasons, from September 24, 1985 to April 25, 1992 and starred Alan Thicke as Dr. Jason Seaver and Joanna Kerns as Maggie Seaver, with the four Seaver children: Mike (played by Kirk Cameron), Carol (played by Tracey Gold), Ben (played by Jeremy Miller), and Chrissy (played by Kelsey and Kristen Dohring in season 5, and Ashley Johnson in seasons 6 and 7). Then in season 7, Leonardo DiCaprio starred as homeless teen Luke Brower. 

Now Kirk Cameron was an atheist in his early teens, but converted to Christianity during the height of his career on the show. After his change of faith, Cameron began insisting that storylines be changed to remove anything that was adult or inappropriate. After the show's cancelation, he did not maintain contact with any of his co-stars until the reunion film in 2000. He admits, "I shifted my focus from 100% on the show, to 100% on [my new life], and left 0% on the show—and even the friendships that were a part of that show. If I could go back, I think I could make decisions that were less inadvertently hurtful to the cast—like talking and explaining to them why I just wanted to have my family at my wedding."

According to the Ratings History, the ratings decline accelerated by a move to Saturday nights in the final season.

And that's all for Growing Pains, and for today's Retro Recommendations. Hit us up in the comments below! 

Jess's Take: Transitions

Welcome to a special installment of Jess's Take. There are a lot of things on my mind I wanted to address regarding a transition period that is taking place on the TV Ratings Guide, plus the many blogs I manage. 

To clarify things, I am not leaving the TV Ratings Guide. The TV Ratings Guide has been where I post television related articles, Cable Renew/Cancel posts, and CW Renew/Cancel posts. Since early this year, it has been the home of the comedy series Network (which has been renewed for a second season), and limited series Woah Folks, I Had Another Dream. These are the two TVRG Originals I write and produce. This is also the home of our Off Topic threads, where we comment off topic stuff and ideas (basically what is on our minds). 

As far as the blogs I manage, there is only one active blog I currently manage, and that is Jess's Journal: Life Unscripted. The blog is for my personal, faith-based posts - something that is not even entertainment related in the slightest. I've had it since December 2014, during my senior year of high school. 

As far as my other blogs go, they became inactive when I took on the position as a contributing writer. 

As of right now, moving forward, we are looking for new contributors for the upcoming season. Stay tuned for more updates! 

Cable Renew/Cancel: Freeform, TNT, Syfy: Alone Together is Likely to be Canceled

Welcome to the latest installment of Cable Renew/Cancel for Freeform, TNT, and Syfy. We have new predictions and initial predictions coming your way, so stay tuned!

Show	Prediction
Alone Together	Likely Cancelation
Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger	Renewed
The Bold Type	Renewed
Grown-ish	Renewed
Siren	Renewed
Famous in Love	Canceled
The Fosters	Canceled
Young & Hungry	Canceled
Beyond	Canceled

Alone Together: The show premiered abysmal, but not just abysmal, it is below now canceled dramas Famous in Love and Beyond. It starts out as likely to be canceled, but don't be surprised if I downgrade it to a certain cancelation in the next installment. The reason why I have it as a likely cancelation rather than certain is because all of the season 2 episodes are available on the Freeform website, but they are locked, which means you have to have an online account with your cable provider in order to stream them.

Show	Prediction
Good Behavior	Leans Cancelation
Animal Kingdom	Renewed
Claws	Renewed
The Alienist	Mini-Series
The Librarians	Canceled
Will	Canceled
The Last Ship	Final Season

No updates.

Show	Prediction
The Magicians	Renewed
Krypton	Renewed
Happy	Renewed
The Expanse	Renewed by Amazon
Killjoys	Renewed for Final Season
Z Nation	Renewed
Van Helsing	Renewed
Wynonna Earp	Renewed
Channel Zero	Renewed
Dark Matter	Canceled
Blood Drive	Canceled
Superstition	Canceled
Ghost Wars	Canceled
12 Monkeys	Final Season

You can probably thank the cheap international coproduction gods for Wynonna Earp, as it was renewed before it aired. But in all seriousness, there are no other updates.

What do you think about this installment's predictions? Let us know in the comments below!

Off Topic -- Week 11 (Summer 2018 Season)

Welcome to a brand new week of Off Topic! Let's discuss away!

Some Updates...

The Re-Up is officially back, folks. 

Now, the TVRG website is down currently as of right now, but we are getting this thing popping. 

Stay tuned for more updates. 

Jess's Take: The Great TVRG Website Crash

Welcome folks, and welcome to a new installment of Jess's Take. I have to host this on a temporary host since the official TVRG website is still down as of last night. So here is my take on what went down.

So, I was preparing a Retro Recommendation for the site. All of a sudden, I noticed that the website was down. It crashed. Since we still don't know what caused it, we are parking our works on a temporary host. I am hosting this on Jessica's Blog as well as The Re-Up.

I'll let you know as soon as there are updates.

A Re-Up Update!

Hey folks! It's been a while since I posted about network predictions. Don't worry! I'm back after an almost 3 year hiatus.

So many things have happened. I got a year left in my college career, plus I am going strong in my third season as a contributor to The TV Ratings Guide.

The Re-Up will be returning soon! Stay tuned for more updates!

NBC: 'The Player' is Certain to be Canceled

This week, NBC had a field day during premiere week. Here are the predictions:

Format for predictions: Show (Average 18-49 rating)

Certain Cancelation
The Player (1.2)

Likely Cancelation
None yet

Toss Up
The Mysteries of Laura (1.2)

Likely Renewal
Heroes Reborn (2.0)
Law & Order: SVU (1.8)

Certain Renewal
Blindspot (3.1)

Well that 1.2 rating for The Player means that it will be unlikely be renewed. If I were in headline conversion, I would start it as "likely to be canceled". But I'm not, since the show arrived DOA. It's certain to be canceled.

The Mysteries of Laura returned to the ratings that it was averaging at last spring. It's a Toss Up for now.

Heroes Reborn is likely to be renewed for now, but what will happen to the ratings? A change in ratings and predictions are likely. Same goes with Blindspot.

FOX: 'Minority Report' is Certain to be Canceled

Monday night began the start of the Fall 2015 television season. This week, new FOX shows premiered.

Certain Cancelation 
Minority Report (1.1)

Likely Cancelation
None yet

Toss Up
Scream Queens (1.7)
Gotham (1.6)

Likely Renewal
Rosewood (2.4)

Certain Renewal
Empire (6.7)

But first for the headline, Minority Report arrived DOA with a 1.1 A18-49 rating. It got major promotion, as far as I know. This low rating is scary low, and that equals either a certain reaping or immediate #bearchow, depending on whether you read the Cancel Bear or the TV Grim Reaper. This means that it will immediately start as "certain to be canceled".

Scream Queens, despite the major promotion, did not hit the rating that warranted the hype. A 1.7 A18-49 rating for a Ryan Murphy show means that it may be overhyped. We'll keep it at a Toss Up, for now.

Gotham dropped considerably from last season's premiere. Until the rest of the ratings are known, we'll keep it at a Toss Up.

Rosewood definitely surprised everyone. It has negative reviews and was expected to flop. But it didn't start DOA. Thanks to Empire. Rosewood starts as "likely to be renewed".

ABC: 'Castle' is Likely to be Canceled

This week is premiere week. Already, we have the premiere of Castle to talk about. Also, we will talk about the three remaining summer shows that have uncertain fates.

Format for predictions: Show (Average A18-19 rating)

Canceled
The Astronaut Wives Club

Certain Cancelation
The Whispers (0.8)

Likely Cancelation
Castle (1.2)
Rookie Blue (0.7)

Toss Up
None

Likely Renewal
Mistresses (0.8)
The Goldbergs (not yet premiered)

Certain Renewal
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (not yet premiered)

Yet to Premiere
Fresh off the Boat
Black-ish
The Middle
Modern Family
Grey's Anatomy
How to Get Away with Murder
Scandal
Last Man Standing
Blood & Oil
Quantico
Once Upon a Time
Dr. Ken
Wicked City
Galavant (midseason)
American Crime (midseason)
Agent Carter (midseason)
Secrets & Lies (midseason)

The Family (midseason)

The Catch (midseason)

The Real O'Neals (midseason)

Uncle Buck (midseason)

Of Kings & Prophets (midseason)

Castle premiered to a 1.2 A18-49 rating last night. This premiere is way down from last fall's premiere. Immediately, this marks as likely to be canceled.

The Goldbergs is likely to be renewed, due to syndication prospects. Since the automatic syndication renewal guarantee no longer applies to outside studios, renewal is no longer certain. The Goldbergs is owned by Sony. At this point, it really depends on the ratings.

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. on the other hand, is certain to be renewed. The Marvel show is owned by ABC. Automatic syndication guarantee still applies.

Now I can turn to the summer scripted mess. The Whispers is still certain to be canceled. Rookie Blue is likely to be canceled, even after the season finale looked much like a series finale. Mistresses on the other hand, is likely to be renewed. Given the state of ABC's summer dramas, only one of the three will be renewed and I'm not sure if I'm wrong.

Summer Scripted Predictions: 'Significant Mother' is Certain to be Canceled, Plus Final Predictions

Canceled 

American Odyssey (NBC)

A.D.: The Bible Continues (NBC)

The Astronaut Wives Club (ABC)

Dates (CW)

Hannibal (NBC)

Wayward Pines (FOX)

Welcome to Sweden (NBC)
Under the Dome (CBS)

Certain Cancelation 

Extant (CBS)
Golan the Insatiable (FOX)

Significant Mother (CW)

The Whispers (ABC)

Likely Cancelation 

Rookie Blue (ABC)

Toss Up

None at this point

Likely Renewal

Mistresses (ABC) - renewed 9/25

Certain Renewal

Mr. Robinson (NBC) - canceled 9/14

The Carmichael Show (NBC) - renewed 9/14
Zoo (CBS)

Renewed

Aquarius (NBC)

Beauty & the Beast (CW)

This week, I am giving my final predictions for the summer renew/cancel predictions. Next week begins the Fall 2015 season. 

Without further ado, here is some analysis. 

Extant: The ratings were way down this season and averaged way lower than now-canceled Under the Dome. I don't see it getting another season, and I don't even think the Amazon deal would save it. 

Golan the Insatiable: The ratings were terrible, even for an animated summer series. 

Significant Mother: The CW decided to put the show on hiatus with the season finale set to be October 5. It has been steady in the ratings, but they are rather low. Enjoy the last five episodes because it's certain to be canceled.

The Whispers: Cast options expired. Ratings crashed. What more can I say? It's certainly dead.

Rookie Blue: All season, along with Mistresses, the ratings were extremely close. I should've highlighted the general collapse of ABC scripted dramas. So I took a coin flip, and looks like it comes up as "likely canceled". 

Mistresses: Same debacle as Rookie Blue. My coin flip comes up "likely renewed". But I wouldn't be surprised if it was canceled.

Mr. Robinson: Around the same scripted average as The Carmichael Show. I don't think NBC will cancel either of them. Certain renewal it is.

The Carmichael Show: Same situation as Mr. Robinson. It's also certain to be renewed.

Zoo: The show has been certain to be renewed for quite some time. Expect the show to be back for a second season. 

Summer Reality Predictions: 'Home Free' is Certain to be Renewed

Canceled

Knock Knock Live (FOX)

Certain Cancelation

Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? (FOX)

Boom! (FOX)

Cedric’s Barber Battle (CW)

Extreme Weight Loss (ABC)

Likely Cancelation

America’s Next Top Model (CW)

Boston EMS (ABC)

The Briefcase (CBS)

Celebrity Wife Swap (ABC)

Food Fighters (NBC)

Masters of Illusion (CW)

A Wicked Offer (CW)

Save My Life: Boston Trauma (ABC)

Toss Up

Bullseye (FOX)

Last Comic Standing (NBC)

The Island (NBC)

So You Think You Can Dance? (FOX)

Likely Renewal

Hollywood Game Night (NBC)

Running Wild with Bear Gryllis (NBC)

Certain Renewal

Bachelor in Paradise (ABC)

BattleBots (ABC)

The Bachelorette (ABC)

Celebrity Family Feud (ABC)

Home Free (FOX) 

What Would You Do? (ABC)

Big Brother (CBS)

Renewed

America’s Got Talent (NBC)

American Ninja Warrior (NBC)

I Can Do That (NBC)

MasterChef (FOX)

Penn & Teller: Fool Us (CW)

Whose Line is it Anyway? (CW)

Divine inspiration? Home Free rose again in the ratings in the season finale to a 1.1 A18-49 rating. On the train wreck that is FOX, it is plenty good enough to get renewed. In fact, it’s now “certain to be renewed”. 

America’s Next Top Model also rose in the ratings. Could it be the move away from Fridays? Was that 0.6 a fluke? If it’s not, I’ll upgrade it. Stay tuned.

Summer Scripted Predictions: 'The Carmichael Show' is Certain to be Renewed, of Course. Now Let's Focus on ABC Scripted Series Woes.

Canceled 

American Odyssey (NBC)

A.D.: The Bible Continues (NBC)

The Astronaut Wives Club (ABC)

Dates (CW)

Hannibal (NBC)

Wayward Pines (FOX)

Welcome to Sweden (NBC)
Under the Dome (CBS)

Certain Cancelation 

Extant (CBS)
Golan the Insatiable (FOX)

The Whispers (ABC)

Likely Cancelation 

Rookie Blue (ABC)
Significant Mother (CW)

Toss Up

Mistresses (ABC)

Likely Renewal

Mr. Robinson (NBC)

Certain Renewal

The Carmichael Show (NBC)
Zoo (CBS)

Renewed

Aquarius (NBC)

Beauty & the Beast (CW)

We are down to the wire. The question is, why is Mistresses still a toss up, especially since its season finale just hit a series low? The answer is, the major networks were preempted for preseason football. Speaking of Mistresses, let's just talk about the general collapse of ABC's scripted ratings for this summer. For this reason, Rookie Blue is listed as "likely canceled" instead of Mistresses. Why not both? Look at the unrounded season averages for both shows: Mistresses averages a 0.75 A18-49 rating, while Rookie Blue averages a 0.65. Clearly Mistresses has higher ratings than Rookie Blue overall. The Whispers started out okay, yet plunged in the ratings, had cast options expired, and it's now certain to be canceled. The Astronaut Wives Club was canceled due to low ratings.

To change the subject, this week The Carmichael Show pulled an Empire and rose in the ratings. I have now moved it to "certain to be renewed". Will the numbers rise again? Stay tuned.

Finally, Disqus is now available on both sites!

I finally managed to get Disqus to work on both my Re-Up Tumblr and Blogger blogs. Pretty soon, the Fall 2015 TV season will be underway. I also have some news to share of my very own. I have volunteered as a contributor to the TV Ratings Guide. My first CW Renew/Cancel post on the TV Ratings Guide will be posted in a few weeks, since the CW's season starts in October. All other Cancel/Renew predictions will be posted in mid-September. Only a couple more weeks of Summer Cancel/Renew predictions, and then the Fall 2015 season begins!

Summer Reality Predictions: 'Home Free' is Likely to be Renewed

Canceled
Knock Knock Live (FOX)

Certain Cancelation
Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? (FOX)
Boom! (FOX)
Cedric's Barber Battle (CW)
Extreme Weight Loss (ABC)

Likely Cancelation 
America's Next Top Model (CW)
Boston EMS (ABC)
The Briefcase (CBS)
Celebrity Wife Swap (ABC)
Food Fighters (NBC)
Masters of Illusion (CW)
A Wicked Offer (CW)
Save My Life: Boston Trauma (ABC)

Toss Up
Bullseye (FOX)
Last Comic Standing (NBC)
The Island (NBC)
So You Think You Can Dance? (FOX)

Likely Renewal
Hollywood Game Night (NBC)
Home Free (FOX)
Running Wild with Bear Gryllis (NBC)

Certain Renewal
Bachelor in Paradise (ABC)
BattleBots (ABC)
The Bachelorette (ABC)
Celebrity Family Feud (ABC)
What Would You Do? (ABC)
Big Brother (CBS)

Renewed
America's Got Talent (NBC)
American Ninja Warrior (NBC)
I Can Do That (NBC)
MasterChef (FOX)
Penn & Teller: Fool Us (CW)
Whose Line is it Anyway? (CW)

On the train wreck that is FOX, Home Free rose to a 1.0 A18-49 rating, which is pretty good enough to get renewed. The show has been steady in the ratings, and it is now the highest FOX unscripted program of the summer season, just above So You Think You Can Dance?, which experienced a ratings decline. I think Home Free would be renewed by a slim margin, but don't expect for it to premiere in the regular season.

This week, America's Got Talent was renewed for a twelfth season by NBC. No surprise there.

Summer Scripted Predictions: 'Extant' is Certain to be Canceled

Canceled 

American Odyssey (NBC)

A.D.: The Bible Continues (NBC)

The Astronaut Wives Club (ABC)

Dates (CW)

Hannibal (NBC)

Wayward Pines (FOX)

Welcome to Sweden (NBC)
Under the Dome (CBS)

Certain Cancelation 

Extant (CBS)
Golan the Insatiable (FOX)

Rookie Blue (ABC)

The Whispers (ABC)

Likely Cancelation 

Significant Mother (CW)

Toss Up

Mistresses (ABC)

The Carmichael Show (NBC)

Likely Renewal

Mr. Robinson (NBC)

Certain Renewal

Zoo (CBS)

Renewed

Aquarius (NBC)

Beauty & the Beast (CW)

This week it was announced that Under the Dome was canceled by CBS after three seasons. Reports are speculating that Extant's chances of renewal have increased.

Not so fast. Extant is still the lowest rated CBS summer drama out of the three. After Under the Dome's cancelation due to declining ratings, that only makes Extant's chance of getting renewed even more slim. You can #FanExcuseBingo all you want, but this time, I'm not even sure the Amazon deal will even work as one of the reasons for renewal, especially with the atrocious ratings that the show is getting. Extant is certain to be canceled.

Summer Reality Predictions: ‘Bachelor in Paradise’ is Certain to be Renewed, ‘America’s Next Top Model’ is Likely to be Canceled

Canceled
Knock Knock Live (FOX)

Certain Cancelation
Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? (FOX)
Boom! (FOX)
Cedric's Barber Battle (CW)
Extreme Weight Loss (ABC)

Likely Cancelation 
America's Next Top Model (CW)
Boston EMS (ABC)
The Briefcase (CBS)
Celebrity Wife Swap (ABC)
Food Fighters (NBC)
Masters of Illusion (CW)
A Wicked Offer (CW)
Save My Life: Boston Trauma (ABC)

Toss Up
Bullseye (FOX)
Home Free (FOX)
Last Comic Standing (NBC)
The Island (NBC)
So You Think You Can Dance? (FOX)

Likely Renewal
Hollywood Game Night (NBC)
Running Wild with Bear Gryllis (NBC)

Certain Renewal
Bachelor in Paradise (ABC)
BattleBots (ABC)
The Bachelorette (ABC)
Celebrity Family Feud (ABC)
What Would You Do? (ABC)
Big Brother (CBS)
America's Got Talent (NBC)

Renewed
American Ninja Warrior (NBC)
I Can Do That (NBC)
MasterChef (FOX)
Penn & Teller: Fool Us (CW)
Whose Line is it Anyway? (CW)

I decided that it was well overdue for a Renew/Cancel unscripted post. 

This week I decided to upgrade Bachelor in Paradise to “certain to be renewed” after its steady ratings, especially for its recent Monday ratings. Best be assured that it will be renewed for next summer. 

America’s Next Top Model, is not doing too badly by CW reality standards. But, rumor has it that Tyra Banks announced a few weeks ago that Cycle 22 might be its last. Hence the “likely canceled” prediction remains, since it depends on whether or not the fans want to continue with watching the show, even though there has been a decline in ratings.