
No predictions, just statuses. If it's past the date below, click here to see if there are updates.
Last Updated February 23, 2013
FX announced it renewed new drama The Americans after the ratings for the fourth episode came in and showed growth over the third episode (and were on par with the second episode, see below). Reasonable people can debate whether the timing of the announcement was merely coincidental, but there's no debating that ratings for the fourth episode improved slightly over the third episode, and there's no debating that it has been renewed for a second season.
Ratings for the first four episodes of The Americans:
| Date | Live+SD 18-49 Rtg | Live+SD Viewers | |
| Wednesday, January 30, 2013 | 1.2 | 3.22 | |
| Wednesday, February 06, 2013 | 0.8 | 1.97 | |
| Wednesday, February 13, 2013 | 0.7 | 1.65 | |
| Wednesday, February 20, 2013 | 0.8 | 1.91 |
There's now another correct response to the "Shows that have changed networks" trivia question. Tyler Perry's "For Better Or Worse" will get a 3rd season, but it will be leaving TBS and moving to OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network). OWN will also get the rights to the 45 episodes from the first two seasons. Look for season 3 to debut in the fall.
Notes:
- Kids shows and Adult Swim shows are not on the list below
- I've seen some squawking about shows on the list below that are owned/created by networks/studios outside of the United States. For purposes of this list, which focuses on U.S. cable networks, I'm only focused on where the shows air here in U.S.
- Shows from overseas like Downton Abbey & Sherlock that air on PBS in the U.S. are not in the list below (PBS is not a cable network), though ITV has renewed Downton Abbey for a 4th season in the UK which will ultimately air in the states.
- Despite some current inconsistencies in the table below, I do not intend to track episode orders or return dates specifically in this table at this time. The primary goal of the table is: what's been renewed, what's been canceled, and what shows fates haven't been decided yet.
Last Updated February 23, 2013
Most of the shows on the list have statuses - if there isn't a status that just means there has been no announcement at the time of the most recent update (see date at top of post and/or above the table below).
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| Show | Network | Current / Last Season | Status |
| Breakout Kings | A&E | 2 | Canceled after 2nd season |
| Glades, The | A&E | 3 | Renewed for a 4th season |
| Longmire | A&E | 1 | Renewed for a 2nd season |
| Baby Daddy | ABCFAM | 1 | Renewed for a 2nd season |
| Bunheads | ABCFAM | 1 | |
| Jane by Design | ABCFAM | 1 | Cancelled after 1st season |
| Lying Game, The | ABCFAM | 2 | |
| Melissa & Joey | ABCFAM | 2 | Renewed for a 3rd season |
| Pretty Little Liars | ABCFAM | 3 | Renewed for a 4th season |
| Secret Life of the American Teenager | ABCFAM | 5 | Upcoming 2nd half of 5th season will be its last |
| Switched At Birth | ABCFAM | 2 | |
| Breaking Bad | AMC | 5 | Ending after 5th season |
| Hell On Wheels | AMC | 2 | Renewed for a 10 episode 3rd Season |
| Mad Men | AMC | 5 | Renewed for a 6th season |
| The Killing | AMC | 2 | Renewed for a 12 episode 3rd Season |
| The Walking Dead | AMC | 3 | Renewed for a 4th Season |
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| Bedlam | BBCA | 2 | |
| Being Human | BBCA | 5 | Ending after 5th season |
| Copper | BBCA | 1 | Renewed for a 2nd season |
| Doctor Who | BBCA | 7 | 7th Season Resumes March 30th, 2013 |
| Luther | BBCA | 2 | Renewed for 4 Episode 3rd Season |
| The Hour | BBCA | 2 | Canceled after 2nd season |
| Ripper Street | BBCA | 1 | Renewed for an 8 episode 2nd season |
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| Game, The | BET | 5 | Renewed for a 6th season |
| Let's Stay Together | BET | 2 | Renewed for a 3rd Season |
| Real Husbands of Hollywood | BET | 1 | |
| Reed Between The Lines | BET | 1 | Renewed for a 2nd Season |
| Second Generation Wayans | BET | 1 | |
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| Futurama | CMDY | 7 | Second half of 26 episode S7 still to air in 2013 |
| South Park | CMDY | 16 | Renewed through 20th season (2016) |
| Workaholics | CMDY | 3 | Renewed for 13 episode 4th & 5th Seasons |
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| American Horror Story | FX | 2 | Renewed for a 13 hour third season |
| Americans, The | FX | 1 | Renewed for a 13 episode 2nd season |
| Anger Management | FX | 2 | Renewed for a total of 100 episodes including first season |
| Archer | FX | 4 | |
| It's Always Sunny... | FX | 8 | Renewedfor a 9th season |
| Justified | FX | 4 | |
| League, The | FX | 4 | Renewed for a 13 episode 5th season |
| Legit | FX | 1 | |
| Louie | FX | 3 | Renewed for a 4th season but will not return until 2014 |
| Sons Of Anarchy | FX | 5 | Renewed for a 6th season |
| Unsupervised | FX | 1 | Cancelled according to Glenn Howerton |
| Wilfred | FX | 2 | Renewed for a 3rd Season |
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| Boardwalk Empire | HBO | 3 | Renewed for a 4th season |
| Bored to Death | HBO | 3 | Canceled after 3rd season |
| Curb Your Enthusiasm | HBO | 8 | Unknown. "It's always up to Larry," says HBO |
| Eastbound & Down | HBO | 3 | Renewed for a 4th season |
| Enlightened | HBO | 2 | |
| Game of Thrones | HBO | 2 | Renewed for a 10 episode 3rd Season |
| Girls | HBO | 2 | Renewed for 12 episode 3rd season |
| How to Make it in America | HBO | 2 | Canceled after 2nd season |
| Hung | HBO | 3 | Canceled after 3rd season |
| Newsroom | HBO | 1 | Renewed for a 2nd season |
| Treme | HBO | 3 | Renewed for 5 episode 4th and final season |
| True Blood | HBO | 5 | Renewed for a 10 episode 6th season |
| Veep | HBO | 1 | Renewed for a 10 episode 2nd season |
| Bullet in the Face | IFC | 1 | |
| Portlandia | IFC | 3 | |
| Todd Margaret | IFC | 2 | Ended after 2nd season |
| Army Wives | LIFE | 6 | Renewed for a 13 episode 7th season |
| Client List, The | LIFE | 1 | Renewed for a 15 episode 2nd season |
| Drop Dead Diva | LIFE | 4 | Canceled after 4th season, Then Un-cancelled and renewed for a 5th season! |
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| Banshee | MAX | 1 | Renewed for a 2nd season |
| Hunted | MAX | 1 | BBC One not moving forward with 2nd season, Cinemax is considering its options. |
| Strike Back | MAX | 2 | Renewed for a 3rd Season |
| Awkward | MTV | 2 | Renewed for 20 episode 3rd season |
| Beavis and Butt-Head | MTV | ||
| The Inbetweeners | MTV | 1 | canceled after 1st season |
| Teen Wolf | MTV | 2 | Renewed for 24 episode 3rd season |
| Underemployed | MTV | 1 | |
| Californication | SHO | 6 | Renewed for a 7th Season |
| Dexter | SHO | 7 | Renewed for an 8th (and presumed final) Season |
| Episodes | SHO | 2 | Renewed for a 3rd season, But Probably Not Returning until early 2014 |
| Homeland | SHO | 2 | Renewed for 12 episode 3rd season |
| House of Lies | SHO | 2 | Renewed for a 3rd Season |
| Nurse Jackie | SHO | 4 | Renewed for a 5th season |
| Shameless | SHO | 3 | Renewed for a 4th season |
| The Big C | SHO | 3 | Renewed for a 4th and final season |
| The Borgias | SHO | 2 | Renewed for a 10 episode 3rd Season |
| Web Therapy | SHO | 2 | Renewed for a 10 episode 3rd Season |
| Weeds | SHO | 8 | Series concluded after 8th season |
| Alphas | SYFY | 2 | Canceled after 2nd season |
| Being Human | SYFY | 3 | |
| Continuum | SYFY | 1 | Already renewed for a 2nd season in Canada |
| Eureka | SYFY | 5 | Canceled After 5th Season |
| Haven | SYFY | 3 | Renewed for a 13 episode 4th season |
| Lost Girl | SYFY | 3 | |
| Merlin | SYFY | 5 | Ending after 5th season |
| Sanctuary | SYFY | 4 | Cancelled after 4th season |
| Warehouse 13 | SYFY | 4 | S4 expanded to 20 episodes (half have aired) |
| Boss | STARZ | 2 | Canceled after 2nd season |
| Magic City | STARZ | 1 | Renewed for a 10 episode 2nd season |
| Spartacus | STARZ | 4 | Renewed for a 4th and final season |
| Cougar Town | TBS | 4 | |
| Men At Work | TBS | 1 | Renewed for a 10 episode 2nd season |
| Sullivan & Son | TBS | 1 | Renewed for a 10 episode 2nd season |
| Tyler Perrys: For Better Or Worse | TBS | 2 | Renewed for a 3rd season by, and moving to OWN. S3 debuts in Fall of 2013 |
| Tyler Perrys: House of Payne | TBS | 8 | concluded after 8th season |
| Wedding Band | TBS | 1 | Cancelled after 1st season |
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| Dallas | TNT | 2 | |
| Falling Skies | TNT | 2 | Renewed for a 3rd Season |
| Franklin & Bash | TNT | 2 | Renewed for a 3rd Season |
| Leverage | TNT | 5 | Cancelled after 5th season |
| Major Crimes | TNT | 1 | Renewed for a 15 episode 2nd season |
| Monday Mornings | TNT | 1 | |
| Perception | TNT | 1 | Renewed for a 13 episode 2nd season |
| Rizzoli & Isles | TNT | 3 | Renewed for a 15 episode fourth season |
| Southland | TNT | 5 | |
| The Closer | TNT | 7 | Concluded after 7th season |
| Exes, The | TVLAND | 2 | Renewed for a 10 episode 3rd season |
| Happily Divorced | TVLAND | 2 | |
| Hot In Cleveland | TVLAND | 4 | |
| Retired At 35 | TVLAND | 2 | Canceled after 2nd season |
| Soul Man, The | TVLAND | 1 | Renewed for a 10 episode 2nd season. |
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| Burn Notice | USA | 6 | renewed for a 13 episode 7th season |
| Common Law | USA | 1 | canceled after 1st season |
| Covert Affairs | USA | 3 | Renewed for a 16 episode fourth season |
| Fairly Legal | USA | 2 | Canceled after 2nd season |
| In Plain Sight | USA | 5 | Canceled After 5th Season |
| Necessary Roughness | USA | 2 | Renewed for a 10 episode 3rd Season |
| Political Animals | USA | 1 | mini-series, USA says there won't be more |
| Psych | USA | 7 | Renewed for an 8th season |
| Royal Pains | USA | 4 | Renewed for 5th & 6th Seasons (26 episodes total) |
| Suits | USA | 2 | Renewed for a 16 episode 3rd season |
| White Collar | USA | 4 | Renewed for a 16 episode 5th season |
| Single Ladies | VH1 | 2 | Renewed for a 3rd season |
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@Ekras “Alphas wasn’t cancelled – It was Ended”
that’s ridiculous. if you paid attention that was supposed to knock them out and enhance their powers. if anyone was dead it was just Rosen. my guess is the next season would’ve revealed a latent alpha ability in him. what american sci-fi show has ever intentionally ended so soon??
TNT will renew Dallas. The ratings aren’t spectacular but season 3 is coming. ABC Family is bringing in The Fosters and Twisted therefore with Secret Life exiting one show has to go. Either Bunheads or The Lying Game. I agree with those who say ABC Family should extend itself to another night , Thursday without question. Heck they might as well extend their programming to Friday as well.
ABC Family definitely does not need to expand to another night. To handle that, they’d have to have all their current shows air year-round. They barely even have enough shows to fill Mon-Wed!!
ABC Family fantasy schedule:
Mon-
8: Switched at Birth
9: The Fosters (new)
Tue-
8: Pretty Little Liars
9: Twisted (new)
Wed-
8: Melissa & Joey
8:30: Baby Daddy
9: Secret Life (final season)
@Nick – The difference is TNT hasn’t cancelled a freshman show in a while, and Monday Mornings seems like a good candidate and in terms of Southland I would think TNT might give it a final season for next year. They didn’t do it with Leverage but I think they might with Southland for a farewell year. The series was already cancelled once but with two veterans (The Closer & Leverage) ending last year, I doubt TNT would end this one this year.
In terms of TV Land I think all 3 of Hot in Cleveland, The Exes, and Happily Divorced are safe for a while The Soul Man might be done after its upcoming season.They have no reason to axe any of the 3 anytime soon.
I just want to know if Being Human on Syfy is going to be renewed?
Wow southland has to get at least 3more seasons just to get in the 83 range unless tnt goes over their 10 episodes a season they are at 53 after this current season…with 13 from the nbc years and 3seasons of 10 episodes each…but outside of closer and leverage tnt has never cared for making enoth episodes to syndicate
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Love Dallas but not sure it will be AS appealing once J.R. is gone.
wow…some of you need to calm down!
I really hope Being Human on Syfy gets renewed. Favorite show, hands down. I’ve become so invested with it in so many ways.
And what is the problem with ABC Family expanding to another night? At best we are talking about just two shows. Some shows aren’t year round like Baby Daddy.
I loved Drop Dead Diva and Fairly Legal. Wish they were not cancelled. If you want a show to suceed, sometimes you should not put it on at the same time already established, high rated shows are on. There are alot of spots that there is nothing good on to watch. You seem to crowd all the shows on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Friday night. You think no one is home on Saturday night and openings around a couple of good shows on Wednesday and Thursday. I watch shows every night–not every week, but I can tape or go on demand. But it would be nice to watch it as it airs. And I also like The Lying Game.
i beleive dallas will be renewed and return in the fall but i think a lot is going to ride on what happen after the death of jr
They are bringing back Drop Dead Divas.
Yea you need to change Drop Dead Diva from Cancelled to Renewed. So happy about that. I
Lifetime announced that Drop Dead Diva will be back for another season.
@Summer: we posted that news, but I never got around to updating this table…now I have.
Where is the new updated table? Last one i see is February 23rd?
@BigBrotherFan
Sorry to disappoint but HBO renewed Girls for season 3 and it is doing well. It would have to tank next season ( season 3) for them to trash it. But like I said this show is doing really well among women in their 20s-30s so Ya I don’t see it going anywhere for at least 2 more seasons. And it is a good show. It fits right in with the HBO demo.
@Robert Seidman: just curious – haven’t seen a new Cable Renew status since Feb 23rd. Will there be another?
I believe that the syfy.com website now indicates that Continuum season 2 is “Coming Soon”.