Still No Word on 'Alphas;' Don't Hold Your Breath for a 'Leverage' Movie – Scripted Cable Renew/Cancel Status Through January 11, 2012

No predictions, just statuses. If it’s past the date below, click here to see if there are updates.

Last Updated January 16, 2013

Though it looked like we would hear something on the fate of Alphas by the time this was posted, looks were deceiving. Update January 16: Alphas has been cancelled.

As of this writing The Killing is also still not officially resurrected for a third season despite any reports to the contrary that you may have read. But the production team has been mobilizing in preparation for an official pick-up from AMC. I’d hoped we might here something officially official (whether a renewal announcement or an official denial of it) at the TCA press tour rather the same old speculation about AMC and Netflix co-financing a third season, but not so far. Update January 15: It’s official: The Killing is back for a third season of 12 episodes.

Unsurprisingly, Leverage producer Dean Devlin is still shopping around in hopes of finding a new home for the show and wouldn’t be opposed to doing a featured film version of the show. That is pretty standard post-cancellation talk. Less common: Leverage did win the favorite cable drama in this year’s People’s Choice awards, the first time that’s happened with a cable show according to Deadline.

Changes This Week:

I’d already added the December batch of renewals to the last update, so there’s nothing new on that score though the officially official renewal announcement for USA’s Necessary Roughness came out earlier in the week.

I tried to get all the changes to “current/last” season straightened out for the crop of shows that have begun airing again. Though tomorrow (Sunday 1/13) season premieres of the HBO & Showtime shows hasn’t happened yet as of this writing, I updated their statuses as if they had.

If I missed anything and you find errors or omissions (excluding unscripted shows, kids shows or shows that have not aired yet) please note them in the comments and I’ll update the table.

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.
• Yes, I know there will be a Doctor Who still has the remainder of season 7 to air and that there will be an anniversary episode, but as far as an 8th season goes, there’s still no official announcement.

Last Updated January 15, 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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