The Upfronts are taking place as I type this, so I’ll be posting tidbits about next season, such as cancellations, renewals, the new shows being greenlit by each network, etc.
The following is incomplete and has been cobbled together from preliminary reports from Kristin and Ausiello:
Renewals:
- The Sarah Connor Chronicles, FOX (yay!)
- Friday Night Lights (on DirecTV, with NBC getting the rerun rights)
- Chuck, NBC (More Zach Levi. Yum.)
- Pushing Daisies, ABC (More Lee Pace. Yum.)
- Heroes, NBC (I am so close to not even caring anymore)
- Eli Stone, ABC (woohoo!)
- Boston Legal, ABC (although with a drastically reduced cast, ala the The Practice firings)
- Miss/Guided, ABC (can’t bring myself to watch anything involving Ashton Kutcher)
- The Unit, CBS (but it’s being moved to Fridays at 8 — could spell trouble for Moonlight)
- Gossip Girl, CW (I’m so glad I stopped watching, especially after seeing the previews for tonight’s — Serena’s too great of a character to be ruined by these cheap soap opera-ish plotlines)
- Smallville, CW (Lex and Lana are gone, and rumor is that Chloe’s on her way out now — hasn’t Lois and Clark already been done?)
- Supernatural, CW
- One Tree Hill, CW (seriously? I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised, but…seriously? Could this show get any more horrible?)
- Everybody Hates Chris, CW
- The Game, CW
- America’s Next Top Model, CW
- ‘Til Death, FOX
- Scrubs, ABC
- Reaper, CW
Cancellations:
- Scrubs, NBC (that’s right, you read correctly — NBC canceled Scrubs, but ABC picked it up.)
- Women’s Murder Club, ABC
- Aliens in America, CW
- Pussycat Dolls, CW
- Beauty and the Geek, CW
- New Amsterdam, FOX
- Back to You, FOX (although there’s talk of CBS picking it up)
On the Bubble:
- Moonlight, CBS
- The New Adventures of Old Christine (although ABC will probably scoop it up if CBS passes)
- How I Met Your Mother, CBS
New Pickups:
- 90210, CW (And Jennie Garth has signed on to reprise Kelly Taylor, albeit in a recurring role)
- Surviving the Filthy Rich, CW (formerly known as How To Teach Filthy Rich Girls: it’s another Gossip Girl. Without Josh Schwartz or Blake Lively. Joy.)
- Stylista, CW (yet another Tyra Banks reality show. Contestants compete for an editorial job at Elle.)
- The Mentalist, CBS
- Game Show in My Head, CBS (yet another Ashton Kutcher reality show)
- Sit Down, Shut Up (new animated show from Arrested Development creator Mitch Hurwitz and featuring the voices of AD alums Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Henry Winkler, among others.)
New Pickups that I am ridiculously excited about:
- Dollhouse, FOX (Joss Whedon, Eliza Dushku, Amy Acker, etc., etc. Will be a mid-season show.)
- Fringe, FOX (from the awesome JJ Abrams; pilot cost $10 million to make; very X-File-ish; can’t WAIT)
- Eleventh Hour, CBS (from Jerry Bruckheimer; more X-File-ish stuff; awesome)
