Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D. and Chicago Med have all been renewed for the 2017-18 season. However, no decision has yet been made on the fourth addition to the Windy City franchise, Chicago Justice, which premiered earlier this year, or on producer Dick Wolf’s fifth scripted series at NBC, Law & Order: SVU.
The 10 stars of the five-time Emmy-winning family series have inked new rich contracts to return to the network’s top comedy, which has been renewed for a ninth and 10th season. It’s unclear if season 10 will be its last. The renewal is for 44 total episodes, 22 per season.
Gotham, the Batman prequel, now officially has a fourth-season renewal. The pickup assures that a DC and a Marvel drama (newly picked up The Gifted) will air alongside each other on Fox next season. Also renewed for a fourth season is Fox’s comedy series The Last Man on Earth, The single-camera show had been on shaky ground as it has become more narrow in appeal with time but was expected to come back.
The second season will consist of 16 hour-long episodes. Executive Producer Alexander Cary is leaving the show, and a new showrunner is expected to be named shortly.
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The pickup comes several weeks after the network handed out its usual early renewals to 16 series, with the drama noticeably absent from the list. The procedural continues to pull in solid numbers for the network despite several recent cast departures.
Harry Connick Jr. is staying put in daytime. NBCUniversal Domestic TV and Fox Television Stations have renewed the syndicated daytime strip Harry for a second season this fall.
Announced today, those pickups include six comedies, nine dramas, the reality series Survivor, and newsmagazines 60 Minutes and 48 Hours.
After months of high-stakes negotiations, The Big Bang Theory has secured a two-season, 48-episode renewal at CBS, the network announced today. The pact ensures that TV’s No. 1 comedy — currently in its 10th season — will stick around through Season 12.
CBS is closing in on a deal with Warner Bros. TV to renew the Anna Faris-Allison Janney comedy Mom for a fifth season, Variety reports. The news that a pickup is near comes as the sitcom wrapped production on its fourth season. CBS declined to comment.
The network has renewed the Jennifer Lopez cop drama for a third season that will consist of 10 episodes.
The Christine Baranski-led spinoff of The Good Wife will return to CBS’s OTT service for a Season 2 in early 2018.
After debuting in January to 1.4 million total viewers and a 0.5 demo rating, the Archie Comics-inspired drama thus far is averaging 1.2 million and a 0.5 — ranking behind Supernatural as The CW’s No. 2 non-superhero show. It also enjoys DVR playback bumps of 78% and 85% in the young-skewing adults 18-34 and women 18-34 demos. Riverdale is the eighth CW series to score an early pickup for the 2017-18 TV season.
The network gives second seasons to Lethal Weapon, its top new drama, and Star, a freshman show that’s struggled. This comes after a pickup for The Mick. What it all says about next year.
The Warner Bros. drama based on the hit movie franchise will return for a 22-episode sophomore season.
Despite rumors that Days of Our Lives was nearing extinction, NBC has renewed the venerable soap opera for a record 52nd season. The pickup comes a month after the sudser fired co-head writer Dena Higley and replaced her with General Hospital vet Ron Carlivati.
The Kaitlin Olson comedy has been renewed for a second season, it was announced today. Season two will consist of 13 episodes.
There’s more Shondaland on the way. ABC has picked up new seasons of Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal and How To Get Away With Murder.
