NBC Final Predictions: Undateable, Crowded, Game Of Silence and The Mysteries Of Laura Cancelled?
By TV Watch U.S. Team on May 8, 2016
Other recent Renewals and Cancellations on NBC:
- NBC Predictions: The Carmichael Show up for renewal (May 1st)
- NBC Predictions: Game Of Silence Cancelled; Heartbeat Cancelled too (April 25th)
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It’s that special time of the year. The TV season is coming to an end and soon the networks will have their upfront presentations where they announce their Fall 2016 schedules. This means it’s time to make our final predictions. Which shows will be cancelled, which will be renewed? NBC will have its upfront presentation on May 16th, in the morning.
These are our final renewal and cancellation predictions before the upfronts. Below the list, we explain how we came to these predictions.
| Show | Status / Prediction |
| Blindspot | Renewed on November 9th |
| Chicago Fire | Renewed on November 10th |
| Chicago P.D. | Renewed on November 10th |
| The Blacklist | Renewed on December 8th |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Renewed on February 1st |
| Chicago Med | Renewed on February 1st |
| Superstore | Renewed on February 2th |
| Shades Of Blue | Renewed on February 5th |
| Grimm | Renewed on April 6th |
| The Carmichael Show | Certain Renewal |
| Undateable | Certain Cancellation |
| Crowded | Certain Cancellation |
| The Mysteries Of Laura | Certain Cancellation |
| Telenovela | Certain Cancellation |
| Heartbeat | Certain Cancellation |
| Game Of Silence | Certain Cancellation |
| You, Me And The Apocalypse | Cancelled on March 15th |
| Truth Be Told | Effectively Cancelled on October 27th |
| The Player | Effectively Cancelled on October 23rd |
| Coach | Cancelled on August 31st before it premiered |
| Heroes Reborn | Miniseries |
As is the trend these days, NBC has already renewed a large batch of series well before the upfronts, starting with newcomer Blindspot in November and ending with Friday veteran Grimm in April. Still, several shows remain.
NBC’s comedy section has been a difficult one for several years. The only show that performed relatively good this season is Superstore, which was immediately awarded with a renewal. Its companion Telenovela was a lot less lucky, and has not received any notice yet. That, and its ratings, mean that it will be cancelled.
The Carmichael Show is doing slightly better, although it saw a painful 0.7 in the demo last week. However, we still think NBC is going to want to keep this one (over, say Telenovela) for its apt social commentary. Crowded, on the other hand, is also not leaving an impression and will be cancelled.
That leaves us with Heartbeat and Game Of Silence, both new series with abysmal ratings that will be cancelled sooner rather than later, and The Mysteries Of Laura. The latter has been an elusive show, but procedural dramas are not an area that NBC needs a filler show for anymore. The Mysteries Of Laura will be cancelled as well.
This week's TV Watch U.S. predictions for the other networks:
- CBS Final Predictions: The Odd Couple Renewed, CSI: Cyber Cancelled, but what about the rookies?
- ABC Final Predictions: The Catch Renewed; Castle and Nashville have kept us in the dark all season
- FOX Final Predictions: Can Grandfathered be Renewed? And The X-Files?
- The CW Final Predictions: Containment Likely Renewed; What happened on March 11th?
- gary brock