2016-2017 TV Season: What We Already Know

The Ratings Junkie

Son of Zorn
Source: Nerdist

It's only January 2016, yet there are already several shows that have been ordered to series, usually as a blind commitment, which is always very risky. So here's what we know so far on what's not returning and what could replace them.

Shows Already Ordered to Series

Show	Network	Genre	Description
Designated Survivor	ABC	Drama	Kiefer Sutherland-led, about a low-level government Cabinet member who becomes President after a mass shooting of everyone above him in line
Untitled Kevin James	CBS	Multi-Cam Comedy	Kevin James as a retired policeman who now has to juggle his family life
Untitled Star Trek	CBS All-Access	Sci-Fi Drama	Not much yet other than that it takes place in the Star Trek Universe and introduce new characters
Shots Fired	FOX	Limited Series Drama	About racial shootings in Tennessee and its media attention, starring Sanaa Lathan as an investigator in the Department of Justice
Son of Zorn	FOX	Live Action/Animated Hybrid	Jason Sudeikis voices an animated warrior who simultaneously juggles an office job, a war on another planet, and reconnecting with his human ex-wife and son
Emerald City	NBC	Fantasy Drama	OK, technically this Wizard of Oz adaption show was uncanceled from a previous development cycle, but will not air until fall 2016.
Good Place	NBC	Single-Cam Comedy	Kristen Bell stars as a woman from New Jersey who decides that she is a bad person. Ted Danson stars as her unlikely guide/life advisor.
Patient Zero	NBC	Drama	About a woman with unknown symptoms and an FBI agent who is investigating a terrorist attack that may or may not be related
Taken	NBC	Drama	Described as a prequel to the movie series