Cable Renew/Cancel - TBS, Tru, & Comedy Central: Angie Tribeca Is Dead, Drunk History Is Not

TBS, TruTV, and Comedy Central have all brought returning series back for additional seasons since our last update, and two of the networks even cleaned house a bit in recent months. So now feels like as good a time as any for an update.

TBS:
Show
Status
Wrecked
Likely Renewal
The Guest Book
Likely Renewal
Angie Tribeca
Certain Cancellation
Search Party
Returning TBA
The Last OG
Returning TBA
Final Space
Returning In 2019
Close Enough
Premieres In 2019
Miracle Workers
Premieres In 2019
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Renewed
American Dad!
Renewed
Drop the Mic
Renewed, Moving to TNT
The Joker’s Wild
Renewed, Moving to TNT
Tarantula
Canceled
People of Earth
Canceled

Angie Tribeca: After waiting over a year for a premiere date, TBS finally gave fans of Angie Tribeca their wish in late December, announcing that the show would be released over two days on the weekend preceding New Year's. This announcement came just days before, and it immediately screamed burnoff. TBS previously aired the first season in a similar binge format, but that was announced well in advance. This late announcement and lack of any promotion or sense of care for the show indicates that TBS is done with it. Unexpectedly high ratings may have been enough to save the show, but with mostly rounded 0.1s (only two of ten episodes rated higher than a 0.10), there's no incentive to renew. It's not coming back.

TruTV:
Show
Status
Adam Ruins Everything
Certain Renewal
The Carbonaro Effect
Certain Renewal
I’m Sorry
Likely Renewal
Hack My Life
Leans Renewal
Bobcat Goldthwait’s Misfits & Monsters
Likely Cancellation
Rachel Dratch’s Late Night Snack
Likely Cancellation
Those Who Can’t
Likely Cancellation
At Home with Amy Sedaris
Returning In February
Impractical Jokers
Renewed
Paid Off with Michael Torpey
Renewed
The Chris Gethard Show
Canceled
Talk Show the Game Show
Canceled

Adam Ruins Everything: Even though it doesn't light the ratings world on fire, Adam Ruins Everything is still of Tru's top shows. Only The Carbonaro Effect and Impractical Jokers regularly top it. It's also relatively new, meaning that it's pretty unlikely that the creative team behind it would want to end it. All of this means that Adam Ruins Everything enters as a certain renewal.

I'm Sorry: It's undeniably down from last season, but with everything else on TruTV doing so terribly, I'm Sorry still doesn't look that bad. Now that it fell below an unrounded 0.1, I'm not nearly as confident on the renewal, but if it can grow or stay at the level it's at, it should manage a renewal. It enters as a likely renewal.

Comedy Central:
Show
Status
Drunk History
Certain Renewal
The Jim Jefferies Show
Leans Renewal
Corporate
Leans Cancellation
Broad City
Ending In 2019
South Park
Renewed
Tosh.0
Renewed
Nathan For You
Canceled
Detroiters
Canceled
Another Period
Canceled
The President Show
Canceled
Idiotsitter
Effectively Canceled

Drunk History: This is one of the longest-running shows on Comedy Central, and it's still doing very well for itself. It returned for season six this week and was completely steady with its fifth season average, a very impressive feat considering how heavily down most Comedy Central shows have been recently. It is getting older, so an end may be in sight, but considering how many shows have been axed by Comedy Central recently, it's not going to be this year. It's a certain renewal.

Corporate: This is a tough one, because Corporate was renewed with similarly weak ratings last year, but the fact that it returned down despite its solid lead-in is not good. There's probably some factors involved here that helped it get renewed last time despite cancel-worthy numbers, but it's not doing much better than canceled shows like Detroiters or Nathan For You. I doubt it'll stay steady since it's just a premiere, but it might get another season if it does. For now though, it starts in the leans cancellation category.

Detroiters & Another Period: Both series were canceled since our last update, and both were correct predictions.

What do you think of my predictions? Are there any you disagree with? Let me know in the comments below and don't forget to vote in the poll of the week!

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