ABC Renew/Cancel Week 10: Is American Housewife in Trouble?

ABC had a busy day today, announcing numerous upcoming changes to their lineup. Keep reading to see if any of that news impacts my predictions!

Certain Cancellation:
N/A

Likely Cancellation:
N/A

Leans Cancellation:
Call Your Mother (0.5, 0.4-0.5)
For Life (0.4, 0.3-0.5)

Leans Renewal:
American Housewife (0.6, 0.6-0.6)
Big Sky (0.7, 0.6-0.7)

Likely Renewal:
The Conners (0.7, 0.6-0.9)
The Good Doctor (0.6, 0.6-0.7)
Grey's Anatomy (1.2, 1.2-1.3)
A Million Little Things (0.6, 0.5-0.7)
The Rookie (0.5, 0.4-0.5)

Certain Renewal:
Blackish (0.5, 0.4-0.6)
The Goldbergs (0.7, 0.7-0.8)
Station 19 (1.0, 0.8-1.2)

Coming Soon:
Home Economics
Mixed-ish
Rebel
Women of the Movement 

American Housewife: Today, ABC announced its midseason schedule, a schedule that will see American Housewife wrapped for the season by April, with only twelve episodes airing in its fifth season. Nothing in its ratings point to it being a candidate for cancellation, given that it holds onto most of The Goldbergs, but this is a worrying sign. ABC is choosing to throw a new show on the schedule late into the season over giving Housewife a longer season, and is also choosing to wrap Housewife early instead of pulling the newbie Call You Mother, which shows little promise. Housewife has never been a big priority for ABC and has been moved so many times across the schedule. Its luck may run out this time, though I still think it has a better than even shot of returning for season six. It now LEANS RENEWAL.

A Million Little Things: A Million Little Things didn't get great news today, either. It's moving from a cushy post-Grey's Anatomy slot to a horrendous post-Call Your Mother slot. It's not a sign of great confidence, going from a strong and compatible lead-in to Call Your Mother. I'm not downgrading it, however, as I want to first see how it performs in this slot. It remains a LIKELY RENEWAL until further notice.


What do you think of my predictions? What are your predictions? Let me know in the comments and vote in the poll of the week!

Where would you place American Housewife?
Certain Renewal
Likely Renewal
Leans Renewal
Leans Cancellation
Likely Cancellation
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