Summer Renew/Cancel Week 1: Duncanville? More Like Done-canville

The Summer Renew/Cancel is back for another season of predicting the fates of the shows across all five networks during TV's lowest-rated season of the year. Keep reading for initial predictions for Duncanville, Don't Forget The Lyrics, Tom Swift, The Chase and more!

Certain to be Canceled:
Duncanville

Likely to be Canceled:
Come Dance With Me
Who Do You Believe?

Leans Cancellation:
Tom Swift

Leans Renewal:
Dancing With Myself
Don't Forget The Lyrics!
So You Think You Can Dance
Weakest Link
Would I Lie To You? US

Likely to be Renewed:
Beat Shazam
The Chase
Holey Moley

Certain to be Renewed:
American Ninja Warrior
America's Got Talent
MasterChef

Fate Determined:
Dynasty (Canceled)
In the Dark (Canceled)
Roswell, New Mexico (Canceled)

Yet to Premiere:
The $100,000 Pyramid
The Bachelorette
Big Brother
Celebrity Family Feud
The Challenge: USA
Claim To Fame
Devils
The Final Straw
Generation Gap
Leonardo
Mysteries Decoded
Password
Who Do You Think You Are?

Duncanville: One of the lowest-rated scripted programs on all of broadcast, Duncanville's scheduling this season has made clear that Fox sees it as little other than an afterthought. Aired first on Sundays at 7:30, then in hour-long blocks at 9 (after repeats) before ultimately being aired for two weeks at 9 PM as the single half-hour original program in the Fox Sunday lineup, Fox does not seem to care at all how the show performs this season. Being an animated series (which notoriously take longer to produce than live-action series), it likely would have needed to be renewed by now in order to make it to the air by next year - the third season renewal came in April 2021. No such renewal has been issued, another sign that this show is not long for this world - not on Fox, at least. Duncanville is a CERTAIN CANCELLATION.

Holey Moley: It has become one of ABC's summer staples, even with ratings best described as "resoundingly mediocre." That mediocrity has continued this summer with a 0.4 average at 8 PM. That's not terribly impressive, but at this point, it's clearly renewable, especially since it has held steady against the summer hit America's Got Talent. It keeps the lights on, which is all ABC can ask of it at this point. Scripted shows, far more expensive than Holey Moley, with lower ratings were renewed and placed on the fall schedule. While ABC has recently canceled some underperforming summer unscripted shows, I don't expect this perennial network favorite to join them. It's a LIKELY RENEWAL.

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