Quantico Renewed by ABC

ABC's Quantico will be returning to the network for a third season in 2017-18. After unimpressive ratings in the fall, ABC attempted to help Quantico by moving it to Mondays, where it had slight improvement. It seems that ABC is really behind this show, which is probably why it has been given another season.

What do you think of this news? Leave your thoughts in the comments!

ABC Renew/Cancel Watch: Wicked City Certain to be Cancelled

Certain to be Canceled	Likely to be Canceled	Watching	Likely to be Renewed	Certain to be Renewed
Blood & Oil	Castle	Fresh Off The Boat	Last Man Standing	Grey’s Anatomy
Wicked City	The Muppets	Nashville	Dr. Ken	Scandal
			Quantico	The Middle
				The Goldbergs
				Modern Family
				Blackish
				Once Upon a Time
				Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D
				How to Get Away with Murder

I only made one change from last week, being that Quantico, recently moved up to Certain to be Renewed, is back to being Likely to be Renewed. With both Castle and Nashville pre-empted this week, there really weren't any other predictions to be made.

Why is Quantico "Likely to be Renewed"?

New York Times

After a very healthy start in the high 1s and then staying steady in the mid 1s, Quantico appeared to have fixed the Sunday at 10pm spot to an extent, especially considering how weak its lead-in is. However, on Sunday it hit a series low of a 1.2. Granted, it was against the final game of the World Series, but a 1.2 in early November is fractional in the spring. To put things into perspective, that's the same rating that Revenge had last season. As such, I was actually tempted to move Quantico down TWO spots to Watching, but considering there are already two shows there and it may have been a fluke, it is still Likely to be Renewed for now. Keep a close eye on its ratings for Sunday's episode, as there may be another upward or downward movement.

Despite this 1.2, I'm not willing to bet it will be cancelled--yet. That may depend on how the midseason dramas do. At this point, I see two fall dramas being cancelled, one being Blood & Oil and the other being Castle--Nashville isn't too far behind but I think music sales and low production cost, as well as new syndication deals, may save it. Stay tuned.

Why is Wicked City "Certain to be Cancelled"?

Because it premiered fractional and went lower.

ABC Renew/Cancel Watch: Quantico is Certain to be Treated to Another Season

Certain to be Tricked to a Cancellation	Likely to be Tricked to a Cancellation	Watching	Likely to be Treated to Another Season	Certain to be Treated to Another Season
Blood & Oil	Castle	Nashville	Last Man Standing	Grey’s Anatomy
	The Muppets	Fresh Off the Boat	Dr. Ken	Scandal
				The Middle
				The Goldbergs
				Modern Family
				Blackish
				Once Upon a Time
				Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D
				How to Get Away with Murder
				Quantico

Changes from Last Week

Unlike some previous weeks, I only made one change this week:

• Quantico upgraded from "Likely to be Renewed" to "Certain to be Treated to Another Season" (Halloween talk for "Certain to be Renewed"

Why Is Quantico "Certain to be Treated to Another Season", And What Took Me So Long To Put It There?

First off, Happy Halloween! However you celebrate it, if at all, The TV Ratings Guide loves doing themed segments, so I hope you all like the one-week-only change of chart colors and titles.

On to Quantico. I was weary of Quantico's success at first. Even though it premiered in a historically
tough time slot, premiering under a 2.0 can still be worrisome considering the drops shows usually have. It seems to have settled into mid 1s for the fall, and will most likely dip lower in the spring, but guess what? It's ABC's #2 10pm show, only behind How to Get Away with Murder. The latter, while also recently upgraded, has declined A LOT this season, to the point where it isn't too far ahead of Quantico. In fact, a case may even be made that Quantico was STRONGER than How to Get Away with Murder this past week given the time slot. A side note: How to Get Away with Murder is the #1 show amongst W18-49, where the W stands for Witches.

Realistically, ABC probably doesn't have anything that would do better in the time slot. ABC didn't find--and probably didn't expect to find--the next Grey's Anatomy, but they also didn't find the next Betrayal, and undeniably Quantico is doing better in that troubled spot than Nashville would have done. 

I may have to reevaluate this prediction, but for now: Quantico fans have nothing to worry about.