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’Rise’ Canceled After One Season

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NBC has canceled drama Rise after one season. The first eight episodes of the drama averaged a passable 0.86 rating in the 18-49 demographic. Rise is based on the book Drama High and was created by Jason Katims. The musical drama starred How I Met Your Mother alumni Josh Radnor, Marley Shelton, Rosie Perez, and Auli'i Cravalho. This was a correct prediction by the TV Ratings Guide.

What do you think of this news? Leave your thoughts in the comment section below. 

Rise, Good Girls Get Premiere Dates

NBC has announced the premiere dates for two of its midseason dramas:

-Good Girls will premiere Monday, February 26 at 10pm after The Voice.

-Rise will premiere Tuesday, March 13 at 10pm, with the finale of This Is Us airing at 9pm

The Brave's first season will be capped at 13 episodes. No word yet on if Good Girls will move to another time slot following the premiere, though the guess is no.

What do you think of this news? Let us know in the comments below!

Full List of 2016-17 Upfronts Decisions

Welcome to the full list of series that have been renewed, canceled, picked up to series, and pilots that have been passed on. Even though this is meant to inform you on decisions made in the weeks leading up to Upfronts, I'll be including every show. Clicking on each show's name will lead you to the renewal/cancellation/pickup/pass announcement.

Renewals
ABC:
The Goldbergs
American Housewife
Designated Survivor
Speechless
The Middle
Grey's Anatomy
Scandal
How to Get Away with Murder
Modern Family
Blackish
Marvel's Agents of SHIELD
Once Upon a Time
Fresh Off the Boat
Quantico

NBC:
Great News
Trial & Error
Law & Order: SVU
Taken
The Good Place
This Is Us
Superstore
Shades of Blue
Blindspot
Chicago Fire
Chicago Med
Chicago PD
The Blacklist
Timeless


CBS:
Man With a Plan
Superior Donuts
Kevin Can Wait
Scorpion
Bull
NCIS
NCIS: New Orleans
NCIS: Los Angeles
Madam Secretary
MacGyver
Hawaii Five-0
Blue Bloods
The Big Bang Theory
Mom
Life in Pieces
Criminal Minds
Elementary
Code Black

Fox:
The Last Man on Earth
Gotham
Star
The Simpsons
Lethal Weapon
Family Guy
Empire
Bob's Burgers
The Mick
Lucifer
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
The Exorcist
New Girl

The CW:
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Jane the Virgin
The Flash
Arrow
Supergirl
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
Supernatural
Riverdale
The 100
The Originals
iZombie

Cancellations/Final Seasons
ABC:
American Crime
Last Man Standing
Time After Time
Conviction
Notorious
Dr. Ken
Imaginary Mary
Secrets & Lies
The Real O'Neals
The Catch

NBC:
Emerald City
Grimm
Powerless
The Blacklist: Redemption
Chicago Justice

CBS:
Doubt
2 Broke Girls
Pure Genius
The Great Indoors
Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders
The Odd Couple
Ransom
Training Day

Fox:
Pitch
Rosewood
Bones
Shots Fired
Sleepy Hollow
APB
Making History
Son of Zorn
Scream Queens

The CW:
No Tomorrow
Frequency
Reign
The Vampire Diaries

Series Orders
ABC:
Splitting Up Together
Deception
Inhumans
The Mayor
Alex, Inc.
For the People
The Crossing
The Gospel of Kevin
The Good Doctor
Roseanne
Untitled Grey's Anatomy Firefighter Spin-Off
Ten Days in the Valley

NBC:
A.P. Bio
Rise
The Brave
Good Girls
Reverie
Champions

Fox:
The Orville
The Gifted
Ghosted
LA to Vegas
The Resident
911

CBS:
Young Sheldon
9JKL
Me, Myself, & I
Instinct
SEAL Team
Wisdom of the Crowd
SWAT
By the Book

The CW:
Dynasty
Valor
Black Lightning
Life Sentence

Passed-On Pilots
NBC:
What About Barb?
Untitled Kourtney Kang Project
Spaced Out
Relatively Happy
Shelter
Red Blooded
Redliners

ABC:
Jalen Vs. Everybody
Libby & Malcolm
Charlie Foxtrot
Unit Zero
Raised By Wolves
Doomsday
Las Reinas
Losing It
The Trustee
Untitled Single Dad Project
Household Name (To be Redeveloped)

CBS:
Real Time
Distefano
Perfect Citizen
Brothered Up
The Get

The CW:
N/A

Fox:
Linda from HR
Controversy
Behind Enemy Lines
Amy's Brother
Thin Ice
Type A

Schedules:
NBC
Fox
ABC
CBS
The CW

Which piece of news are you excited about? What show or pilot are you waiting on the fate of? Let us know in the comments below!

Rebecca's NBC Schedule Prediction

NBC releases their fall schedule in less than a day, so this I guess this is as good of a time as any to post my schedule predictions for the Peacock Network. I, like many of you I'm sure, am very excited to see what the networks have in store for us and for the new TV season. Without further ado, here's my schedule.


Monday:
8:00- The Voice
10:00- The Brave (fka For God and Country) NEW DRAMA

Obviously, as one of NBC's#1 shows, The Voice will be returning to 8 PM on Mondays. That's very boring, because it's definitely happening. The interesting thing here is 10 PM. With Timeless and Taken both underperforming, it's very unlikely that either will get this slot again, especially considering the history of this slot. I think that military drama The Brave, one of NBC's earliest pickups, will get that slot. I don't see this show doing amazing, but I think it can pull respectable numbers for NBC. It's a better pick for this slot than Good Girls, which I feel would be better for midseason.


Tuesday:
8:00- The Voice
9:00- This Is Us
10:00- Rise NEW DRAMA
This Is Us is an absolute monster. It should be a great lead-in for any new series. Rise seems to be the most compatible, and it was one of NBC's first series orders. Rise airing at 10 would give the series a real shot at being a hit. The Voice and This Is Us should absolutely stay put. Moving This Is Us would be ridiculous and stupid. NBC should not risk this.


Wednesday:
8:00- Chicago Fire
9:00- Law & Order: SVU
10:00- Chicago PD

SVU and Chicago PD should remain on Wednesday. They're doing fine and NBC will have enough moves and new shows to advertise with this schedule. One move that needs to happen is Chicago Fire. It's already established and can help out SVU, which has had to air out of ratings-challenged Blindspot and The Mysteries of Laura for the past few seasons.



Thursday:
8:00- Superstore
8:30- The Good Place
9:00- Will & Grace
9:30- Great News
10:00- Chicago Med

Great News is not my first pick for the 9:30 slot, but NBC is reportedly thinking of slotting it there, and without a multicam to pair with Will & Grace, Great News will likely get the slot. In theory, this is a decent choice. Great News is the NBC single cam that feels the most like a multicam, so it's probably a better choice than the other returning comedies. AP Bio is my other choice, but I think Great News is a better choice, as AP Bio can get Olympics promotion. Iconic series Will & Grace will be returning, and can give Great News (and the night) a much-needed boost. Superstore and The Good Place should remain at 8. With the comedies at 9, Chicago Med loses its slot. It should move to 10, which means...

Friday:
8:00- The Blacklist
9:00- Blindspot
10:00- Dateline NBC

The Blacklist should be on Fridays, along with Blindspot. Neither show is doing well, hitting 0.8s multiple times this season. With full seasons, they deserve to go to Fridays. As the slightly stronger show, I think The Blacklist should get the 8 PM slot, with Blindspot taking 9. The Blacklist will likely perform better than Caught on Camera did this season. I can't see Blindspot doing better than the 9 PM hour of Dateline, but oh well. It can live here for these next few seasons as it racks up episodes for syndication. The always-reliable Dateline NBC will likely stay at 10.

Sunday is excluded due to Sunday Night Football and Football Night in America.


What do you think about this schedule? What would you do? Let me know in the comments below!