Zoo Canceled After Three Seasons

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CBS has canceled drama 'Zoo' after three seasons. The series was based on the James Patterson novel by the same name. In the show, Jackson Oz & company attempted to figure out why there were violent animal attacks across the world. James Wolk played the titular character. Kristen Connolly, Nonso Anozie, Nora Arnezeder, Billy Burke, Alyssa Diaz, Josh Salatin, and Gracie Dzienny made up the rest of the main cast. The series averaged an anemic 0.5 in the Adults 18-49 demographic. Those low ratings ended up sealing its fate. This was a correct prediction by the TVRatingsGuide.

What do you think of this news? Were you a fan of the series? Leave your thoughts in the comments below. 

TV Ratings 9/21/17: Gotham Premieres OK, Orville Falls in Timeslot Debut (UPDATED)

Thursday was the calm before the storm, with only a few original shows and low-ones being more than enough to top the night. Fox had their debuts on pre-premiere week, and their only real completion for #1 on the night was from CBS. In the end, Fox won the night with CBS taking second and NBC third. Fox's season debut of Gotham went OK, with a 1.0 debut for its first-ever Thursday episode. The show's down a lot from the last debut, but that's to be expected with this move and a 1.0 is perfectly fine for Fox. How it will hold up next week is the real question, same for the Orville. Speaking of the Orville, it debuted in its timeslot with a 1.1, which is okay but a huge drop from its NFL-fueled series debut and second episode. It's a pretty disappointing number, but it still stands a good shot at renewal if it stays in the 0.8-1.0 range. CBS had strong repeats of The Big Bang Theory and Mom for the 8 and 9 hours, and an anemic finale for Zoo at 0.5. NBC had a American Ninja Warrior repeat at 0.9, with a Chicago Fire repeat at 0.6. The CW's Penn & Teller and Whose Line? were both at 0.4.

Finals Update: The 9 PM repeat of the Big Bang Theory (+0.1) adjusted up. NBC's American Ninja Warrior repeat (-0.1) adjusted down.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating/Share	Viewers (mil)	Channel
8 PM	The Big Bang Theory (R)	1.2/6	7.12	ABC
	Gotham (P)	1.0/5	3.13	Fox
	American Ninja Warrior (R)	0.8/4	3.38	NBC
	Grey's Anatomy (R)	0.6/3	3.33	ABC
	Penn & Teller: Fool Us	0.4/2	1.60	The CW
8:30 PM	Mom (R)	1.0/4	5.98	CBS
9 PM	The Big Bang Theory (R)	1.2/5	6.01	CBS
	The Orville	1.1/4	4.04	Fox
	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	0.4/1	1.21	The CW
	Scandal (R)	0.4/2	2.78	ABC
9:30 PM	Mom (R)	0.9/3	5.00	CBS
	Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R)	0.3/1	1.13	The CW
10 PM	Chicago Fire (R)	0.6/3	3.29	NBC
	Zoo (F)	0.5/3	2.91	CBS
	How To Get Away With Murder (R)	0.4/2	2.02	ABC

Summer Renew/Cancel, Week 18: It's Been Fun, but Summer Must Come to an End (Final Predictions)

Welcome to the final Summer Renew/Cancel of the Summer 2017 season! It's time for my absolute, 100% final calls on all of the remaining shows, and as promised last week, I'll be using percentages as well for this post.

Certain to be Canceled:
Somewhere Between (0.4)
Zoo (0.5)
Salvation (0.5)

Likely to be Canceled:
N/A

Leans Cancellation:
The Night Shift (0.7)
Midnight, Texas (0.7)

Leans Renewal:
N/A

Likely to be Renewed:
Marlon (1.1)

Certain to be Renewed:
SNL Weekend Update Thursday (1.2)

Fate Determined:
Still Star-Crossed (0.3, CANCELED, correct)
Downward Dog (0.7, CANCELED, correct)
The Carmichael Show (0.8, CANCELED, correct)
Hooten & the Lady (0.2, CANCELED, correct)

Yet to Premiere:
N/A

Marlon: This show has clearly benefitted from a strong lead-in, as evidenced by its consistent half-hour drops, but it's doing well nonetheless. Great News and Trial & Error were both influenced by their Voice lead-in, did terribly, and got renewed anyway. Great News got the best fall slot available to an NBC comedy. Trial & Error wasn't even owned by the network. Marlon should have no trouble. 80% chance of renewal

Midnight, Texas: I've had this show as a renewal all season long, but I've nearly always been hesitant on it. I've never been confident, because it's had some really good upticks and some really ugly downticks, going from 0.9 to 0.7 in a just a week. I kept it as a renewal then, but its recent 0.6s have me doubting it. The 0.8 for its finale is a good sign, but I'm still not sold. 49% chance of renewal

The Night Shift: This show has had really bad datapoints this season, going as low as 0.5 this year. However, it's also done some decent numbers. Based on numbers alone, it should be done, but with Sony behind it, it has a real shot. It's definitely one of the trickier shows this season. 45% of renewal

Salvation: Of two new shows this season for CBS, this show did a bit less awfully, but it still ldid terrible. It had a rough start and got uglier from there, and I was prompted to downgrade it when it got a 0.4 directly out of Big Brother. CBS's decision should be an easy one. 10% chance of renewal

SNL Weekend Update Thursday: With a 1.2 average, this was the #1 scripted show of the Summer season, despite consistent preemptions during all three weeks. It never even aired in Philadelphia, one of the country's largest cities. Especially considering that it's a direct tie-in to one of the network's most acclaimed, longest-running, and highest-rated shows, there's absolutely no reason for this not come back next year. 100% chance of renewal

Somewhere Between: This show has done horribly for its entire run, and ABC barely promoted it, showing they don't even care about it. It even got a timeslot downgrade. This thing is dead. 0% chance of renewal

Zoo: One of the longest-running Summer shows this year, Zoo absolutely flopped when placed behind Big Brother. It's fallen to a 0.4 multiple times, and it's down 30%. And it would likely be down just as much next season. CBS really doesn't need this. Still there's a (very) outside chance it could come back. 10% chance of renewal

Thanks to everyone for reading this and all of my other Renew/Cancels this Summer. I'll be back again next season for more. What do you think of my odds? What are your odds? Let me know in the comments.

TV Ratings 9/14/17: Beat Shazam Finale Steady at Low, ABC Improves By a Whole Lot with Truth & Lies (UPDATED)

Finals Update: Truth & Lies (-0.1) and a Chicago fire repeat (-0.1) adjusted down. 

Time	Show	18-49 Rating/Share	Viewers (mil)	Channel
8 PM	The Big Bang Theory (R)	1.1/5	6.39	CBS
	American Ninja Warrior (R)	1.0/5	4.00	NBC
	Celebrity Family Feud (R)	0.9/4	5.04	ABC
	Beat Shazam (F)	0.7/3	2.41	Fox
	Penn & Teller: Fool Us	0.4/2	1.52	The CW
8:30 PM	Mom (R)	0.9/4	5.05	CBS
9 PM	Big Brother	1.8/7	6.01	CBC
	Truth & Lies: The Murder of Laci Peterson	0.9/4	4.90	ABC
	Love Connection (F)	0.6/3	2.16	Fox
	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	0.3/1	1.23	The CW
9:30 PM	Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R)	0.3/1	1.02	The CW
100 PM	Chicago Fire (R)	0.7/4	3.92	NBC
	Zoo	0.5/3	2.63	CBS

Summer Renew/Cancel, Week 17: Summer's Almost Over, but Midnight, Texas Remains a Barnburner

It's the second-to-last week of the Summer Renew/Cancel, but we've still got plenty to talk about. Join me this week for my thoughts on NBC's Midnight, Texas, as well as fellow NBC newbie Marlon.

Certain to be Canceled:
Somewhere Between (0.4)
Zoo (0.5)
Salvation (0.5)

Likely to be Canceled:
N/A

Leans Cancellation:
The Night Shift (0.7)

Leans Renewal:
Midnight, Texas (0.8)

Likely to be Renewed:
Marlon (1.1)

Certain to be Renewed:
SNL Weekend Update Thursday (1.2)

Fate Determined:
Still Star-Crossed (0.3, CANCELED, correct)
Downward Dog (0.7, CANCELED, correct)
The Carmichael Show (0.8, CANCELED, correct)
Hooten & the Lady (0.2, CANCELED, correct)

Yet to Premiere:
N/A

Midnight Texas: While this show isn't setting the world on fire in the ratings department, it's got an OK seasonal average so far. However, the show has hit some pretty ugly numbers, in particular its 0.6 when it had to air at 10:30. It's also going to have to air on Wednesdays at 10 for one random episode this week, which is obviously not ideal for a pretty serialized show. The show could definitely fall hard, especially behind a lead-in that will probably be somewhere around 0.9, when the show is used to a mid-ones lead-in from Ninja Warrior. On the other hand, the show is owned by NBC, which should make a renewal easier. I really don't know what to do with this show, so it very slightly LEANS RENEWAL, but things could truly go either way.

Marlon: This show isn't pulling in huge ratings, but it's still doing well enough for it to secure another season. It may be completely inflated by AGT, and it might collapse next season if it's moved away, but that's not going to factor into my decision this season. 1.1 is still perfectly fine for the Summer, especially for an owned NBC comedy, and so it is a LIKELY RENEWAL.

Summer is nearly at its end! This means that unfortunately, Summer Renew/Cancel is also reaching its end. I'll be returning next week for my absolutely, positively, 100% final predictions, where I'll give final opinions on all of the shows with undecided fates, and I'll even give renewal chance percentages for each show. Make sure to check it out!

What do you think of my predictions? Let me know in the comments below.