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Elementary Renewed by CBS for Season 7

CBS's Sherlockian procedural drama Elementary has been renewed for a seventh season. The series premiered its sixth season incredibly late, beginning April 30. It has not done well since it's premiered, with a 0.6 average so far, but the profits it recieves in syndication seem to be the reason for its somewhat-surprising renewal (TVRG had the series marked as a likely cancellation). Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu star in the show as Holmes and Watson, the iconic characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

What do you think of this news? Are you excited for a seventh season of Elementary? Let us know in the comments below.

CBS Renew/Cancel: ‘Code Black’ and ‘Elementary ’ Likely To be Canceled

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It's time for a very special, pre-Upfronts CBS renew/cancel, in which Code Black and Elementary will receive their initial predictions.

Show	Average	Status
1	The Big Bang Theory	Renewed
2	Young Sheldon	Renewed
3	Mom	Renewed
4	NCIS	Renewed
5	Kevin Can Wait	Certain Renewal
6	Bull	Renewed
7	Life In Pieces	Certain Renewal
8	SEAL Team	Renewed
9	Man With a Plan	Likely Renewal
10	Me, Myself & I	Canceled
11	Criminal Minds	Likely Renewal
12	Hawaii Five-0	Renewed
13	SWAT	Renewed
14	NCIS: New Orleans	Renewed
15	9JKL	Certain Cancellation
16	NCIS: Los Angeles	Renewed
17	Blue Bloods	Renewed
18	Superior Donuts	Likely Cancellation
19	Wisdom of the Crowd	Canceled
20	MacGyver	Renewed
21	Instinct	Likely Cancellation
22	Scorpion	Likely Renewal
23	Code Black	Likely Cancellation
24	Living Biblically	Canceled
25	Madam Secretary	Renewed
26	Elementary	Likely Cancellation

Code Black:

The medical drama has averaged a 0.7 this season so far. That's very unimpressive and it actually puts it in flop territory for the first time. While the show is no stranger to the bubble, and CBS seems to be a fan of it, that probably won't be enough for a fourth season. It's a close one, and Code Black hasn't flatlined just yet, but it seems like this might be the end of the line for it.

Elementary:

CBS's lowest Sunday-Friday show, Elementary has survived this long due to its lucrative syndication deal. This time around, contracts will have to be renegotiated. The low-rated show has to end sometime, and with some hurdles in the way of its renewal, this is probably it. Don't count Holmes and Watson out just yet, even if they are down.

What do you think of these predictions? What will happen to Code Black and Elementary? Drop a comment below and let me know what you think!

CBS Announces Season Premiere Dates for Elementary and Code Black

CBS has announced today the premiere dates for two of their returning shows that are yet to be scheduled. Both will debut near the end of the regular season and air into the summer.

The sixth season police procedural of Elementary will premiere on Monday, April 30 at 10:00, taking over Scorpion's timeslot. Elementary has a 21 episode order for its sixth season. Originally, 13 episodes were ordered, but CBS upped that order in November. Scorpion, which will conclude its fourth season on April 23, is no stranger to airing its season finale in April. The series concluded its first and second seasons on April 20, 2015 and April 25, 2016, respectively.

The third season of medical drama Code Black will premiere that same week, on Wednesday, May 2 at 10:00, taking over the timeslot from Criminal Minds. This is the timeslot that Code Black aired in during its first two seasons, though both of those seasons aired from September to February. The 13 episodes that the third season will consist of is less than the 18 and 16 that its first and second seasons respectively consisted of. This is the first time that Criminal Minds will end its season in April, but it is only one week earlier than when it ended its seasons in 2015 and 2016.

This leaves one CBS drama unscheduled, international co-production Ransom. The first season of the procedural following a hostage negotiation team aired on Saturdays in early 2017. Also unscheduled is unscripted series Undercover Boss, which usually airs in-season, but may air its entire season in the summer this time around, considering how it was left out of today's news.

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

CBS Expands 'Elementary' Season 6 Order to 21 Episodes

Lucy Liu, Jonny Lee Miller ("Elementary") | CBS

CBS has expanded the upcoming sixth season of Elementary from 13 episodes to 21. The previous five seasons of the series produced 24 episodes each, with a lucrative syndication deal making full seasons an incentive for the network. For the first time since its debut in 2012, Elementary was absent from the fall schedule last May following its increasingly meager first-run ratings performance. 

With the network recently deciding against more Wisdom of the Crowd, the return of Elementary to Sunday nights is a possibility going forward. In addition, the network has yet to offer scheduling for the third season of Code Black, as well as the first season of Instinct, starring The Good Wife's Alan Cumming.

What do you think of this news? Where do you think Elementary will end up on CBS's midseason schedule? Share your thoughts with us below.