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For the broadcast networks, the name of the game is stability.
Since emerging from the global production shutdown of 2020, Disney, Paramount, Fox, WarnerMedia and NBCUniversal have rightly shifted their primary focus to streaming, prompting linear networks ABC, CBS, The CW, Fox and NBC to reduce spending on pricey scripted originals. That equates to more of the same, meaning bubble shows often have an advantage over expensive to market new dramas and comedies and giving added weight to new incarnations of popular franchises that come with a built-in fanbase.
As the five broadcast networks plot their 2022-23 scripted schedules, a number of factors remain in play. Chief among them is the rising costs associated with filming during COVID-19, ownership and in-season and SVOD streaming rights, all of which will play a factor in how networks shape their rosters for next season.
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While network leadership has remained stable over the past year, The CW now finds itself facing the most uncertainty as sale talks (with likely buyer Nexstar) threaten to reduce the network’s scripted footprint. Sources indicate it’s business as usual for the Mark Pedowitz-led joint venture between CBS Studios and Warner Bros. TV as a handful of early renewals could come in March as the network will have a fair share of decisions to make closer to upfronts in May.
In keeping with some tradition, here’s The Hollywood Reporter’s handy guide of scripted broadcast shows that are coming back, what’s canceled (or ending) and what’s been added to the 2022-23 schedule at ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and The CW. Bookmark this scorecard as THR will update it regularly as the wind shifts on current shows and as the networks make their decisions. (Click here for THR‘s pilot grid.)
(Key: renewed shows in bold; ownership is by in-house studio unless otherwise noted. Comedies are single-cam, unless noted. Includes THR’s latest reporting.)
ABC
Veteran shows
A Million Little Things: renewed for fifth and final season
Big Sky (A+E/ABC): renewed for season three
Black-ish: ended with eighth and final season
The Conners (multicam): renewed for season five
The Goldbergs (Sony): renewed for season 10
The Good Doctor (Sony/ABC): renewed for season six
Grey’s Anatomy: renewed for season 19
Home Economics (ABC/Lionsgate): renewed for season three
The Rookie: renewed for season five
Station 19: renewed for season six
Freshman shows
Abbott Elementary (20th/WB, single-cam) renewed for season two
Maggie (WB/20th, single-cam): moved to Hulu as an original
Promised Land: canceled
Queens: canceled
Women of the Movement: limited series completed its run
The Wonder Years (single-cam): renewed for season two
New shows (for 2022-23 season)
Alaska Daily
Avalon (A+E/20th)
The Company You Keep (20th, midseason)
Not Dead Yet (single-cam)
The Rookie: Feds (20th/eOne)
Will Trent (20th, midseason)
CBS
Veteran shows
B Positive (WB, multicam): canceled after two seasons
Blue Bloods: renewed for season 13
Bob Hearts Abishola (WB, multicam): renewed for season four
Bull: ending with season six
The Equalizer (CBS/UTV): renewed through season four in 2023-24
FBI (UTV/CBS): renewed for seasons five and six
FBI: Most Wanted (UTV/CBS): renewed for seasons four and five
Magnum P.I.: canceled after four seasons, then picked up at NBC
NCIS: renewed for season 20
NCIS: Los Angeles: renewed for season 14
The Neighborhood (multicam): renewed for season five
SWAT (SPT/CBS): renewed for season six
United States of Al (WB, multicam): canceled after two seasons
Young Sheldon (WB): renewed through 2023-24 season
Freshman shows
CSI: Vegas: renewed for season two (without William Petersen)
FBI: International: renewed for seasons two and three
Ghosts (CBS/BBC/Lionsgate, single-cam): renewed for season two
Good Sam: canceled
How We Roll (multicam): canceled
NCIS: Hawai’i: renewed for season two
New shows (for 2022-23 season)
East New York
Fire Country
So Help Me Todd
True Lies (20th)
The CW
Veteran shows
All American (WB): renewed for season five
Batwoman (WB): canceled after three seasons
Charmed (CBS): canceled after four seasons
Dynasty (CBS): canceled after five seasons
The Flash (WB): renewed for ninth and final season
In the Dark (CBS): ending with season four (yet to air)
Kung Fu (WB): renewed for season three
Legacies (WB): canceled after four seasons
Legends of Tomorrow (WB): canceled after seven seasons
Nancy Drew (CBS): renewed for fourth and final season
Riverdale (WB): renewed for seventh and final season
Roswell, New Mexico (WB): ending with season four
Stargirl (WB): ending with season three
Supergirl (WB): ended with sixth and final season
Superman & Lois (WB): renewed for season three
Walker (CBS): renewed for season three
Freshman shows
All American: Homecoming (WB): renewed for season two
The 4400 (CBS, straight to series): canceled
Naomi (WB): canceled
Tom Swift (CBS): canceled
New shows (for 2022-23 season)
Gotham Knights
Walker: Independence
The Winchesters
Fox
Veteran shows
Bob’s Burgers (20th): renewed through season 13 (in 2022-23)
Call Me Kat (WB, multicam): renewed for season three
Duncanville (20th/UTV/Fox): canceled after three seasons
Family Guy (20th): renewed through season 20 (in 2022-23)
The Great North (20th/Fox): renewed through season three (in 2022-23)
Housebroken (20th): awaiting word on season three (season two has yet to bow)
911 (20th): renewed for season six
911: Lone Star (20th): renewed for season four
The Resident (20th): renewed for season six
The Simpsons (20th): renewed through season 34 (in 2022-23)
Freshman shows
The Big Leap (20th/Fox): canceled
The Cleaning Lady (WB/Fox): renewed for season two
Fantasy Island (Sony/Fox): renewed for season two
Our Kind of People (20th/Fox): canceled
Pivoting (single-cam; WB/Fox): canceled
Welcome to Flatch (single-cam; Lionsgate/BBC Studios/Fox): renewed for season two
New shows (for 2022-23 season)
Accused (Sony/Fox)
Alert (Sony/Fox)
Animal Control
Grimsburg (animated; Fox): renewed for season two
Krapopolis (animated; Fox): renewed for season two
Monarch: ordered for 2021-22 season and pushed to fall 2022-23
NBC
Veteran shows
The Blacklist (Sony/UTV): renewed for season 10
Chicago Fire: renewed through season 11 (in 2022-23)
Chicago Med: renewed through season eight (in 2022-23)
Chicago PD: renewed through season 10 (in 2022-23)
Kenan: canceled after two seasons
Law & Order: SVU: renewed through season 24 (in 2022-23)
Law & Order: Organized Crime: renewed for season three
Mr. Mayor: canceled after two seasons
New Amsterdam: ending with abbreviated season five
This Is Us (20th): ending with sixth and final season
Young Rock: renewed for season three
Freshman shows
American Auto: renewed for season two
The Endgame: canceled
Grand Crew: renewed for season two
La Brea: renewed for season two
Law & Order (season 21 revival): renewed for season 22
Ordinary Joe (20th/UTV): canceled
The Thing About Pam: a true limited series
New shows (for 2022-23 season)
Lopez vs. Lopez (UTV multicam)
Night Court (WB/UTV multicam)
Quantum Leap
Found
Magnum P.I. (revived with a two-season order after four on CBS)
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