PhantomStranger

Pretty much everyone expects POI to end this season. It would be a miracle if CBS renews it. Most thought it was charity by CBS giving us a fifth season in the first place.

Superman07

Had no clue, although I never finished season 1.

Superman07

Without spoilers, why is POI so likely to get cancelled? We've started watching through Netflix - currently near end of season 2 - and it's exceptional. It's almost like what Gotham should have been - complex tapestry of characters, multiple villains (including a fleshed out mob structure) and engaging cases.

DJariya

http://tvline.com/2016/01/10/superna...enewed-the-cw/

Supernatural will never end. CW President fully expects a 12th season as long as Jared and Jensen want to keep doing it.

DJariya

Because CBS doesn't own it and they don't have a long-term vested financial interest in keeping it.

PhantomStranger

The show has changed a great deal since its first season. Ratings have declined as the show morphed from a criminal procedural to serialized sci-fi action. Renewing past season five would also require signing up the leads to new contracts, which is expensive.

It remains a solid show past season two but casual audiences drifted away for the most part.

DJariya

A lot of the "casual" fans complained on the shows Facebook page when the show became too serialized. Most CBS viewers prefer case of the week stories.

LorenzoL

I would have never guessed that this show will be going towards a 12th season when it first premiered. I stopped watching after the 7th season so I don't know if this show is still good or not.

Superman07

Whew! I was worried in a drop off in quality. I'm okay with them finishing if they can wrap up storylines in a good manner.

DJariya

http://www.spoilertv.com/2016/01/rec...-season-4.html

Rectify renewed for a 4th and final season on Sundance.

Strapped4Cash

It's owned by WB and they only sell DVD's and BD's during BF (joking [mostly]).

There is a plot point that you haven't reached yet, that many were fine with, but upset some fans.

And I'm sure it's true that some didn't want to follow the show as it became more serialized. In my case, pretty much every other show I watch is serialized (almost all extremely so), and I'd found this to be the one procedural that I could watch. I thought of it as a very nice palate cleanser. I've continued with the show since it changed, but there are times I miss what it did at the beginning.

Cellar Door

Great show, but not one that should keep going too long. I wonder how much they will resolve and how much they will leave open?

PhantomStranger

Supernatural today? No, it's a shell of its former self. You haven't missed anything that essential if you stopped watching after season 7. It remains on the air because it gets the same ratings no matter where the CW places it on the schedule. It would have been canceled long ago on the bigger broadcast networks.

emachine12

CBS officially put Mike and Molly in the coffin today...

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment...112-story.html

LorenzoL

Thanks! Good to know.

DJariya

http://deadline.com/2016/01/heroes-c...on-1201682054/

Heroes: Reborn is done for good after the finale. There will not be another season.

DJariya

http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/chic...-d-1201679085/

Chicago Law is in development at NBC. It would be the 3rd spinoff of Chicago Fire if it happens.

Strapped4Cash

Gosh darn it! I've been hoping for either Chicago Sanitation or Chicago Parking Enforcement.

Sonny Corinthos

I think the move to Tuesday nights at 10:00 pm EST played a huge part in the ratings drop as well. Thursday nights at 9:00 pm was a great timeslot for the show. People watched TBBT at 8, then POI aired one hour later. Without that huge lead in, the show started to lose viewers as only the hardcore fans like myself followed the show when it moved to a new day and time.

OldDude

Hang in there. Keep the faith. I was joking just that way about Chicago Law a few weeks ago and here it is!

PhantomStranger

I agree about the time slot change. I've seen good shows crippled by time changes before. CBS is also the genius network that ran Supergirl up against Gotham.

The problem is that the networks have eliminated Friday and Saturday nights for scripted content, leaving a much tighter schedule for everyone left.

Koby

IDK about that. 1/5th of the shows I'm watching this season air on Fridays.

Sleepy Hollow, The Vampire Diaries, The Originals, Bitten, and Grimm. They're all Friday night shows for the rest of the season.

As for Saturday, yeah about the only shows that come on Saturdays are from BBC and Starz usually. This season only Black Sails out of everything I'm watching however is a Saturday show.

DJariya

http://deadline.com/2016/01/playing-...sa-1201682985/

Playing House on USA was renewed for a third season

morriscroy

(More generally).

Wonder which came first:

- declining ratings --> change to crappier time slot

- or vice versa?


On the other side of the coin, has there been any tv shows with ascending ratings, which were moved to a crappier time slot while the ratings were still going up?

morriscroy

I don't know whether it would have made much of a difference for the latter half of season 4 of POI.

Hypothetically if POI was not moved, it certainly would have had to compete directly with The Blacklist, which the latter was moved to the 9pm Thursday time slot on February 5, 2015.