TV

It’s TV Axing Season In The US, So Say Goodbye To These Shows

This is why cliffhanger endings are such a bad idea.

by Jody Macgregor  15 May 2016

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It’s the time of year when American TV executives throw darts at their spreadsheets to decide which pilots will get picked up and which ones will be ignored, which shows will continue through the 2016-2017 season and which will be the subject of internet petitions begging for their return.

The ABC network has had a shakeup, with Marvel’s Agent Carter being dumped after its second season cliffhanger. Hayley Atwell, who played agent Peggy Carter, is leaping to a legal drama called Conviction but there’s hope that ABC’s other Marvel show, Agents Of SHIELD, might deal with some of the dangling plot threads – it’s featured Carter in flashback before – although its other spin-off, Most Wanted, wasn’t picked up after its pilot.

Still in the land of superhero television, CBS have dropped Supergirl but fortunately for fans it’s been grabbed by the CW and will continue there. Since the episode that featured a crossover with CW’s The Flash was a highlight of Supergirl‘s first season this might actually be pretty good news, even if the show continues with a lower budget. Hopefully they can still afford to keep Calista Flockhart on as her mean boss.

CBS have also brought the final surviving CSI show to an end, cancelling CSI: Cyber after its second season, as well as passing on a pilot for a Nancy Drew series starring Sarah Shahi as a grown-up version of the iconic schoolgirl detective, though that’s being shopped around to other networks as we speak.

Back to ABC, The Muppets, Nashville, Galavant, and Castle have all been axed. Galavant may apparently continue on stage, and given how much it owes to Spamalot that makes a lot of sense. Now that Castle‘s time is done, expect to see more of Nathan Fillion at the movies.

Meanwhile, Fox are renewing almost everything with the notable exception of American Idol. The corpse of The Simpsons will remain animated for at least two more seasons, and Sleepy Hollow somehow dodged a bullet. In better news, Bob’s Burgers is continuing as well, so at least there’s that.