I'm still reeling over some recently-announced cancellations (Almost Human, Trophy Wife, Community, and the one that hurts the most: The Neighbors), so I don't feel too bad about these other shows coming to an end for the season or the series.
But, like TV has done for decades: some go, some come back, and there's always something new waiting in the wings to get their shot.
I'm looking forward to cleaning-out the DVR and catching my breath. Of course, networks and cable netlets don't give us too much of a break anymore.
Monday, 5/12
The Blacklist (NBC; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.
Renewed
Castle (ABC; 9:01 pm CST). Season Finale.
Renewed
Tuesday, 5/13
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (ABC. 7 pm CST). Season Finale.
It started a little slow/sloppy, but, really, many many shows do.
But the fantastic Clark Gregg really held it together until it found its feet-- and with the help of the game-changing Captain America: The Winter Soldier events-- it has become a must-see show like so many other Joss Whedon creations (not to diminish the contributions of the day-to-day creators, but this has always been touted as a Joss project).
Betrayals, secrets, the "peeling onion" storylines; things looking like one thing and becoming something else later.
It's still a more tame show (and I don't mind; I like having something I can watch with my tween-age kids), but there are flashes of terrible things that will probably give nightmares (an exposed brain of a conscious person, the Deathlok project victim, a murdered person stuffed in a ceiling and dripping blood below it).
And, man, Gregg is awesome. Even without all the above, I'd watch simply because if him.
So if you missed it or didn't stick with it after the first half-season, try to hunt it down over the summer.
Renewed
Glee (Fox; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.
Another uneven season-- but at least I didn't hate it outright like I had other seasons. (Why do I still watch? There is just enough flashes of greatness or just enough pathos to keep me at least coming back, even though the love I had for it from the first season is all but forgotten.)
The next season is the final one, I believe, so I guess I'll stick with it. Maybe I'll be surprised.
I do have to give props to them acknowledging Cory Monteith's death-- and getting us to give a shit about these characters again; at least for a little bit.
Renewed
The Originals (The CW; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.
Renewed
NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.
Renewed
Riot; Fox. 8:00 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Steve Carell helps bring the international comedy game show Slide Show to the States.
I don't completely understand it, but it has to do with teams of comedians/actors doing improv on a stage that is tilted at a 22.5 degree angle.
Or maybe that's the sole gimmick, and there's nothing more to understand about it...
The Goldbergs (ABC; 8:01 pm CST). Season Finale.
Thankfully, this great, fun show avoiding the ax.
Renewed
Wednesday, 5/14
Arrow (The CW; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.
No sophomore slump with this show.
Intense, twisty-and-turny, and jaw dropping.
Renewed
Suburgatory (ABC; 7:30 pm CST). Season Finale.
This season felt "off", but it won't get a chance to right the ship because...
Cancelled
Nashville (ABC; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.
Renewed
Thursday, 5/15
The Big Bang Theory (CBS; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.
Every time I try to get out, it pulls me back in.
Not as "dumbed down" as recent seasons had been (since the move to Thursdays), but not as clever as it used to be.
Renewed
Grey's Anatomy (ABC; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.
Renewed
Reign (The CW; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.
Renewed
Friday, 5/16
Kitchen Nightmares (Fox; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.
Hart of Dixie (The CW; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.
Renewed
Saturday, 5/17
Saturday Night Live (NBC; 10:30 pm CST). Season Finale.
Renewed for a 40th season...
Sunday, 5/18
Bob's Burgers (Fox; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.
This show has really grown into one of the more clever shows on a network.
Renewed
The Good Wife (CBS; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.
Renewed
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