ABC Announces Which Shows Are Getting Renewed

It must have been a good year for ABC. With the exception of just for shows (The newcomers Christela and  Forever, as well as Resurection and Revenge) the entire slate of ABC primetime shows will be returning next year. While this includes some shows that were foregone conclusions, (Grey's Anatomy, Once Upon a Time, Scandal) there are a few nice surprises in there.

American Crime, despite not getting stellar reviews was a big hit with critics and is getting another season. There is a good chance that American Crime might be up for some awards this fall which may have helped it's renewal.

ABC has decided to also renew both of their Marvel TV shows Agents of SHIELD and Agent Carter. While it looks like the proposed Agents of SHIELD spinoff, won't be going forward, the fact that both shows are going to get more episodes is great news. This puts Agents of SHIELD in it's third season which according to Forbes almost guarantees a fourth season renewal next year to ensure the show is long enough to be profitable in the syndication market.

But perhaps most surprising and exciting of all is the fact that ABC has decided to renew Galavant for a second season. The entire concept of Galavant was something strange and delightful, a half hour musical comedy set in medieval times seemed almost too strange to exist, especially to last beyond the initial eight episode experiment that ABC was trying out. And the fact that ABC decided to show the show at two episodes a week to get through the whole thing in one month instead of two, and against major award shows at that, it looked like ABC was trying to just get rid of the whole thing. But even with just ok ratings, it looks like we'll get at least one more season of the show.

All of this added to the fact that ABC has ordered a Muppet Show series for the fall? I for one am thrilled.




Complete listing for the renewed shows can be found below.

DRAMAS
“CASTLE” (Season 8)
“GREY’S ANATOMY” (Season 12)
“HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER” (Season 2)
“MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.” (Season 3)
“NASHVILLE” (Season 4)
“ONCE UPON A TIME” (Season 5)
“SCANDAL” (Season 5)
“AMERICAN CRIME” (Season 2)
“SECRETS AND LIES” (Season 2)
“MARVEL’S AGENT CARTER” (Season 2)

COMEDIES
“black-ish” (Season 2)
“FRESH OFF THE BOAT” (Season 2)
“THE GOLDBERGS” (Season 3)
“THE MIDDLE” (Season 7)
“MODERN FAMILY” (Season 7)
“GALAVANT” (Season 2)

ALTERNATIVE
“AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS” (Season 26)
“THE BACHELOR” (Season 20)
“DANCING WITH THE STARS” (Season 21)
“SHARK TANK” (Season 7)
“BEYOND THE TANK” (Season 2)
“20/20”