TV Show Stats: Canceled or Coming Back?
(plus Spring/Summer Premiere Dates)
If you want to lobby networks to bring back your favorite shows, now would be a good time to do so.
In a few weeks, NBC (May 4), Fox (May 18), ABC (May 19), CBS (May 20) and The CW (May 21) will unveil their 2009-10 fall lineups.
Following is a list of the networks’ shows and their current status, as well as contact information in case you care to share your thoughts with the network bosses.
Summer Premiere: "Merlin" (NBC Photo)
NBC
••Will Return: The Celebrity Apprentice, Dateline, Deal or No Deal, Friday Night Nights, Heroes, Law & Order, Law & Order: SVU, The Office, Parks and Recreation, Saturday Night Live, Southland, 30 Rock.
••Won’t Return: American Gladiators, America’s Toughest Jobs, The Baby Borrowers, Celebrity Circus, Celebrity Family Feud, The Chopping Block, Crusoe, Fear Itself, ER, Last Comic Standing, Late Night With Conan O’Brien, Lipstick Jungle, Momma’s Boys, Most Outrageous Moments, My Own Worst Enemy, Nashville Star, The Tonight Show With Jay Leno.
••No word yet: Chuck, Kath & Kim, Kings, Knight Rider, Life, Medium, My Name is Earl.
••Spring/Summer Premieres: America’s Got Talent (June 23), Great American Road Trip (July 7), I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here (June 1), The Listener (June 4), Merlin (June 21), The Philanthropist (June 24), Face the Ace (Aug. 1).
••Who to write: Ben Silverman, co-chairman of NBC Entertainment, 300 W. Alameda Avenue, Burbank, CA 91523.
No word yet: "Terminator" (Fox Photo)
Fox
••Will Return: American Dad, American Idol, America’s Most Wanted, Bones, Cops, Dollhouse, Family Guy, Fringe, House, Kitchen Nightmares, The Simpsons, Til Death, 24.
••Won’t Return: Do Not Disturb, Hole in the Wall, King of the Hill, MADtv, Prison Break, Sit Down Shut Up, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
••Spring/Summer Premieres: Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (July 3), Don’t Forget the Lyrics (May 22), Hell’s Kitchen (July 21), Mental (May 26), The Moment of Truth (July 29, So You Think You Can Dance (May 21).
••Who to write: Kevin Reilly, Fox president of entertainment, P.O. Box 900, Beverly Hills, CA 90213.
ABC
••Will Return: America’s Funniest Home Videos, The Bachelor, Better Off Ted, Brothers & Sisters, Castle, Dancing With the Stars, Desperate Housewives, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Grey’s Anatomy, Lost, Private Practice, Scrubs, Supernanny, Ugly Betty, Wife Swap, 20/20.
••Won’t Return: According to Jim, Boston Legal, Cupid, Dirty Sexy Money, Eli Stone, Homeland Security USA, In the Motherhood, Life on Mars, Opportunity Knocks, Pushing Daisies, Samantha Who?, Surviving Suburbia, The Unusuals.
••Spring/Summer Premieres: The Bachelorette (May 18), Dating in the Dark (June 23), The Goode Family (May 27), Here Come the Newlyweds (May 25), I Survivied a Japanese Game Show (July 8), The Superstars (June 23), Wipeout (May 27)
••Who to write: Anne Sweeney, president of Disney-ABC Television Group, 2300 Riverside Drive, Burbank, CA 91521.
Will Return: "The Mentalist" (CBS Photo)
CBS
••Will Return: The Amazing Race, The Big Bang Theory, CSI, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, Flashpoint, Ghost Whisperer, How I Met Your Mother, The Mentalist, NCIS, NUMB3RS, 60 Minutes, Survivor, Two and a Half Men, Without a Trace.
••Won’t Return: The Ex List, Guiding Light, Swingtown, Worst Week.
••No word yet: Cold Case, Criminal Minds, Eleventh Hour, Gary Unmarried, The New Adventures of Old Christine, Rules of Engagement, The Unit, Without a Trace.
••Spring/Summer Premieres: Big Brother.
••Who to write: Nina Tassler, CBS president of entertainment, 4024 Radford Avenue, Studio City, CA 91604.
The CW
••Will Return: America’s Next Top Model, Gossip Girl, 90210, One Tree Hill, Smallville, Supernatural.
••Won’t Return: 4Real, Easy Money, In Harm’s Way, 13 Fear is Real, Stylista, Valentine.
••No word yet: Everybody Hates Chris, The Game, Privileged, Reaper.
••Spring/Summer Premieres: Blonde Charity Mafia (July 14), Hitched of Ditched (May 27).
••Who to write: Dawn Ostroff, The CW president of entertainment, 3300 W. Olive Avenue, Third Floor, Burbank, CA 91505.
— Penny TV
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