Network TV renewal and cancellation round-up + new series orders
Click to viewAfter achieving success in her younger years, the brilliant septuagenarian Madeline Matlock, played by Academy & Emmy Award Winner Kathy Bates, rejoins the workforce at a prestigious law firm where she uses her unassuming demeanor and wily tactics to win cases and expose corruption from within. Inspired by the classic television series of the same name.
Matlock - New Drama Coming Soon Sundays 8/9c on CBS
After her successful career in Chicago, Elsbeth Tascioni (Carrie Preston), an astute but unconventional attorney, utilizes her singular point of view to make unique observations and corner brilliant criminals alongside the NYPD. Based on the character featured in The Good Wife and The Good Fight, showrunners Robert and Michelle King are back with another wildly original CBS series.
Elsbeth - New Drama Coming Soon Thursdays 10/9c on CBS.
@JoelMcHale's #AnimalControl Renewed for Season 2 at Fox https://t.co/6Xx9GQSzDk
- TVLine.com (@TVLine) May 10, 2023
FOX has renewed Animal Control for a second season, but have unfortunately cancelled Fantasy Island.
Breaking: #FantasyIsland Cancelled at Fox After 2 Seasons https://t.co/n8rYUSS60D
- TVLine.com (@TVLine) May 10, 2023
#Walker Renewed for Season 4 at The CW https://t.co/7UzWTgnlQ3
- TVLine.com (@TVLine) May 9, 2023
#WalkerIndependence Cancelled at The CW https://t.co/BREBvxCjaq
- TVLine.com (@TVLine) May 9, 2023
While Walker has been renewed for a fourth season consisting of thirteen episodes, prequel Windy was cancelled.
#SWAT Un-Cancelled! CBS Officially Renews Drama For Final Season Following Backlash: 'We Listened to Our Viewers' https://t.co/6bndtUO4M0 via @TVLine
- TVLine.com (@TVLine) May 8, 2023
Breaking: CBS Cancels #EastNewYork and #TrueLies Following #SWAT Resurrection https://t.co/4GvmmlfdiL
- TVLine.com (@TVLine) May 9, 2023
After the show was initially cancelled on Friday, SWAT has been renewed for a seventh and final season consisting of thirteen episodes.
CBS has cancelled East New York and True Lies, however.
The CW has cancelled Kung Fu and The Winchesters, although the latter will be shopped
‘Kung Fu,’ ‘The Winchesters’ Canceled at The CW https://t.co/3DlBTmW8Mz
- The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) May 11, 2023
Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9