Sunday, November 1, 2020

Cancellation League Update

 

via Giphy

Like the cockroaches and Cher, Chris Hardwick always survives.


I still need to re-examine last year's rules, but we can at least decide on our ballots. Up to five shows only, please. "Early bird" privileges last from Sunday, Nov. 1 through Thursday, Dec. 31.

The following shows are eligible:

America's Funniest Home Videos
Supermarket Sweep
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Card Sharks
60 Minutes
NCIS: Los Angeles
NCIS: New Orleans
The Simpsons
Bless the Harts
Dancing with the Stars
The Good Doctor
The Neighborhood
Bob Hearts Abishola
All Rise
Bull
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Penn & Teller: Fool Us
The Voice
The Weakest Link
The Bachelorette
Big Sky
NCIS
FBI
FBI: Most Wanted
Ellen's Game of Games
The Goldbergs
American Housewife
The Conners
Black-ish
For Life
The Amazing Race
SEAL Team
S.W.A.T.
The Masked Singer
I Can See Your Voice
American Ninja Warrior
Celebrity Family Feud
Press Your Luck
Match Game
Station 19
Grey's Anatomy
A Million Little Things
Young Sheldon
B Positive
Mom
The Unicorn
Superstore
Shark Tank
20/20
Masters of Illusion
World's Funniest Animals
The Blacklist
Dateline NBC

The following shows are ineligible, as they're already renewed (NBC better really hope audiences still like its marquee dramas):
Bob's Burgers
Family Guy
The Great North (not yet scheduled)
Chicago Med
Chicago Fire
Chicago P.D.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
New Amsterdam (not yet scheduled)
This Is Us

The following filler shows are ineligible:
Pandora
Big Brother
One Day at a Time
Manhunt: Deadly Games
L.A.'s Finest
The FBI Declassified
Swamp Thing
Tell Me a Story
Two Sentence Horror Stories
Trickster
Cosmos: Possible Worlds
The Wall
Transplant
The Con
Devils
Coroner
Star Trek: Discovery
The Outpost
The Greatest #AtHome Videos
Undercover Boss

Every contestant gets 2,275 points to start with:
+400, Emergency Call being cancelled after five episodes.
+450, Filthy Rich being cancelled after five episodes, with five episodes to burn off.
+780, Next being cancelled after two episodes, with eight episodes to burn off.
+70, Supernatural burning off its last seven episodes.
+655, Connected being cancelled after three episodes, airing two episodes in one night (+25) and burning off the last three.

The following CW shows are eligible after Jan. 1, 2021:
Batwoman
Charmed
All American
Black Lightning
The Flash
Superman & Lois
Riverdale
Nancy Drew
Walker
Legacies.

The following shows are currently in limbo and not currently eligible because they don't have premiere dates:
9-1-1
9-1-1: Lone Star
The Resident
Prodigal Son
Supergirl (already announced as cancelled)
Last Man Standing (same)
MacGyver
Magnum P.I.
Blue Bloods
Evil
Hell's Kitchen
American Idol
The Bachelor
Mixed-ish
The Rookie
Dynasty
Legends of Tomorrow
Duncanville
Roswell, New Mexico
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Good Girls
Manifest
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist

My ballot (I tried to grab one from each network, but NBC, FOX and the CW are sparse.)
Mom
B Positive
Big Sky
For Life
Superstore

Who's up for rebuilding TV civilization? Anyone, anyone?


courtesy kansascity.com

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