NBC has the biggest problems of the major networks. They had a lot of weak programming (including five nights a week of The Jay Leno Show) and so will have a lot of slots to fill next season. They’ve already renewed several borderline shows and let a lot of others go.
Here’s a listing of NBC TV shows with their current status. This list encompasses shows that have aired from July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010.
Renewed
30 Rock: Tina Fey and company to return for season five.
America’s Got Talent: The talent competition returns this summer.
The Apprentice: The Donald will be back to bully more potential employees.
The Biggest Loser: More public weight loss in season 10.
Chuck: The adventures of the geeky spy continue in season four.
Community: Chevy Chase and the gang will be back for year two.
Dateline: It’ll be back next season on Friday nights and as needed elsewhere.
Friday Night Lights: It will be back for season five, the show’s last.
Law & Order: SVU: The spin-off will be back for year 12.
The Marriage Ref: Tom Papa comes back next season for year two.
Minute to Win It: Coming back for round two of more quick games.
The Office: No surprise that we’ll get season seven.
Parenthood: One of the few new NBC shows to get a sophomore renewal.
Parks and Recreation: Coming back for year three.
Who Do You Think You Are?: The genealogy show’s renewed for year two.
Cancelled (or ending)
The Great American Road Trip: No season two for the reality competition.
Here Come the Newlyweds: After two seasons, it’s over.
Heroes: No season five but hopefully a wrap-up movie will come instead.
The Jay Leno Show: An interesting experiment that was almost universally reviled.
Kings: This interesting drama didn’t find enough viewers.
I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! One season on ABC, one on NBC. No more.
Law & Order: The granddaddy show ends after 20 seasons.
The Listener: This drama was renewed in Canada but cancelled in the US.
Mercy: Disappointing ratings meant no season two.
Merlin: The BBC export was cancelled by NBC but picked up by Syfy.
The Philanthropist: “The Complete Series” was released on DVD in January.
Southland: NBC cancelled it but TNT picked it up and later ordered season three.
The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien: It didn’t live up to expectations and O’Brien and the network parted ways.
Trauma: Ended after 18 episodes.
What do you think? Any news that makes you particularly happy or sad? Surprised? When compared to other networks, is NBC better or worse about cancelling shows?
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I cannot beleiev ethat NBC cancelled two of the best shows I LOVED Trauma that show was amazing and Mercy was so good bad decisions by NBC
Mercy was a awesome show. Why not give a show a chance. Word of mouth helps alor the second season. Cant believe you would cancel this show. Give it a chance and bring it back. We will boycott NBC also!!!
Absolutely insane you cancelled Mercy and Trauma….. very bad decision.
I am surprised NBC doesn’t take some of their shows from USA Network since they are all a part of the same family – NBC Universal. There are some really good shows there during the summer like Burn Notice, White Collar, Covert Affairs, Psych (quirky but really fun) and Royal Pains. They could easily edit some of the cussing and run them like the are with Law & Order: Criminal Intent, after they have already run on cable. They could easily run for a full season. Heck, even CBS did it with Dexter. If they can edit all the cussing,… Read more »
I AGREE WITH SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE. WHY CANCEL MERCY, IT PROBABLY WAS THE BEST SHOW ON YOUR NETWORK. NOW ITS GONE, SO AM I. BRING IT BACK!
fRIDAY nIGHT lIGHTS GETS SUCH A BAD RAP..THIS IS A GREAT SHOW….
NBC has cancelled so many great shows. You do not give people the opportunity to watch the shows. You cancelled them after only one season. With the shows that are left who watches those? I have to agree with some of the post that were left. I will watch other network channels.
You are so stupid to cancel Mercy. You didn’t even give it a second chance. You have a lot of people very mad including me. I hope you go below zero. You are very ungreatful to the people who tunes into NBC. We will boycote NBC. Hope you fail.
I am so disappointed that Mercy was canceled! I purposely kept my wednesdays free because the show was so witty, funny and great! I probably will not be watching this station anymore
NBC just proved again how pithy and lacking in intellectual capacity they are as a purveyor of content. Mercy was a show which united all the diverse factions of people who call America home. NBC is a total looser and will fall by the wayside as Americans are returning to Americanism and the values of our ancestors. Keep it up NBC you are going right into the tank totally and utterly. I pray with all my heart you loose ratings so fast you disappear from advertiser radar screens and go bankrupt. YOU SUCK NBC!
When NBC cancelled Mercy and Trauma the network lost me as a viewer. Period. The drivel NBC has decided to air holds no interest to me. Bring back Mercy and Trauma and I will become an NBC viewer again. Until that happens I won’t be back. The fact that people who decide to record their favorite episodes do not count as ‘real viewers’ really makes me scracth my head in amazement. Our work schedules do not permit us to watch the shows during their regular airing time and we record it but then are dismissed as non-viewers? What the hell… Read more »
I think Trauma was an excellent show & should not have been cancelled.
BRING MERCY BACK IT WAS NOT FAIR HOW THE SHOW ENDED. EVERYONE I KNOW LOVED THE SHOW AGES 21- 50.
I am the most unhappy about AS THE WORLD TURNS and MERLIN. I wish another station would pick up AS THE WORLD TURNS, if you cancel days I will never, NEVER watch your station again. That is why I watch so much TNT THEY DO NOT CANCEL SO MANY SHOWS. i TRY NOT TO GET HOOKED ON SHOWS ON THE MAJOR NETWORKS UNTIL i FIND OUT IF THEY WILL BE ON AGAIN FOR A SECOND SEASON. i RECORD THEM AND THEN WATCH THEM AFTER i FIND OUT IF THEY WILL BE BACK ON THE NEXT SEASON. I fell in love… Read more »
law and order should get a get out cancellation free card just for being on and enjoyed for so many years. I would think with all the time slots left with jay leno show being cancelled the network could show a little loyality!