Status update #7 on your favorite new and returning shows

The fun never stops in TV land. Here’s our seventh status update on the fate of your favorite new and returning shows. ABC dominates the scene here having renewed the majority of its lineup in one fell swoop. Get your fix below.

ABC is feeling extremely confident about the bulk of its primetime lineup. To prove it, the Alphabet network has handed early renewals to 15 of its current drama and comedy series. Fairy tale drama Once Upon A Time will return for a sixth season next fall, and so will its Sunday night companion, freshman FBI drama QuanticoMarvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. isn’t going anywhere, having secured a fourth season under its belt. Sitcom Fresh off the Boat, another Tuesday night entry, will continue for a third season. ABC’s Wednesday night lineup remains in tact; The Middle (season 8), The Goldbergs (s4), Modern Family (s8), and black-ish (s3) are all coming back next season. The same can be said for Shonda Rhimes’ “TGIT” Thursday night lineup that includes Grey’s Anatomy (s13), Scandal (s6), and How to Get Away with Murder (s3). Elsewhere, reality veterans Dancing with the StarsThe BachelorShark Tank, and America’s Funniest Home Videos are staying put on the network. ABC has yet to seal the fates for the following series: CastleNashvilleThe MuppetsLast Man StandingDr. Ken and midseason entries American CrimeGalavant, and Agent Carter.

Jump after the break to discover what else has been greenlit recently for another go-around!

Over at CBS, long-running crime procedural and flagship series NCIS has been renewed for two more seasons, its 14th and 15th if you’re keeping count. Star and executive producer Mark Harmon has secured a two-year deal to remain with the show.

The higher-ups at NBC must like what they see in midseason sitcom Superstore. The America Ferrera (Ugly Betty) led series will return for a second season.

FOX is giving Bones fans its swan song season they most definitely deserve for having stuck by the quirky investigative drama for so many years. Bones is coming back for a 12-episode 12th and final season with stars David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel on board to say goodbye to their characters Booth and Brennen.

Creator Rob Corddry is ready to call it quits on his comedy web series turned Adult Swim late-night show Childrens Hospital after seven wacky seasons.

FX sees the creative juices flowing steady on Zach Galifianakis’ new dark comedy Baskets. It’s a funny, sad, introspective look into the life of Chip Baskets (Galifianakis), an aspiring clown down on his luck. Louie Anderson stars as his mother Christine and he’s an absolute riot, and at times he also delivers quite the emotional punch. Do I sense Emmy?

HBO‘s sex-and-drugs-and-rock-and-roll drama Vinyl, from Mick Jagger, Martin Scorsese, Rich Cohen, and Terence Winter, has been renewed for a second season.

Despite a roundup of lackluster reviews spotlighting its nostalgia factor over anything else of substantial value, Netflix feels compelled to bring back Fuller House for a second season.

 

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