What's Cancelled and What's Renewed? Fall 2013/2014 Season!

Its that dreaded time again. Spring is a brewing and everyone's excited to play, yet TV stations must make the decisions of who shall stay and who shall go.

The CW's 90210 has already been terminated, which means that this is its fifth and final season. Look the writers and producers really got away with a lot on this show. Ratings had fallen, fans tuned out, but there is something really magical about that zip code that entices people. I wouldn't call this show serialized, because you can definitely tune in and out and still understand whats going on, which is mainly why I think it survived for so long, but its safe to say the run is over. Goodbye Naomi and gang!

Everyone can catch their breath and uncross their fingers though. The Vampire Diaries are renewed for another season! Obviously. With TVD also comes Supernatural, which I'm not too concerned about because I never saw it to be a good show to begin with. Also on this list How I Met Your Mother (because we cannot get enough of Barney, ever), The Following (unlike The Cult), and Hawaii 5-0.

A lot of other shows are on the fence. Revenge is one of the shows that I'm personally concerned about because of its complicated plot line involving the Initiative and the fact that its episodes have been spread so thinly this past season, making it even harder to keep up with the heavily serialized show. It seems that its much easier for stations to keep the non-serialized shows, which bothers me because serialized shows are the meat of everything. Sure, those half hour shows that take up time slots and let you laugh after a long day mindlessly are needed, but so are the shows with exceptionally good writing and complicated plotlines. Revenge is like Lost, only simpler. Although it scored a mere 1.5 in the 18-49 category, its an ABC produced show that will likely get picked up for season 3. Let me just point out how finicky the prime time system is. Last week's episode of Revenge drew in 6.8 million viewers. Honestly, I call that a good day for TV, I don't know about you. Shows, Once Upon A Time, Nikita, Chicago Fire and Nashville are all looking at renewals as well.

The Carrie Diaries and Beauty and the Beast are half and half just because its unsure if The CW will be able to fill the slots with anything, should I say "better." Of course, the CW can count on the success of their new show The Originals, which is an almost guaranteed win, unless the show backfires miserably which I doubt. I think The Carrie Diaries started off as something that could have become really good, and failed to live up to the noise and fame of "Sex and the City" because of the childish writing.


What I'm really upset about is Red Widow, which has gotten just rotten reviews and a weak viewership. I personally am really backing the show just because i think it has a great deal of potential. The first few episodes were rocky, but I don't think that its a horrible show. Unfortunately, with prime time TV its all about the numbers, the viewership and the money you can get for ads, which is what Red Widow failed to deliver. I don't want to give up all my hope yet, but I think that its a done deal when the network only order 8 episodes.

Same goes to Cult, which I predicted would fail miserably after its low scoring (and kind of pathetic) series premiere. With a pretty legit cast, the shows writing was under-developed, especially competing with The Following, which is Fox's leading show. Both had similar plotlines, yet Cult was aimed at a younger demographic, who just didn't find it appealing. After getting the day and time switched from Tuesday to Friday, it was pretty much over at episode two. Same goes for Smash, whose excessive advertising didn't do them much justice. Hart of Dixie will probably saying adios as well, as the country strong show just doesn't have what it takes to compete at the prime time level.

Well, here's what "better" might include. The CW is turning into a channel dedicated to well, the paranormal/ supernatural. Its obvious I am the number one fan of TVD. I'm super excited for The Originals. But when one channel premieres a whole fall lineup of shows that will be featuring the super-normal alien or nuclear war delinquents, cut me out. I don't know whose attention these people are trying to get but it isn't mine. That being said, check back soon for a list of all that's to premiere for the Fall 2013/2014 season.