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It’s a Massacre as Networks Reveal Renewals and Cancellations.

The Mindy Project has been cancelled by FOX but might find a new life on Hulu
The Mindy Project has been cancelled by FOX but might find a new life on Hulu

I HATE this time of year.  Hate it.  It’s here when the networks in America announce their cancellations and show renewals and without failure, there’s always a handful of shows that i’m loving that don’t get to see another season but among the chaos is a shining light when something you imagined would be gone for good miraculously returns.

So what’s coming back and what’s not?

Renewed:

2 Broke Girls (CBS):  Season 5

The 100 (CW): Season 3

The Affair (Showtime): Season 2

Agent Carter (ABC): Season 2

American Horror Story (FX): Season 5

Archer (FX):  Season 7

The Americans (FX):  Season 4

Arrow (CW):  Season 4

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (ABC):  Season 3

Better Call Saul (AMC):  Season 2

The Big Bang Theory (CBS):  Seasons 9 and 10

black-ish (ABC):  Season 2

The Blacklist (NBC):  Season 3

Bones (Fox): Season 11

Castle (ABC):  Season 8

Chicago Fire (NBC):   Season 4

Chicago PD (NBC):  Season 3

Daredevil (Netflix):  Season 2

Devious Maids (Lifetime):  Season 3

The Flash (CW):  Season 2

Fresh Off the Boat (ABC):  Season 2

Game of Thrones (HBO):  Season 6

Girls (HBO):  Season 5

The Goldbergs (ABC):  Season 3

Gotham (Fox): Season 2

Graceland (USA):  Season 3

Grey’s Anatomy (ABC):  Season 12

Grimm (NBC):  Season 5

Homeland (Showtime):  Season 5

House of Cards (Netflix):  Season 4

House of Lies (Showtime):  Season 5

How to Get Away with Murder (ABC):  Season 2

Inside Amy Schumer (Comedy Central):  Season 4

Jane the Virgin (CW):  Season2

The Last Ship (TNT):  Season 2

Law & Order SVU (NBC): Season 17

Madam Secretary (CBS):  Season 2

 Masters of Sex (Showtime): Season 3

Mike and Molly (CBS): Season 6

Modern Family (ABC):  Season 7

Nashville (ABC):  Season 4

New Girl (Fox):  Season 5

Once Upon a Time (ABC):  Season 5

Orphan Black (BBC America): Season 4

Playing House (USA): Season 2

Ray Donovan (Showtime): Season 3

Rizzoli & Isles (TNT): Season 6

Scandal (ABC): Season 5

Scorpion (CBS): Season 2

Secrets & Lies (ABC): Season 2

Supernatural (CW): fr Season 11

Teen Wolf (MTV): Season 5

Transparent (Amazon Prime): Season 2

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix): Season 2

The Vampire Diaries (CW): Season 7

Veep (HBO): Season 5

Vikings (History): Season 4

The Walking Dead (AMC): Season 6

Cancelled:

Witches of East End (Lifetime):

State of Affairs (NBC):

Stalker (CBS):

Selfie (ABC):

Resurrection (ABC):

Revenge (ABC):

The Mindy Project (Fox): Cancelled (though Hulu may pick it up)

 The Messengers (CW):

Legit (FX):

Hart of Dixie (CW):

The McCarthy’s (CBS):

Helix (Syfy):

Gracepoint (Fox):

Forever (ABC):

The Following (FOX):

Cristela (ABC):

Constantine (NBC): may find new life elsewhere

The Bridge (FX):

Bad Judge (NBC):

 What will I miss? Of all the shows to be cancelled, Stalker is the one that hit me hard.  We loved that show in this household and that season 1 cliff-hanger…shame we’ll never know what happened!  Same with The Following.  It’s a frustrating show to watch, but enjoyable nonetheless.

What are you sad to see go, what are you glad to see stick around?  Sound off in the comments below!

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Taking the Glitter Away from Vampires. The Strain Reviewed

Sean Astin as Jim Kent. Souce: Supplied
Sean Astin as Jim Kent. Souce: Supplied

Without beating around the bush too much, The Strain (airing Wednesday July 30th on FOX8) resembles a horror movie that may have come out in the mid 1990’s – you know, the kind that went straight to DVD.  I’m not saying it like it’s a bad thing, just that, here, The Strain is purely for scares and gore while only slightly relying on a deeper story-line.

Now that deeper story-line is either about ancient vampires coming to New York or lead character Dr. Ephraim Goodweather’s failing marriage…i’m not to sure as to which as we’re drowned with too much personal information about Ephraim, his distant wife and their son right off the bat.

So just like FX’s creepy disease based Helix, The Strain (also from FX) brings us another biological catastrophe involving the CDC and those affected by a mysterious disease, but unlike Helix where all the action takes place in the isolated Arctic, The Strain takes place in heavily populated New York City.

According to FX, The Strain is about “a mysterious viral outbreak with hallmarks of an ancient and evil strain of vampirism” and is based on the series of books from Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan (Guillermo del Toro is also credited as the creator, writer and director) where the central character of no-good is, well, he’s the ancient king of Vampires named The Master.

Now the vampires here in The Strain are nothing like you have ever seen before.  Gone are the tweenie glittery human loving creatures we’ve been saturated with of recent times and in their place, creepy hooded monsters that rely on blood seeking and sucking worms over fangs and del Toro (a master in the field of scares and gore) goes to lengths to create a dark and eerie visual that offers up some jump worthy scares.

The cast is pleasant enough to watch and while some of the acting is a bit kitsch and over the top, it fits perfectly into the theme of what we are being offered up….Lord of the Rings star (or Goonies star to me) Sean Astin is there along with Alias’s Mia Maestro and House of Cards actor Corey Stoll taking the lead as Dr. Ephraim Goodweather.

So in the end, Helix stands miles above what The Strain is, but as a show where you don’t really need to think too much and can get a few decent scares and some gross out gore then The Strain should sit nicely into your weekly viewing.

The Strain begins Wednesday July 30th on FOX8.

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Watch: First 15 Minutes of Syfy’s Helix

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Eagerly awaiting what’s being touted as the next big thing in sci-fi television?  Well you’re in luck!  Syfy has just released the first 15 minutes of it’s newest and possibly biggest show Helix.  

Helix is about a group of scientists who travel to the Arctic to examine a possible disease outbreak from an alien virus that could threaten all human civilization. This new science fiction thriller is from executive producer Ronald D. Moore (“Battlestar Galactica”) and stars Billy Campbell (“The Killing”) as one of the scientists called in to research the outbreak.

Check out the exclusive 15 minute preview below!