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What’s Cancelled and What’s Renewed? Fall 2013/2014 Season!
by: Lizzy Buczak
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.
The rumors have been circulating for quite some time now, but neither Jesse Lee Soffer nor Tracy Spiridakos ever acknowledged them—no confirmation or denial from either party…until now, it seems.
If their Instagram posts are anything to go by, they may have just given fans a massive hint at the status of their relationship with an upload on August 29, 2024 that had the internet buzzing with thoughts.
Both Soffer and Spiridakos—whose characters Jay Halstead and Hailey Upton were married on Chicago PD–shared shots from their European vacation together. And yeah, sure, former co-stars can remain friendly and vacation together, but it was Soffer’s caption, “Europe is is kinda cool ,” that made heads turn and jaws drop.
The duo also looked smitten with each other in several of the selfie-style photos taken in the city streets and beaches of Lisbon, Portugal—and fans definitely took notice in the comments.
“They are a real life couple. Yayyy…. That makes me smile ” someone wrote of the alleged confirmation, as another noted, “real ones know they’ve been dating for years.”
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Someone else suggested this was the duo finally “hard launching” their romance.
Back in January 2024, The Post confirmed that the duo was dating after appearing on the show together for six years.
Soffer left the police procedural in 2022 after 10 seasons, while Spiridakos followed shortly after in season 11 after signing on as a series regular in season 5.
While things didn’t turn out well for the on-screen couple as their characters broke up and filed for divorce, fans are hoping things work out better in real life.
Soffer previously dated his Chicago PD co-star Sophia Bush for about a year. She departed the series in 2017 at the end of season 4.
Summer 2024 is going to be one without Belly, Conrad and Jeremiah.
During Amazon’s Upfront event on Tuesday, which was attended by writer Jenny Han, Lola Tung, Gavin Casaelgno and Christopher Briney, it was revealed that the highly-anticipated third installment of the series is being delayed, with an expected release next year in 2025.
While that isn’t ideal for everyone waiting to see how this love triangle pans out (you should probably just read the book, if you haven’t, at this point), there is some good news on the horizon.
Minimal details about what to expect have been revealed, however, to make up for the long hiatus—season 2 aired its last episode in August 2023 making this a two-year gap—the third installment will come with an expanded episode count: 11 episodes instead of the previous 7 and 8 in season’s 1 and 2, respectively.
And as an extra little something-something for fans, the official TSITP X account shared a video of the cast playing beach volleyball with the caption, “see you in Cousins in 2025.”
https://twitter.com/thesummeritp/status/1790393767330984091
And even better—the series has already begun filming, which means that while there’s a wait, there’s also momentum and excitement.
me with no the summer i turned pretty until summer 2025 pic.twitter.com/sHzUuspRrs
— ash (@swiftbeers) May 14, 2024
As for those who have read the book series—avert your eyes if you haven’t—it’s unclear if the 11 episodes will span the entire third book, We’ll Always Have Summer, which finds Belly making a choice between the brothers—or if it will divert from what’s already been established to something more fitting for television (and maybe even appeases the fandoms a bit more?).
I guess we’ll just have to wait and see!
Tracker, CBS’ new hit series starring This Is Us actor Justin Hartley, was an instant hit amongst audiences after it premiered in February.
And now, 13 episodes later, the first season is coming to an end.
Fans will have to say goodbye… for now… to Hartley’s Colter Shaw, a lone-wolf survivalist/reward seeker on May 19, 2024, when the series airs its season 1 finale.
Titled “The Storm,” the 13th episode’s synopsis notes: “Colter investigates the disappearance of two amateur storm chasers that the local police have written off as an accidental drowning; Colter’s expert tracking skills lead him to uncover the seedy underbelly of a small town resort.”
Of course, fans are already looking forward to the episode’s guest star and Hartley’s former co-star Jennifer Morrison, who is just one of several recent A-list appearances on the thriller drama. Earlier episodes of this season saw Supernatural’s Jensen Ackles and Manifest’s Melissa Roxburgh guest star as Colter’s siblings, Russ and Dory Shaw, respectively.
You can check out the season finale promo below, which finds Colter working against the clock to find his friend’s daughter alongside Morrison’s character. “She could still be alive,” he dramatically concludes as the teaser ends, reminding fans that he never gives up on those he’s helping.
Many fans hoped for a romantic pairing between Hartley and Morrison, which never happened, but maybe this is their second shot at love. Even though he’s a nomad driven by wanderlust and the need to help citizens and police solve crimes, he still needs a romantic interest. For now, the chemistry has mostly been with Reenie (Fiona Rene), a firecracker lawyer who helps him get out of plenty of close calls, but there’s always a chance he’ll meet the “right one” during one of his many stops across the U.S. that will encourage him to settle down or join him.
Check out the promo below and tune in next Sunday to see how the first season concludes:
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