Fox Bubble Show Status Report! The Current Outlook For Cleaning Lady, Alert: MPU And 2 Others
With the reveal of Fox's current game plan for the 2025-26 TV season, the fate of no fewer than four shows — Accused, Alert: Mission Persons Unit, The Cleaning Lady and The Great North — remains (theoretically) TBD.
Accused Season 2, with 3.5 million total viewers (with delayed playback), was down 50% from the anthology's freshman run, and ranked fifth out of the seven dramas that Fox aired this TV season, outperforming only Alert: MPU (2.2 million viewers, down 13% vs. last year)) and The Cleaning Lady (just 1.7 million, down 14%).
"The Cleaning Lady, Alert and Great North are still in the middle of their runs" and as such, renew/cancel calls have not been made yet, Michael Thorn, President of Fox Television Network and Fox Entertainment, told reporters on Sunday evening. "We love the teams and those shows, and I think there will be more to come after they finish their current seasons."
Accused's limbo status is for a slightly different reason. The Season 2 finale aired back in early December, but because it is a crime anthology with an always-new cast, it needn't be picked up in May, like most other shows.
That said, it sounds like a perfect-ish storm will be needed to get Accused back up and running.
"We love the show and [showrunner] Howard Gordon. And as you know, it's anthological, which means it doesn't have the same timetable for renewals as shows that have locked casts," Thorn explained. "So right now, we're talking with Howard.
"If there's an opportunity down the line to eventize a return that can really work for us and Howard, we'd love to do it," Thorn added. "Right now, there's no plan, but there could be down the line."
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