Cancellation Jitters: 24 Shows On The Bubble From ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, CW

TV's annual Springtime rite of (anxious) passage known as "Bubble Watch" is coming down to the wire.

With the traditional upfront week set to get underway May 16, the five broadcast networks — that'd be ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and The CW — are poised to decide the fate of roughly two dozen in-limbo series.

Raising the stakes further for TVLine readers: One of the programs straddling the fence between life and death — The CW's Legacies — was recently chosen as the show you most wanted to see snag a renewal. With nearly 200,000 votes, the second spinoff of The Vampire Diaries led the pack with a resounding 20.9 percent of your votes (view full results here).

Sadly, the series finishing No. 2 and No. 3 — fellow CW entries Batwoman (with 11 percent of the votes) and Legends of Tomorrow (with 10.9 percent) — have already been cancelled.

Note: The following cheat sheet does not include those shows which, despite technically being on the bubble, are widely believed to be back next season (we're looking at you, Fox's 9-1-1 and 9-1-1: Lone Star).

Scroll through the list below and then riddle us this in the comments: Which bubble show are you pulling for most?

(Update: Officially cancelled.) With its freshman run, 4400 averaged 732,000 total viewers and a 0.1 demo rating (with Live+7 DVR playback factored in); in total audience it ranks No. 14 out of the 19 dramas that The CW has aired this TV season. That said, it enjoys the third-largest DVR bump (+97 percent) of any CW series.

(Update: Officially renewed.) As of May 3, All American: Homecoming is averaging 670,000 total weekly viewers and a 0.2 demo rating (with Live+7 playback), down 39 and 50 percent from its sire's lead-in. Out of the 19 dramas that The CW has aired this TV season, it ranks No. 17 in audience and is among nine shows that trail All American, The Flash and Superman & Lois in the demo.

(Update: Officially renewed.) The sitcom's 10-episode freshman run averaged 2.7 million total weekly viewers and a 0.5 demo rating (with Live+7 playback). Out of the five sitcoms NBC has aired this TV season, it ranks No. 1 in audience and ties Young Rock for the highest demo rating.

(Update: Officially cancelled.) B Positive's sophomore run averaged 5.7 million total weekly viewers and a 0.6 demo rating (with Live+7 playback), steady in audience but down two tenths in the demo from its Season 1 tallies. Out of the seven sitcoms CBS has aired this TV season, it ranks No. 6 in audience and ties for No. 5 in the demo.

(Update: Officially renewed.) Big Sky this season is averaging 5.8 million total weekly viewers and a 0.7 demo rating (with Live+7 playback), down 22 and 26 percent from its freshman run. Out of the eight dramas that ABC has aired this TV season, it ranks No. 5 in both measures.

(Update: Officially renewed.) Season-to-date, Call Me Kat is averaging just shy of 3 million total weekly viewers and a 0.6 demo rating (with Live+7 playback), down 29 and 33 percent from its freshman numbers. Among the seven comedies Fox has aired this TV season, it ranks No. 1 in audience and third in the demo.

(Update: Officially cancelled.) As of April 26, Charmed this season is averaging 650,000 total weekly viewers and a 0.1 demo rating (with Live+7 playback factored in), down from its Season 3 tallies (690K/0.2). Out of the 19 dramas The CW has aired this TV season, it ranks No. 17 in audience and is among seven that muster just a 0.1 rating.

(Update: Officially cancelled.) As of April 26, Dynasty this season is averaging 410,000 total weekly viewers and a 0.1 demo rating (with Live+7 playback factored in), which is right on par with its Season 4 tallies. Out of the 19 dramas The CW has aired this TV season, it ranks dead last in audience and is among seven that muster just a 0.1 rating.

(Update: Officially cancelled.) Per the latest Live+7 DVR ratings, Good Sam has been averaging barely 4 million total viewers along with a 0.5 demo rating, ranking last in both measures out of the 14 dramas CBS has aired this TV season.

(Update: Officially renewed.) Grand Crew's 10-episode freshman run averaged shy of 2 million total weekly viewers along with a 0.4 demo rating (with Live+7 playback factored in). Out of all the scripted programs that NBC has aired this TV season, it drew the smallest audience and only tops Canadian medical drama Transplant in the demo.

(Update: Officially renewed.) Home Economics this season is averaging 2.9 million total weekly viewers and a 0.5 demo rating (with Live+7 playback), down 17 and 29 percent from its freshman run. Out of the six sitcoms that ABC has aired this TV season, it ranks No. 5 in both measures.

(Update: Officially cancelled.) How We Roll this season is averaging 4.6 million total weekly viewers and a 0.4 demo rating (with Live+7 playback). Among the seven sitcoms that CBS has aired this TV season, it ranks last in both measures.

(Update: Officially cancelled) Kenan's 10-episode sophomore run — which aired in January two episodes at a time, ostensibly to get it all out ahead of NBC's Winter Olympics coverage — averaged 2.1 million total weekly viewers and a 0.35 demo rating (with Live+7 playback), down sharply from its freshman numbers (2.9 mil/0.6). Out of the five sitcoms NBC has aired this TV season, it ranks last in the demo and outdraws only Grand Crew.

(Update: Officially cancelled.) As of April 26, Legacies this season is averaging 760,000 total weekly viewers and a 0.2 demo rating (with Live+7 playback factored in), down from its Season 3 tallies (1 mil/0.3). Out of the 19 dramas The CW has aired this TV season, it ranks No. 12 in audience and only trails All American, Superman & Lois and The Flash in the demo. Of note, its audience enjoys one of the two largest DVR bumps (+107%) of any CW series.

(Update: Officially cancelled.) Magnum P.I. this season has been averaging 7.4 million total weekly viewers and a 0.7 demo rating (with Live+7 playback factored in), down just a tick from its Season 3 tallies (7.5 mil/0.8). Out of the 14 dramas that CBS has aired this TV season, it ranks No. 9 in total audience and ties for 10th in the demo.

(Update: Officially renewed.) So far this season, the series is averaging 4.1 million total weekly viewers and a 0.7 demo rating (with Live+7 playback) — down 20 and 30 percent from its Season 3 tallies. Out of the eight dramas ABC has aired this TV season, it ranks No. 6 in audience and ties for fifth in the demo. It does, though, enjoy the second-best DVR bump of any ABC series (+114%), trailing only Big Sky.

(Update: Officially cancelled.) In its second season, the Ted Danson-led political satire has shed nearly half of its already minuscule numbers, averaging just 2.4 million total weekly viewers and a 0.4 demo rating — and its most recent episode hit series lows in both measures. On the brighter-ish side? It enjoys the largest DVR bump (+36%) of any NBC sitcom.

(Update: Officially cancelled.) Despite a promising launch — the show's January debut ranked as The CW's third-most watched season premiere of the 2021-22 season — its audience has since fallen by more than 40 percent. That said, its audience still ties for No. 5 among all CW dramas.

(Update: Officially cancelled.) In its inaugural season, the show averaged roughly 2 million total weekly viewers and a 0.5 demo rating — with Live+7 DVR playback factored in. As such, it ranked fifth out of the six dramas Fox aired this TV season, beating only fellow freshman The Big Leap, which was cancelled in March.

(Update: Officially cancelled.) Out of all the entertainment programs that have aired on Fox this TV season, it outrated only The Real Dirty Dancing and Welcome to Flatch, and delivers the fourth-smallest audience.

(Update: Officially renewed.) As of May 3, The Resident is averaging 5 million total weekly viewers and a 0.7 demo rating (with Live+7 playback), down 11 and 30 percent from its Season 4 tallies. Out of the six dramas that Fox has aired this TV season, it trails only the 9-1-1s in the demo while ranking No. 4 in total audience.

(Update: Officially cancelled.) Al's sophomore run has been averaging 5.9 million total weekly viewers and a 0.6 demo rating (with Live+7 playback), steady in audience and down just a tick in the demo from its Season 1 tallies. Out of the seven sitcoms CBS has aired this TV season, it ranks fifth in audience and ties for No. 5 in the demo. 

(Update: Officially renewed.) Thus far this season, Welcome to Flatch is averaging not quite 1.2 million total weekly viewers and a 0.2 demo rating (with Live+7 playback factored in). The freshman sitcom not only shows poor retention out of lead-in Call Me Kat (which averages 3 mil and a 0.6), but it is in fact Fox's lowest-rated, least-watched entertainment program of this TV season.

(Update: Officially renewed.) In its second season, the sitcom has struggled to stay above the 2 million viewer mark (in Live+Same Day ratings). Yet as part of NBC's thinnest sitcom slate in recent years, it delivers the second-best audience (trailing only American Auto).