May Sweeps Scorecard 2016: Deaths, Breakups, Weddings, Firings, Sex, Resurrections, Time Jumps And More!
Some people wait until Christmas to run around singing, "It's the most wonderful time of the year" — but not TV junkies like you and us. We start in spring, in particular on this day of spring — the one on which TVLine releases its annual May Sweeps Scorecard!
Same as ever, the teaserpalooza is jam-packed with intel about who'll be getting whacked or saying "I do" or fleeing town during the finale-packed Sweeps period. Also as usual, we've slapped [SPOILER] tags on the surprises that we're not allowed to disclose (but that you are more than welcome to guess).
Wait, wait. Not so fast. Before you dive in:
• Keep in mind that most of the entries pertain to series regulars or recurring characters on shows that air on a broadcast network (i.e. ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, The CW). Also, limited series — like The CW's Containment — are not eligible.
• Also keep in mind that, as the plots twist and information leaks, we'll be updating the Scorecard (and re-updating it... and RE-re-updating it) with additional entries. And then once Sweeps commences, we'll be revealing the identities of the individuals behind the [SPOILER] tags (but only after the twists play out on air). In other words, bookmark this page now.
• Lastly, keep in mind that, if it's on the Scorecard, it occurs during May Sweeps, which this year begins Thursday, April 28 and ends Wednesday, May 25.
OK, now you can start reading. What? You already had? Is it any wonder why we love you people?
Number of characters giving birth: 6
1. AIRED April 28: Annie/Game of Silence
2. AIRED May 1: Jane/The Family
3. AIRED May 16: Mike and Molly's adopted child is born/Mike & Molly
4. AIRED May 16: Rick and Kate have three kids post-time jump/Castle
5. AIRED May 17: Ziva gives birth off screen to Tali/NCIS
6. AIRED May 19: April/Grey's Anatomy
Number of couples having sex, kissing or saying "I Love You" for the first time: 34
1. AIRED April 29: Klaus and Cami say "I love you"/The Originals
2. AIRED April 29: Hank and Zuri have sex/Grimm
3. AIRED May 1: Zelena and Hades share first kiss/Once Upon a Time
4. AIRED May 2: Mary and Gideon have sex/Reign
5. AIRED May 2: Xo and Esteban have sex/Jane the Virgin
6. AIRED May 3: Severide and Stella/Chicago Fire
7. AIRED May 3: Jimmy and Sara kiss/Grandfathered
8. AIRED May 4: Roman and Burgess have sex/Chicago P.D.
9. AIRED May 4: Jamal and Derek (D-Major) have sex/Empire
10. AIRED May 4: Layla and Avery have sex/Nashville
11. AIRED May 5: Aubrey and Jessica kiss/Bones
12. AIRED May 5: Oscar and Charlotte have sex/The Odd Couple
13. AIRED May 5: Monty and Harper have sex/The 100
14. AIRED May 8: Mike and Erica/The Last Man on Earth
15. AIRED May 10: Winston and Aly exchange "I love yous"/New Girl
16. AIRED May 11: Juliette and Noah have sex/Nashville
17. AIRED May 11: Donna tells Lance she loves him/Arrow
18. AIRED May 11: Brick and Cindy exchange "I love yous"/The Middle
19. AIRED May 12: Sara and Snart kiss/Legends of Tomorrow
20. AIRED May 12: Meredith and Nathan have sex/Grey's Anatomy
21. AIRED May 12: Alfred and Mary have sex/The Big Bang Theory
22. AIRED May 15: Henry and Violet kiss/Once Upon a Time
23. AIRED May 16: Luisa and Susanna (aka Rose) exchange "I love yous"/Jane the Virgin
24. AIRED May 16: Rafael and "Petra" had sex/Jane the Virgin
25. AIRED May 17: Eileen and Vice Principal Murray kiss/The Real O'Neals
26. AIRED May 17: Lincoln said "I love..." to Daisy/Marvel's Agents of Shield
27. AIRED May 17: Casey and Susan kiss/Chicago Fire
28. AIRED May 18: Gunnar and Autumn had sex/Nashville
29. AIRED May 18: Roman said "I love you" to Burgess/Chicago P.D.
30. AIRED May 19: Clarke tells Lexa she loves her/The 100
31. AIRED May 19: Danny and Sophie kiss/The Catch
32. AIRED May 24: Iris and Barry say "I love you"/The Flash
33. AIRED May 24: Jimmy and Lacey kiss/The Real O'Neals
34. AIRED May 24: Kenny and Sebastian kiss/The Real O'Neals
Number of new pregnancies: 4
1. AIRED May 11: Bow/black-ish
2. AIRED May 16: Molly/Mike & Molly
3. AIRED May 16: Xo/Jane the Virgin
4. AIRED May 20: Rosalee/Grimm
Number of weddings: 4
1. AIRED May 10: Schmidt and Cece/New Girl
2. AIRED May 16: Jane and Michael/Jane the Virgin
3. AIRED May 18: Anika and Lucious/Empire
4. AIRED May 19: Owen and Amelia/Grey's Anatomy
Number of couples reuniting: 19
1. AIRED April 28: Owen and Amelia/Grey's Anatomy
2. AIRED May 5: Carter and Kendra/DC's Legends of Tomorrow
3. AIRED May 5: Sara and Nyssa (as seen in flashback)/DC's Legends of Tomorrow
4. AIRED May 8: Hook and Emma/Once Upon a Time
5. AIRED May 10: Daisy and Lincoln/Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
6. AIRED May 10: Barry and Iris/The Flash
7. AIRED May 12 David and Elizabeth/Scandal
8. AIRED May 12 Cyrus and Michael/Scandal
9. AIRED May 13: Stefan and Caroline/The Vampire Diaries
10. AIRED May 13: Elijah and Hayley/The Originals
11. AIRED May 15: Alex and Ryan/Quantico
12. AIRED May 16: Greer and Lord Castleroy/Reign
13. AIRED May 16: Jane and Weller/Blindspot
14. AIRED May 16: Carl and Victoria/Mike & Molly
15. AIRED May 19: Liz and Tom/The Blacklist
16. AIRED May 19: Clarke and Lexa (albeit temporarily)/The 100
17. AIRED May 23: Oscar and Charlotte/The Odd Couple
18. AIRED May 25: Will and Kevin/Nashville
19. AIRED May 25: Scarlett and Gunnar/Nashville
Number of fatalities: 57
1. AIRED April 28: Felicity/The Catch
2. AIRED April 29: Rayna/The Vampire Diaries
3. AIRED April 29: Cami/The Originals
4. AIRED April 29: Davina/The Originals
5. AIRED May 2: Jeffrey/Reign
6. AIRED May 2: Alexandra/Blindspot
7. AIRED May 3: Alisha/Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
8. AIRED May 3: Elias/Person of Interest
8. AIRED May 4: Andy/Arrow
9. AIRED May 4: Milo/Arrow
10. AIRED May 4: Harper/Empire
11. AIRED May 6: Lucien/The Originals
12. AIRED May 8: King Arthur/Once Upon a Time
13. AIRED May 8: Robin Hood/Once Upon a Time
14. AIRED May 8: Hades/Once Upon a Time
15. AIRED May 9: Theo/Gotham
16. AIRED May 10: Andrew aka Lash/Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
17. AIRED May 10: Danny Borrelli/Chicago Fire
18. AIRED May 11: Metatron/Supernatural
19. AIRED May 11: Alex/Arrow
20. AIRED May 12: Ontari/The 100
21. AIRED May 12: Druce/Legends of Tomorrow
22. AIRED May 12: Snart/Legends of Tomorrow
23. AIRED May 12: Kyle/Grey's Anatomy
24. AIRED May 13: Gabriel/Hawaii Five-0
25. AIRED May 15: Simon/Quantico
26. AIRED May 15: Drew/Quantico
27. AIRED May 15: Liam/Quantico
28. AIRED May 15: Bridey/The Family
29. AIRED May 15: The Dragon/Once Upon a Time
30. AIRED May 16: Mayfair/Blindspot
31. AIRED May 16: Bill/Blindspot
32. AIRED May 17: Henry/The Flash
33. AIRED May 17: Lincoln/Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
34. AIRED May 17: Hive/Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
35. AIRED May 17: Downey/Chicago Med
36. AIRED May 17: Ziva/NCIS
37. AIRED May 17: Kort/NCIS
38. AIRED May 17: Russo/NCIS: New Orleans
39. AIRED May 18: Donatello/Supernatural
40. AIRED May 18: Ruve/Arrow
41. AIRED May 19: Pike/The 100
42. AIRED May 19: ALIE/The 100
43. AIRED May 19: Vandal Savage/Legends of Tomorrow
44. AIRED May 20: Rachel/Grimm
45. AIRED May 20: Bonaparte/Grimm
46. AIRED May 20: Meisner/Grimm
47. AIRED May 23: Oscar/Blindspot
48. AIRED May 23: Delphine/Reign
49. AIRED May 23: Christophe/Reign
50. AIRED May 25: Damien Darhk/Arrow
51. AIRED May 25: Cooper/Arrow
52. AIRED May 25: Taiana/Arrow
53. AIRED May 25: Reiter/Arrow
54. AIRED May 25: Sgt. Dodds/Law & Order: SVU
55. AIRED May 25: Justin/Chicago P.D.
56. AIRED May 25: Kate/Wayward Pines
57. AIRED May 25: Ruby/Wayward Pines
PROCEED TO NEXT PAGE FOR LIST OF BREAKUPS, RESURRECTIONS & MORE!
Number of breakups/divorces: 23
1. AIRED April 28: Stephanie and Kyle/Grey's Anatomy
2. AIRED April 28: Cyrus and Michael/Scandal
3. AIRED May 1: Emma and Hook/Once Upon a Time
4. AIRED May 4: Scarlett and Gunnar/Nashville
5. AIRED May 5: Kendra and Ray/DC's Legends of Tomorrow
6. AIRED May 5: Susan and David/Scandal
7. AIRED May 10: Jess and Sam/New Girl
8. AIRED May 10: Sara and Craig/Grandfathered
9. AIRED May 10: Jimmy and Catherine/Grandfathered
10. AIRED May 10: John and Iris/Person of Interest
11. AIRED May 12: Cyrus and Tom/Scandal
12. AIRED May 12: Penny and Callie/Grey's Anatomy
13. AIRED May 12: Max and Randy/2 Broke Girls
14. AIRED May 12: Oscar and Charlotte/The Odd Couple
15. AIRED May 12: Gregory and Violet/Mom
16. AIRED May 13: Caroline and Alaric/The Vampire Diaries
17. AIRED May 17: Sharon and Bert/Chicago Med
18. AIRED May 18: Hakeem and Laura/Empire
19. AIRED May 18: Rosewood and Erica/Rosewood
20. AIRED May 18: Juliette and Noah/Nashville
21. AIRED May 25: Layla and Avery/Nashville
22. AIRED May 25: Roman and Burgess/Chicago P.D.
23. AIRED May 25: Tara and Pippy/Rosewood
Number of possible fatalities*: 5
1. AIRED May 16: Michael/Jane the Virgin
2. AIRED May 18: Rhonda/Empire
3. AIRED May 18: Anika/Empire
4. AIRED May 25: Juliette/Nashville
5. AIRED May 25: Sam/Supernatural
* Applies to characters whose fate is left up in the air at the end of the season finaleNumber of characters leaving town: 40
1. AIRED April 28: Adam/Mom
2. AIRED May 8: Morland/Elementary
3. AIRED May 8: Mike/The Last Man on Earth
4. AIRED May 9: Sarah/Blindspot
5. AIRED May 9: Derek/Jane the Virgin
6. AIRED May 10: Nick/New Girl
7. AIRED May 12: Karen/Bones
8. AIRED May 12: Randy/2 Broke Girls
9. AIRED May 12: Penny/Grey's Anatomy
10. AIRED May 13: Michelle Shioma/Hawaii FIve-0
11. AIRED May 13: Alaric/The Vampire Diaries
12. AIRED May 13: Matt/The Vampire Diaries
13. AIRED May 15: Merida and the Camelot crew/Once Upon a Time
14. AIRED May 16: Greer and Lord Castleroy/Reign
15. AIRED May 17: Tony/NCIS
16. AIRED May 17: Daisy/Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
17. AIRED May 18: Cam and Mitch/Modern Family
18. AIRED May 18: Andy/Modern Family
19. AIRED May 18: Sue/The Middle
20. AIRED May 19: Violet/Mom
21. AIRED May 19: Callie/Grey's Anatomy
22. AIRED May 19: Kendra/Legends of Tomorrow
23. AIRED May 19: Carter/Legends of Tomorrow
24. AIRED May 20: Hayley/The Originals
25. AIRED May 20: Hope/The Originals
26. AIRED May 20: Kol/The Originals
27. AIRED May 20: Elijah/The Originals
28. AIRED May 20: Freya/The Originals
29. AIRED May 20: Rebekah/The Originals
30. AIRED May 23: Gordon/Gotham
31. AIRED May 23: Emily/The Odd Couple
32. AIRED May 23: Mary/Reign
33. AIRED May 23: Bash/Reign
34. AIRED May 23: Narcisse/Reign
35. AIRED May 24: Harry returns to Earth-Two/The Flash
36. AIRED May 24: Jesse returns to Earth-Two/The Flash
37. AIRED May 25: Lance/Arrow
38. AIRED May 25: Donna/Arrow
39. AIRED May 25: Diggle/Arrow
40. AIRED May 25: Roman/Chicago P.D.
Number of resurrections and/or big returns: 31
1. AIRED April 28: Carter/DC's Legends of Tomorrow
2. AIRED May 3: Henry/The Flash
3. AIRED May 3: The Machine/Person of Interest
4. AIRED May 4: "Mr. Scratch"/Criminal Minds
5. AIRED May 4: Chuck/Supernatural
6. AIRED May 4: Munch/Law & Order: SVU
7. AIRED May 8: Will/The Good Wife
8. AIRED May 8: Hook/Once Upon a Time
9. AIRED May 8: Dmitri/Madam Secretary
10. AIRED May 9:Bridget aka Firefly/Gotham
11. AIRED May 10: Coach/New Girl
12. AIRED May 10: Reagan/New Girl
13. AIRED May 10: Tony/Girder/The Flash
14. AIRED May 11: Kevin/Supernatural
15. AIRED May 11: Noah/Arrow
16. AIRED May 13: Detective Kinney/The Originals
17. AIRED May 15: Pat/The Last Man on Earth
18. AIRED May 15: Adam/The Family
19. AIRED May 15: The Evil Queen/Once Upon a Time
20. AIRED May 16: Sin Rosetro/Jane the Virgin
21. AIRED May 16: Shaw/Person of Interest
22. AIRED May 16: Mason Wood/Castle
23. AIRED May 16: Fish/Gotham
24. AIRED May 17: Elias/Person of Interest
25. AIRED May 19: Lexa/The 100
26. AIRED May 19: Liz/The Blacklist
27. AIRED May 20: Rebekah/The Originals
28. AIRED May 23: Delphine/Reign
29. AIRED May 23: Ashley/The Odd Couple
30. AIRED May 24: Barry saves his mother from being killed in the past/The Flash
31. AIRED May 25: Mary Winchester/Supernatural
Number of onscreen firings/resignations/major job changes: 46
1. AIRED April 28: Alex fired/Scandal
2. AIRED April 29: Matt promoted to sergeant/The Vampire Diaries
3. AIRED May 1: Liam transferred-promoted/Quantico
4. AIRED May 2: Dudley promoted to Earl of Leicester/Reign
5. AIRED May 2: Jane lost her TA job/Jane the Virgin
6. AIRED May 3: Schmidt fired, re-hired in lower position/New Girl
7. AIRED May 6: Matt promoted to sheriff/The Vampire Diaries
8. AIRED May 8: Peter steps down as governor/The Good Wife
9. AIRED May 8 Ryan decided not to go to D.C. with Liam/Quantico
10. AIRED May 8: Claire elected governor/The Family
11. AIRED May 10: Stewart suspended from the law/The Grinder
12. AIRED May 11: Ken fired/Nashville
13. AIRED May 11 Burgess demoted/Chicago P.D.
14. AIRED May 11: Felicity fired/Arrow
15: AIRED May 12: Han lost ownership of the diner/2 Broke Girls
16. AIRED May 12: Max and Caroline became owners of the diner/2 Broke Girls
17. AIRED May 12: Jake became Mellie's running mate/Scandal
18. AIRED May 12: Cyrus became Frankie's running mate/Scandal
19. AIRED May 13: Renard was elected mayor/Grimm
20. AIRED May 13: Max resigned as M.E. to go on sabbatical/Hawaii Five-0
21. AIRED May 15: Alex fired/Quantico
22. AIRED May 15: Shelby reinstated/Quantico
23. AIRED May 15: Miranda promoted to Deputy Director/Quantico
24. AIRED May 16: Weller promoted to director of FBI's New York office/Blindspot
25. AIRED May 16: Michael reinstated as a detective/Jane the Virgin
26. AIRED May 17: Tony resigns/NCIS
27. AIRED May 17: Coulson no longer director/Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
28. AIRED May 17: Halstead accepts attending position/Chicago Med
29. AIRED May 17: Reese rejects pathology assignment, rendering her jobless/Chicago Med
30. AIRED May 17: Rhodes starting cardiothoracic fellowship/Chicago Med
31. AIRED May 18: Lucy fired/black-ish
32. AIRED May 18: Cam takes football coaching job in Kansas City/Modern Family
33. AIRED May 18: Andy takes new real estate job/Modern Family
34. AIRED May 18: Sue takes summer job in Dollywood/The Middle
35. AIRED May 18: Burgess reinstated as a cop/Chicago P.D.
36. AIRED May 18: Roman not allowed to return to work as a patrolman/Chicago P.D.
37. AIRED May 19: Red leaves the FBI task force/The Blacklist
38. AIRED May 19: Callie resigns (off screen)/Grey's Anatomy
39. AIRED May 20: Marcel is the new "King" of New Orleans/The Originals
40. AIRED May 23: Bash quits/Reign
41. AIRED May 24: Fusco "quit" Team Machine/Person of Interest
42. AIRED May 25: Thea quit Team Arrow/Arrow
43. AIRED May 25: Diggle quit Team Arrow/Arrow
44. AIRED May 25: Oliver appointed mayor/Arrow
45. AIRED May 25: Hornstock turns in his badge/Rosewood
46. AIRED May 25: Glenn QUITS as Layla's manager/Nashville
Number of engagements/question poppings: 8
1. AIRED April 29: Matt and Penny/The Vampire Diaries
2. AIRED May 2: Mary and Dudley/Reign
3. AIRED May 5: David and Susan/Scandal
4. AIRED May 8: Stevie and Jareth/Madam Secretary
5. AIRED May 10: Gerald and Vanessa/Grandfathered
6. AIRED May 12: Owen and Amelia/Grey's Anatomy
7. AIRED May 17: Tate and April/Chicago Med
8. AIRED May 19: Alice and Ben/The Catch
Number of time warps/jump: 4
1. AIRED May 13: Three-month leap forward/The Vampire Diaries
2. AIRED May 15: Two-month leap forward/Quantico
3. AIRED May 16: Seven-year leap forward/Castle
4. AIRED May 17: Seven-month leap forward/Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Number of characters getting shot in the penis: 1
1. AIRED May 15: Doug/The Family