I'll be going to lists for most of the summer because there aren't going to be a whole lot of shows to talk about. Also, I find that I will have to go back and bump the VH1 2016 post for a few more weeks because VH1 is counting the new Shaunie's Home Court episodes as the rest of season 1.

The summer season hasn't begun just yet, but the broadcast networks are ready to call it quits after a long season.

A lot of decisions were made in the past few days. There were some I couldn't squeeze in (like the renewal of How to Get Away with Murder), some I creatively squeezed in, and others that are very consequential, but I choose to hold off talking about until next week.

It was an unusually quiet week (so no full post this week). There weren't all that many premieres and the only outside news of note was that American Idol and Empire were renewed. As it pertains to this list, I'm only waiting on word about a handful of shows (The Chicago Trio, Star, Gotham and Agents of SHIELD). We should know the fates of those shows by the end of the week (I also expect all the broadcast reality shows that have yet to be renewed to return too, but those announcements are typically buried in the mega press releases that will be rolled out next week)

It's the beginning of May. The fates of most broadcast shows should be announced within the next 7-10 days. Meanwhile, cable will begin their shift to their summer schedules.