TV Show Renewals for the 2015-2016 Season
A list of all the primetime series on broadcast networks that have been renewed for another season to air during the 2015-2016 TV season.
*this will also include renewed shows which are set to return in summer 2016. So be sure to check back.
Don't see a show on here? It may be in danger or cancelled.
The following are other lists of mine you may find helpful.
links in italics are important. links in bold are new
cancellation lists: 2013 Cable Shows, 2014 Cable Shows
premiere & finale lists: Fall 2015 Premieres, Summer 2015 Finales, Summer 2015 Premieres
renewal lists: 2014-2015 TV Season, Cable Shows for 2014, Cable Shows for 2015
other lists: 2014-2015 Series Orders, 2015-2016 Series Orders, 2014 TV Events
Main Sources: tvline.com, tvseriesfinale.com & deadline.com
*this will also include renewed shows which are set to return in summer 2016. So be sure to check back.
Don't see a show on here? It may be in danger or cancelled.
The following are other lists of mine you may find helpful.
links in italics are important. links in bold are new
cancellation lists: 2013 Cable Shows, 2014 Cable Shows
premiere & finale lists: Fall 2015 Premieres, Summer 2015 Finales, Summer 2015 Premieres
renewal lists: 2014-2015 TV Season, Cable Shows for 2014, Cable Shows for 2015
other lists: 2014-2015 Series Orders, 2015-2016 Series Orders, 2014 TV Events
Main Sources: tvline.com, tvseriesfinale.com & deadline.com
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- CreatorWhitney CummingsMichael Patrick KingStarsKat DenningsBeth BehrsGarrett MorrisTwo young women waitressing at a greasy spoon diner strike up an unlikely friendship in the hopes of launching a successful business - if only they can raise the cash.On 3/12/15, CBS renewed it for a fifth season.
- CreatorRoone ArledgeStarsDavid MuirAmy RobachElizabeth VargasABC's original hour-long news magazine.on 5/7/15, ABC renewed it for a thirty-seventh season.
- CreatorJudy TygardStarsPeter Van SantErin MoriartyMaureen MaherOne of television's most popular true-crime series, investigating shocking cases and compelling real-life dramas with journalistic integrity and cutting-edge style.On 5/11/15, CBS renewed it for a twenty-eighth season.
- CreatorDon HewittStarsAndrew RooneyLesley StahlSteve KroftThe classic long-running prime time TV investigative news magazine.On 5/11/15, CBS renewed it for a forty eighth season.
- CreatorJason RothenbergStarsEliza TaylorBob MorleyMarie AvgeropoulosSet 97 years after a nuclear war destroyed civilization, when a spaceship housing humanity's lone survivors sends 100 juvenile delinquents back to Earth, hoping to repopulate the planet.On 1/11/15, The CW renewed it for a third season.
- CreatorChristopher MarkusStephen McFeelyStarsHayley AtwellJames D'ArcyEnver GjokajIn 1946, Peggy Carter is relegated to secretarial duties in the Strategic Scientific Reserve (SSR). When Howard Stark is accused of treason, he secretly recruits Peggy to clear his name with the help of his butler, Edwin Jarvis.On 5/7/15, ABC renewed it for a second season.
- CreatorMaurissa TancharoenJed WhedonJoss WhedonStarsClark GreggMing-Na WenBrett DaltonThe missions of the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division.On 5/7/15, ABC renewed it for a third season.
- CreatorElise DoganieriBertram van MunsterStarsPhil KeoghanJoyce AguUchenna AguMultiple teams race around the globe for $1,000,000 to 'amazing' locations.On 5/11/15, CBS renewed it for a twenty-seventh season.
- StarsJess HarnellTom BergeronBob SagetViewers from around America send in home videos with comedic moments.on 5/7/15, ABC renewed it for a twenty-sixth season.
- CreatorJohn RidleyStarsFelicity HuffmanRegina KingTimothy HuttonSeasonal anthology series. Season 1: The lives of the participants in a trial with significant racial motives are forever changed during the legal process.On 5/7/15, ABC renewed it for a second season.
- CreatorSimon FullerStarsRyan SeacrestMark ThompsonRandy JacksonTwelve American finalists (six men and six women) compete in a singing contest.On 5/11/15, FOX renewed it for a fifteenth & final season.
- CreatorMark BurnettStarsDonald TrumpKendra ToddTana GoertzContestants compete for a job as an apprentice to billionaire American Donald Trump.On 2/16/17, NBC renewed it for a fifteenth season.
- CreatorJohn McNamaraStarsDavid DuchovnyGrey DamonGethin AnthonyA gritty 1960s cop drama about LAPD detective Sam Hodiak and his trainee, who must deal with gangs, brutal crimes, changing times, family crises and unhinged manipulative small-time crook Charles Manson, who's slowly building his cult.On 6/25/15, NBC renewed it for a second season.
- CreatorGreg BerlantiMarc GuggenheimAndrew KreisbergStarsStephen AmellKatie CassidyDavid RamseySpoiled billionaire playboy Oliver Queen is missing and presumed dead when his yacht is lost at sea. He returns five years later a changed man, determined to clean up the city as a hooded vigilante armed with a bow.On 1/11/15, The CW renewed it for a fourth season.
- CreatorMike FleissStarsChris HarrisonBrad WomackJesse PalmerA single bachelor dates multiple women over several weeks, narrowing them down to hopefully find his true love.on 5/7/15, ABC renewed it for a twentieth season.
- CreatorMark BurnettStarsBarbara CorcoranMark CubanLori GreinerWhat happens after the deals on Shark Tank.on 5/7/15, ABC renewed it for a second season.
- CreatorChuck LorreBill PradyStarsJohnny GaleckiJim ParsonsKaley CuocoA woman who moves into an apartment across the hall from two brilliant but socially awkward physicists shows them how little they know about life outside of the laboratory.On 3/12/14, CBS renewed it for a ninth season.
- CreatorJohn de MolRon DieselStarsJulie Chen MoonvesClayton HalseyPhil ProctorContestants must compete against each other for a chance to win $500,000 in a house wired with cameras and microphones, capturing their every move for a TV and Internet audience.On 9/24/14, CBS renewed it for a eighteenth season.
- CreatorKenya BarrisStarsAnthony AndersonTracee Ellis RossMarcus ScribnerA family man struggles to gain a sense of cultural identity while raising his kids in a predominantly white, upper-middle-class neighborhood.On 5/7/15, ABC renewed it for a second season.
- CreatorJon BokenkampStarsJames SpaderMegan BooneDiego KlattenhoffA new FBI profiler, Elizabeth Keen, has her entire life uprooted when a mysterious criminal, Raymond Reddington, who has eluded capture for decades, turns himself in and insists on speaking only to her.On 2/5/15, NBC renewed it for a third season.
- CreatorMitchell BurgessRobin GreenStarsDonnie WahlbergBridget MoynahanWill EstesRevolves around a family of New York cops.On 5/11/15, CBS renewed it for a sixth season.
- CreatorLoren BouchardJim DauteriveStarsH. Jon BenjaminDan MintzEugene MirmanBob Belcher runs a struggling burger shop with his wife and three children.On 1/8/15, Fox renewed it for a sixth season of 22 episodes.
- CreatorHart HansonStarsEmily DeschanelDavid BoreanazMichaela ConlinF.B.I. Special Agent Seeley Booth teams up with the Jeffersonian's top anthropologist, Dr. Temperance Brennan, to investigate cases where all that's left of the victims are their bones.On 5/8/15, FOX renewed it for an eleventh season.
- CreatorDan GoorMichael SchurStarsAndy SambergStephanie BeatrizTerry CrewsComedy series following the exploits of Det. Jake Peralta and his diverse, lovable colleagues as they police the NYPD's 99th Precinct.on 1/17/15, Fox renewed it for a third season.
- CreatorJerrod CarmichaelWillie HunterAri KatcherStarsJerrod CarmichaelAmber Stevens WestLil Rel HoweryStand-up comedian Jerrod Carmichael navigates through life with his therapist-in-training girlfriend and his heavily-opinionated family.On 9/14/15, NBC renewed it for a second season.
- CreatorAndrew W. MarloweStarsNathan FillionStana KaticSusan SullivanWhen a psychopath commits murders based on novelist Castle's books, Detective Beckett seeks his help to solve the case. He decides to work with her and uses his experiences as research for his novels.On 5/7/15, ABC renewed it for an eighth season.
- CreatorMichael BrandtDerek HaasStarsTaylor KinneyChristian StolteEamonn WalkerThe story of firefighters and paramedics in the city of Chicago, both on a personal and professional level.On 2/5/15, NBC renewed it for a fourth season.
- CreatorMichael BrandtDerek HaasMatt OlmsteadStarsJason BeghePatrick John FluegerMarina SquerciatiFollows District 21 of the Chicago Police Department, made up of two different groups: the uniformed cops and the Intelligence Unit.On 2/5/15, NBC renewed it for a third season.
- CreatorJeff DavisStarsKirsten VangsnessMatthew Gray GublerA.J. CookA group of criminal profilers who work for the FBI as members of its Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) using behavioral analysis and profiling to help investigate crimes and find the suspect known as the unsub.On 5/11/15, CBS renewed it for a eleventh season.
- CreatorAnn DonahueCarol MendelsohnAnthony E. ZuikerStarsPatricia ArquetteJames Van Der BeekShad MossSpecial agent Avery Ryan works to solve internet related crimes as a cyberpsychologist for the Federal Bureau of Investigation.On 5/11/15, CBS renewed it for a second season.
- StarsCarrie Ann InabaBruno TonioliTom BergeronU.S. reality show based on the British series "Strictly Come Dancing," where celebrities partner up with professional dancers and compete against each other in weekly elimination rounds to determine a winner.on 5/7/15, ABC renewed it for a twenty-first season.
- CreatorRobert DohertyStarsJonny Lee MillerLucy LiuAidan QuinnA crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in London, eccentric Sherlock escapes to New York where his father forces him to live with his worst nightmare - a sober companion, Dr. Watson.On 5/11/15, CBS renewed it for a fourth season.
- CreatorLee DanielsDanny StrongStarsTerrence HowardTaraji P. HensonJussie SmollettA hip-hop mogul must choose a successor among his three sons who are battling for control over his multi-million dollar company, while his ex-wife schemes to reclaim what is hers.on 1/17/15, Fox renewed it for a second season.
- CreatorGreg BerlantiGeoff JohnsAndrew KreisbergStarsGrant GustinCandice PattonDanielle PanabakerAfter being struck by lightning, Barry Allen wakes up from his coma to discover he's been given the power of super speed, becoming the Flash, and fighting crime in Central City.On 1/11/15, The CW renewed it for a second season.
- StarsTony DungyMike FlorioRodney HarrisonWeekly NFL highlight show that also previews NBC's Sunday Night Football..On 12/14/11, FOX renewed it for a tenth season.
- CreatorNahnatchka KhanStarsRandall ParkConstance WuHudson YangA Taiwanese family makes their way in America during the 1990s.On 5/7/15, ABC renewed it for a second season.
- CreatorDan FogelmanStarsJoshua SasseTimothy OmundsonVinnie JonesA musical comedy adventure featuring a knight on a quest for love who helps a childish king to see the error of his ways.On 5/7/15, ABC renewed it for an second season.
- CreatorAdam F. GoldbergStarsWendi McLendon-CoveySean GiambroneTroy GentileThis ABC show takes place in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania in the 1980s and follows the lives of a family named The Goldbergs.on 5/7/15, ABC renewed it for a third season.
- CreatorMichelle KingRobert KingStarsJulianna MarguliesChris NothJosh CharlesAlicia Florrick has been a good wife to her husband, a former state's attorney. After a very humiliating sex and corruption scandal, he is behind bars. She must now provide for her family and returns to work as a litigator in a law firm.On 5/11/15, CBS renewed it for a seventh season.
- CreatorBruno HellerStarsBen McKenzieJada Pinkett SmithDonal LogueThe story behind Detective James Gordon's rise to prominence in Gotham City in the years before Batman's arrival.on 1/17/15, Fox renewed it for a second season.
- CreatorShonda RhimesMichelle LirtzmanStarsEllen PompeoChandra WilsonJames Pickens Jr.A drama centered on the personal and professional lives of five surgical interns and their supervisors.on 5/7/15, ABC renewed it for a twelfth season.
- CreatorStephen CarpenterDavid GreenwaltJim KoufStarsDavid GiuntoliRussell HornsbySilas Weir MitchellA homicide detective discovers he is a descendant of hunters who fight supernatural forces.On 2/5/15, NBC renewed it for a fifth season.
- CreatorPeter M. LenkovAlex KurtzmanLeonard FreemanStarsAlex O'LoughlinScott CaanTaylor WilyWhen Steve McGarrett returns home to Oahu to find his father's killer, the Governor offers him the chance to run his own task force: Five-0.On 5/11/15, CBS renewed it for a sixth season.
- CreatorPeter NowalkStarsViola DavisBilly BrownJack FalaheeA group of ambitious law students and their brilliant criminal defense professor become involved in a twisted murder plot that promises to change the course of their lives.On 5/7/15, ABC renewed it for a second season.
- CreatorDiane Ruggiero-WrightRob ThomasStarsRose McIverMalcolm GoodwinRahul KohliA medical resident finds that being a zombie has its perks, which she uses to assist the police.On 5/6/15, The CW renewed it for a second season.
- CreatorJennie Snyder UrmanStarsGina RodriguezAndrea NavedoYael GrobglasA young, devout Catholic woman discovers that she was accidentally artificially inseminated.On 1/11/15, The CW renewed it for a second season.
- CreatorWill ForteStarsWill ForteJanuary JonesCleopatra ColemanAlmost two years after a virus wiped out most of the human race, Phil Miller only wishes for some company, but soon gets more than he bargained for when that company shows up in the form of other survivors.On 4/8/15, FOX renewed it for a second season.
- CreatorJack BurdittStarsTim AllenNancy TravisHector ElizondoA married father of three tries to maintain his manliness in a world increasingly dominated by women.On 5/10/15, ABC renewed it for a fifth season.
- CreatorDick WolfStarsMariska HargitayChristopher MeloniIce-TThis series follows the Special Victims Unit, a specially trained squad of detectives in the New York City Police Department that investigate sexually related crimes.On 2/5/15, NBC renewed it for a seventeenth season.
- CreatorBarbara HallStarsTéa LeoniTim DalyErich BergenA political drama which looks into the life of the Secretary of State as she tries to balance work with family.On 1/12/15, CBS renewed it for a second season.
- CreatorAdeline Ramage RooneyRobin AshbrookGordon RamsayStarsGordon RamsayChristina TosiCharlie Ryan24 of the best junior home cooks in the country between the ages of eight and 13 will compete in the first audition round and present their dishes to the judges.On 1/13/15, FOX renewed it for a fourth season.
- CreatorEileen HeislerDeAnn HelineStarsPatricia HeatonNeil FlynnCharlie McDermottThe daily mishaps of a married woman and her semi-dysfunctional family and their attempts to survive life in general in the town of Orson, Indiana.on 5/7/15, ABC renewed it for a seventh season.
- CreatorMark RobertsStarsBilly GardellMelissa McCarthyReno WilsonA couple meets at an Overeaters' Anonymous meeting.On 3/11/15, CBS renewed it for a sixth season.
- CreatorK.J. SteinbergStarsAlyssa MilanoJes MacallanRochelle AytesFollows the scandalous lives of a group of four girlfriends, each on her own path to self-discovery as they brave the turbulent journey together.On 9/25/15, ABC renewed it for a fourth season of 14 episodes.
- CreatorSteven LevitanChristopher LloydStarsEd O'NeillSofía VergaraJulie BowenThree different, but related, families face trials and tribulations in their own uniquely comedic ways.on 5/7/15, ABC renewed it for a seventh season.
- CreatorGemma BakerEddie GorodetskyChuck LorreStarsAllison JanneyAnna FarisMimi KennedyA newly sober single mom tries to pull her life together in Napa Valley while dealing with her wayward mother.On 3/11/15, CBS renewed it for a second season.
- CreatorJeff RakeStarsDebra MessingLaz AlonsoJosh LucasA New York City homicide detective cracks case after case while raising wild twin boys and locking horns with her less-than-helpful Police Detective ex-husband.On 5/8/15, NBC renewed it for a second season of 13 episodes.
- CreatorCallie KhouriStarsHayden PanettiereClare BowenCharles EstenFollows the lives and tragedies of rising and fading country music stars in Nashville, Tennessee.On 5/7/15, ABC renewed it for a fourth season.
- CreatorJeff JudahGabe SachsStarsEoin MackenJill FlintBrendan FehrA group of doctors from the Army return to work the night shift at a hospital in San Antonio.On 5/8/15, NBC renewed it for a third season.
- StarsCris CollinsworthAl MichaelsMike TiricoProfessional football games (NFL) played on Sunday nights.On 12/14/11, FOX renewed it for a tenth season.
- CreatorDonald P. BellisarioDon McGillStarsDavid McCallumSean MurrayMark HarmonFollows the Major Case Response Team (MCRT) from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS), as they get to the bottom of criminal cases connected to Navy and Marine Corps personnel.On 5/11/15, CBS renewed it for a thirteenth season.
- CreatorShane BrennanStarsChris O'DonnellDaniela RuahLL Cool JNCIS's covert operations team go undercover to investigate cases involving terrorism and National Security.On 5/11/15, CBS renewed it for a seventh season.
- CreatorGary GlasbergStarsScott BakulaRob KerkovichCCH PounderFollows an NCIS team that investigates criminal cases involving military personnel in The Big Easy, a city known for its music, entertainment, and decadence.On 1/12/15, CBS renewed it for a second season.
- CreatorDanny JacobsonJoe KeenanMatthew PerryStarsMatthew PerryThomas LennonLindsay SloaneAfter being kicked out of their houses by their wives, two friends try to share an apartment, but their ideas of housekeeping and lifestyles are as different as night and day.On 5/11/15, CBS renewed it for a second season.
- CreatorAdam HorowitzEdward KitsisStarsGinnifer GoodwinJennifer MorrisonLana ParrillaA young woman with a troubled past is drawn to a small town in Maine where fairy tales are to be believed.on 5/7/15, ABC renewed it for a fifth season.
- CreatorJulie PlecStarsJoseph MorganDaniel GilliesClaire HoltA family of power-hungry thousand-year-old vampires look to take back the city that they built and dominate all those who have done them wrong.On 1/11/15, The CW renewed it for a third season.
- CreatorJonathan NolanStarsJim CaviezelTaraji P. HensonKevin ChapmanAn ex-CIA agent and a wealthy programmer save lives via a surveillance AI that sends them the identities of civilians involved in impending crimes. However, the details of the crimes, including the civilians' roles, are left a mystery.On 5/11/15, CBS renewed it for a fifth season.
- CreatorLaurie McCarthyStephanie SenguptaStarsAdelaide KaneMegan FollowsCelina SindenMary, Queen of Scots, faces political and sexual intrigue in the treacherous world of the French court.On 1/11/15, The CW renewed it for a third season.
- CreatorShonda RhimesStarsKerry WashingtonDarby StanchfieldKatie LowesA former White House Communications Director starts her own crisis management firm only to realize her clients are not the only ones with secrets.on 5/7/15, ABC renewed it for a fifth season.
- CreatorBarbie KligmanStarsRyan PhillippeJuliette LewisKaDee StricklandEach series, a detective focuses on the prime suspect in a murder case; but everyone has something to hide.On 5/7/15, ABC renewed it for a second season.
- CreatorNick SantoraStarsElyes GabelKatharine McPheeEddie Kaye ThomasAn eccentric genius forms a team of super-geniuses who are tasked with being the last line of defense against complicated threats to National Security.On 1/12/15, CBS renewed it for a second season.
- StarsKevin O'LearyPhil CrowleyMark CubanAmbitious entrepreneurs present their breakthrough business concepts.on 5/7/15, ABC renewed it for a seventh season.
- CreatorPhillip IscoveAlex KurtzmanRoberto OrciStarsTom MisonLyndie GreenwoodNicole BeharieIchabod Crane is resurrected and pulled two and a half centuries through time to unravel a mystery that dates all the way back to the founding fathers.On 3/18/15, FOX renewed it for a third season of 18 episodes.
- CreatorSimon FullerNigel LythgoeStarsCat DeeleyNigel LythgoeMark ThompsonQualified dancers from ballroom and ballet to salsa, jive and hip-hop all compete to be named the best.On 2/1/16, Fox renewed it for a thirteenth season.
- CreatorEric KripkeStarsJared PadaleckiJensen AcklesJim BeaverTwo brothers follow their father's footsteps as hunters, fighting evil supernatural beings of many kinds, including monsters, demons, and gods that roam the earth.On 1/11/15, The CW renewed it for an eleventh season.
- CreatorCharlie ParsonsStarsJeff ProbstLillian MorrisJon DaltonA reality show where a group of contestants are stranded in a remote location with little more than the clothes on their back. The lone survivor of this contest takes home a million dollars.On 5/11/15, CBS renewed it for a thirty first & thirty second season.
- CreatorAdam SztykielStarsChris D'EliaBrent MorinBianca KajlichA womanizer helps his sister, his bar-owning roomie, and his three friends with much-needed dating advice.On 5/6/15, NBC renewed it for an all-live third season.
- CreatorStephen LambertGreg GoldmanStarsMark KellerBrie ThieleStephen J. CloobeckBosses of chain businesses go undercover to their own stores in various locations and various jobs around the store and interact with the employees. Depending on the employee's impression, it will prove to the boss how important the job is to them.On 5/11/15, CBS renewed it for a seventh season.
- CreatorJulie PlecKevin WilliamsonStarsNina DobrevPaul WesleyIan SomerhalderThe lives, loves, dangers and disasters in the town, Mystic Falls, Virginia. Creatures of unspeakable horror lurk beneath this town as a teenage girl is suddenly torn between two vampire brothers.On 1/11/15, The CW renewed it for a seventh season.
- CreatorChad HodgeStarsSiobhan Fallon HoganToby JonesShannyn SossamonA Secret Service agent goes to Wayward Pines, Idaho in search of two federal agents who have gone missing in the bucolic town. He soon learns that he might never get out of Wayward Pines alive.On 12/9/15, FOX renewed it for a second season.
- CreatorMark LevesonDan PattersonStarsDrew CareyColin MochrieRyan StilesImprovisational comedy competition show in which four members of the regular cast as comedians and often with guest appearances with other comedians and celebrities and members of the audience perform various comic games and sketches.On 7/18/14, The CW renewed it for a twelfth season.
- CreatorJosh AppelbaumAndré NemecJeff PinknerStarsJames WolkKristen ConnollyNonso AnozieA team comes together and searches to find out what's causing a rash of violent animal attacks.On 10/2/15, CBS renewed it for a second season.