ABC is renewing four dramas and one comedy series, Variety reports.
The Disney-owned network has picked up new seasons of “9-1-1,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “The Rookie,” and “Will Trent,” as well as “Shifting Gears.” The renewals will bring “9-1-1” into Season 9, “Grey’s Anatomy” into Season 22, “The Rookie” into Season 8, “Shifting Gears” into Season 2, and “Will Trent” into Season 4.
ABC previously announced renewals for both “High Potential” and the hit comedy “Abbott Elementary.” That means the only current ABC show still awaiting a renewal announcement is “Doctor Odyssey.” ABC has decided not to order any pilots this season, but has ordered the “9-1-1” spinoff “9-1-1: Nashville” straight to series, with Chris O’Donnell attached to the lead role.
Of today’s spinoffs, only “Shifting Gears” is being considered for a new season. The Tim Allen-Kat Dennings multi-camera drama has suffered a significant decline in viewership since its January debut. The show scored 7.8 million viewers in the Nielsen Live+7 ratings during its January premiere, while its March finale fell to 5.17 million viewers in the same time period.
That’s down about 33%, not counting streaming viewers. ABC has touted the show’s strong start on the streaming service, but has not released additional information about how it’s performing on Hulu since January.
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However, ABC has no other comedy on its schedule other than “Abbott” next season, as “The Conners” is set to end this spring.
“Doctor Odyssey,” from Ryan Murphy and Disney’s 20th Television, is more expensive than a typical TV show, according to sources, and hasn’t made a big difference in the ratings. The cruise ship-set drama drew 5.96 million viewers on Live+7 during its September debut, while the most recent episode with data (March 20) drew 5.19 million viewers. ABC revealed again that the show’s first episode reached 16.5 million multiplatform viewers after 35 days, but it hasn’t drawn more viewers than that since November.
“9-1-1” stars Angela Bassett, Peter Krause, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Oliver Stark, Kenneth Choi, Aisha Hinds, Ryan Guzman and Gavin McHugh. Murphy created the series with Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear, all three of whom serve as executive producers, with Minear serving as showrunner.
Bassett, Krause, John J. Gray, Brad Buecker, Kristen Reidel, Lyndsey Beaulieu, Ted Griffen and Robert M. Williams also serve as executive producers. 20th Television produces in association with Ryan Murphy Television and Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision.
The cast of “Grey’s Anatomy” includes Ellen Pompeo, Chandra Wilson, James Pickens, Jr., Kevin McKidd, Caterina Scorsone, Camilla Luddington, Kelly McCreary, Kim Raver, Chris Carmack, Anthony Hill, Alexis Floyd, Harry Shum Jr., Adelaide Kane and Niko Terho.
Shonda Rhimes serves as an executive producer under her Shondaland banner along with Betsy Beers. Meg Marinis serves as executive producer and showrunner, replacing Krista Vernoff at the start of Season 20. Vernoff remains an executive producer along with Mark Gordon, Debbie Allen and Zoanne Clack. 20th Television is the studio.
“The Rookie” stars Nathan Fillion, Mekia Cox, Alyssa Diaz, Richard T. Jones, Melissa O’Neil, Eric Winter, Jenna Dewan, Shawn Ashmore and Lisseth Chavez. Lionsgate Television produces in association with 20th Television. Alexi Hawley is the creator and executive producer. Mark Gordon, Fillion, Michelle Chapman, Bill Norcross and Brynn Malone are executive producers on the series.
“Will Trent” stars Ramón Rodríguez, Erika Christensen, Iantha Richardson, Jake McLaughlin, along with Sonja Sohn and Gina Rodriguez. Executive producers are Liz Heldens, Daniel Thomsen, Karin Slaughter, Oly Obst, Howard Deutch, Ellen Marie Blum and’ Rodriguez. Heldens and Thomsen also serve as showrunners.
“Shifting Gears” stars Allen, Dennings, Seann William Scott, Daryl “Chill” Mitchell, Maxwell Simkins and Barrett Margolis. Allen is an executive producer along with Michelle Nader, Marty Adelstein, Becky Clements, Richard Baker, Rick Messina, John Pasquin, Jim Patterson, Bob Daily and John Amodeo. Pasquin also directed the pilot. Mike Scully and Julie Thacker Scully are executive producers on the pilot. Dennings is a producer. 20th Television is the studio.
