As we get closer to ringing in a new year, some networks and streamers are making changes to their lineups. From the disappointing news of HBO’s Lovecraft Country not returning, to the encouraging revelation that Netflix’s The Upshaws will be renewed for one more season of laughs, it’s been a topsy-turvy year in television. By the way, whatever happened to Donald Glover’s Atlanta?
We’ll save that for another write-up, but for now, check out our list and see if your favorite show made the cut.
Wu-Tang: An American Saga
Coming back for its third season, but will end after that.
Creators: RZA, Alex Tse
Starring: Ashton Sanders, Erika Alexander, Dave East
The Upshaws
Netflix did the right thing and renewed the family sitcom for a second season.
Creators: Wanda Sykes, Regina Y. Hicks
Starring: Mike Epps, Kim Fields, Wanda Sykes
Lovecraft Country
HBO cancelled the series after its first season.
Creator: Misha Green
Starring: Jonathan Majors, Jurnee Smollett, Courtney B. Vance
Blindspotting
The Starz series will have a second season.
Creator: Rafael Casal, Daveed Diggs
Starring: Jasmine Cephas Jones, Helen Hunt, Jaylen Barron
Manifest
Netflix renews the NBC original series for a fourth and final season.
Creator: Jeff Rake
Starring: Melissa Roxburgh, Josh Dallas, J.R. Ramirez
BMF
50 Cent’s street crime series will return for a second season.
Creator: Randy Huggins
Starring: Russell Hornsby, Da’Vinchi, Demetrius ‘Lil Meech’ Flenory
Power Book III: Raising Kanan
Another 50 Cent produced STARZ series is being renewed for its second season.
Creator: Sascha Penn
Starring: Patina Miller, Joey Bada$$, Omar Epps
Queen Sugar
The seventh and final season is due in 2022.
Creator: Ava DuVernay
Starring: Rutina Wesley, Kofi Siriboe, Dawn-Lyen Gardner
All Rise
OWN saved this CBS series from cancellation when the network announced a third season for the show.
Creator: Greg Spottiswood
Starring: Simone Missick, Wilson Bethel, Jessica Camacho
Family Reunion
Will show its third and final season on Netflix, come 2022.
Creator: Meg DeLoatch
Starring: Tia Mowry-Hardrict, Anthony Alabi, Loretta Devine
The Chi
Showtime renewed the Chicago-based series for a fifth season.
Creator: Lena Waithe
Starring: Yolonda Ross, Luke James, Jacob Latimore
Evil
The series will return for a third season on Paramount+.
Creator: Michelle King, Robert King
Starring: Katja Herbers, Mike Colter, Kurt Fuller
Betty
After two seasons, HBO announced that they would be cancelling the series.
Creator: Crystal Moselle
Starring: Dede Lovelace, Nina Moran, Kabrina Adams
Y: The Last Man
The apocalyptic thriller has been canceled by FX after just one season.
Creator / Showrunner: Eliza Clarke
Starring: Diane Lane, Ashley Romans, Olivia Thirlby
Cobra Kai
Season five is set for December 2021 on Netflix.
Creator: Josh Heald, Hayden Schlossberg, Jon Hurwitz
Starring: Courtney Henggeler, Tanner Buchanan, Ralph Macchio
Good Girls
The NBC series will not be returning for a fifth season.
Creator: Jenna Bans
Starring: Christina Hendricks, Retta, Mae Whitman
Run The World
Starz renewed the four-friend comedy drama, giving it life for a second season.
Creator: Leigh Davenport
Starring: Amber Stevens West, Bresha Webb, Erika Alexander
First Wives Club
Another four-friend comedy drama, just in a different age group, receives a third season renewal on BET+.
Creator: Tracy Oliver
Starring: Jill Scott, Michelle Buteau, RonReaco Lee
