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Netflix has renewed the freshman crime drama Nemesis for a second season, with creators Courtney A. Kemp and Tani Marole returning as showrunners. The series follows Coltrane Wilder and detective Isaiah Stiles in a high-stakes, subverted heist world, and Season 2 is described as bigger and better, with more answers for fans.
Apple TV has ordered a second season of the horror-comedy Widow’s Bay six days before the Season 1 finale, while creator Katie Dippold inks a multiyear overall deal to stay as showrunner and develop new projects. The series centers on Matthew Rhys’s mayor in a New England town where residents believe the town is cursed, and has earned critical praise; Apple Studios is producing with Dippold, Hiro Murai, and a supporting cast including Kate O’Flynn and Stephen Root.
President Trump remains aligned with Bill Pulte as lawmakers weigh renewing controversial spy powers, with the risk of a lapse looming if Congress does not act.
Following The Boys finale, Gen V is being discussed as a potential continued venture—whether as a new season, a spin-off, or another form of continuation within the Prime Video universe—though no official renewal has been announced yet.
Hulu has renewed The Testaments, the Handmaid’s Tale sequel, for a second season, extending the story of Agnes and Daisy at Aunt Lydia’s elite Gilead school. Season 1 has posted strong global viewership and is nearing its finale, with Elisabeth Moss making a surprise guest appearance.
Amazon renews the prank-realist series Jury Duty for a third season after airing Season 2—Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat—with Anthony Norman joining Ronald Gladden as an unsuspecting juror in a format where actors play every role around a fake trial; renewal discussions began earlier this year, and it’s not yet clear if the original creative team will return or what the new season’s setting will be.
Bravo renews The Real Housewives of Rhode Island for a second season as part of a broad renewal of its reality slate; the show has become a breakout hit with strong cross‑platform performance on Peacock, and is produced by Evolution Media with executive producers including Andy Cohen.
Prime Video has renewed Reacher for a fifth season ahead of Season 4’s premiere, with Season 4 adapting Gone Tomorrow; the renewal underscores the series’ global popularity and will continue under showrunner Nick Santora, produced by Paramount Television Studios and Amazon MGM Studios.
ABC has renewed its freshman drama R.J. Decker, starring Scott Speedman, for a second season, completing ABC’s renewal sweep of all scripted series for the 2026‑27 season. The network notes solid early performance and Hulu viewership, with Speedman’s star power and the show’s trajectory helping in renewal talks, while also signaling a possible expansion of The Rookie: North and suggesting slightly trimmed orders for some other series to accommodate an expanded slate. R.J. Decker is produced by 20th Television, with Rob Doherty as showrunner and executive producers Carl Beverly, Sarah Timberman, Carl Hiaasen and Jason Tracey.
NBC is renewing Law and Order for a 26th season for the 2026-27 broadcast season, keeping the Wolf Entertainment procedural alive after its 2022 revival; the renewal, reported by Variety, comes as NBCUniversal prepares for its upfront, with current stars Hugh Dancy, Tony Goldwyn, Odelya Halevi, David Ajala, Reid Scott and Maura Tierney returning, and Dick Wolf continuing as creator/executive producer.
Saturday Night Live U.K. has been renewed for a second season on Sky, with a 12-episode order set to air fall 2026 through early 2027; despite rocky ratings, Sky remains confident and backed by creator Lorne Michaels and Sky leadership, with each episode budgeted at about £2 million.
ABC renewed its two sitcoms for the 2026–27 season: the Scrubs revival and the multi‑camera Shifting Gears starring Tim Allen and Kat Dennings. Shifting Gears was ABC’s top‑rated comedy in linear ratings this season (about 5.4 million viewers) and grows to roughly 7 million per episode with streaming; the Scrubs revival premiered to 9 million cross‑platform viewers in the first seven days and reaches about 11 million in Nielsen’s 35‑day all‑platform tally, making it ABC’s No. 1 comedy among adults 18–49 in linear ratings this season. With these renewals, ABC has greenlit all but one of its current scripted shows for next season.
Matlock returns midseason 2027 for season 3 as a creative reboot, picking up 6–9 months after season 2’s finale with a time jump, new dynamics and stakes, while keeping a case‑of‑the‑week rhythm; Kathy Bates returns as Matty Matlock alongside Skye P. Marshall, Jason Ritter and Leah Lewis, with creator Jennie Snyder Urman calling it a continuation rather than a pattern.
The sci-fi series From is renewed for a fifth and final season on MGM+, with production to begin in Halifax, Nova Scotia, for a 2027 premiere; Season 4 premieres April 19, and creators John Griffin, Jeff Pinkner and Jack Bender return to guide the conclusion, with MGM+ Studios producing and Paramount Global handling international distribution.
ABC renewed The Rookie for a ninth season and Will Trent for a fifth season for 2026-27, noting strong cross‑platform viewership (including Hulu) and 8M+ viewers per episode with solid 18‑49 ratings; ABC is also moving forward with The Rookie: North, a spinoff in development.