Thanks, Tuxie400! I like Shades of Blue, but I see it is suffering from the old NBC-change-it-to-a-bad-night syndrome. I forget to watch it on Sunday nights, (of all nights!) and preferred it after TBL on Thursdays. But I also see their point in putting TBL back at 10PM - a little too intense for 9PM, I always thought.

TV Grim Reaper has had TBL at 60% chance of renewal for a while based on a number of metrics. He seems to be pretty sure it will be renewed. Of course, if there's a really good few new series coming down the pike, and they don't cancel all the other mediocre to good ratings shows, then TBL could be a toss-up. I probably see it as half empty instead of half-full just by how the bigger players around TBL are acting (very secretively and strangely). But I truly think it's a crap shoot at this point. A 50/50 possibility.

Yeti - The Showrunners likely know since they're already met with NBC's top brass about next year. I doubt that anything will be officially announced until May. As for the title of the last episode, no one knows what that one is yet. In Season 2, the title was advanced as Tom Connolly, but then it was changed after it aired to Masha Rostova.

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TheYeti wrote:

...it seems the writers will at least need one more season to bring the show to a good ending, as there are too many storylines still not finished.

Yeti - This is a huge business and the powers that be make decisions solely based on ratings and line up. In other words, they want to get just the right mix of shows for great ratings so they get super advertisers who pay lots of money. They want new shows and they want seasoned shows. And they want whatever is cool, hip, and happening now as their mix.

Then there are the actors, directors, producers, writers, etc. and sometimes someone who's the basic link to the chain decides they don't want to do it anymore. Lots of different contracts, but if you have a disgruntled player, then you can have a problem. This is something I have been concerned about, but I can't specifically point to one particular player. (Although I do think Donald/Diego is leaving; he's not 'essential' to the shows' completion.)

The long and the short is that it isn't about the show; it's about the networks. I agree completely, they know whether it's been cancelled or not, but aren't saying. We can guess as to why. Maybe they still want to sell what they have? The book, the comics? And if they said it was cancelled, it would be harder to promote?  

If it's been renewed but they've not made an official announcement, it's because they want us to think it's the end, drum up more suspense, and get a bang out of the season finale ratings.