Even though TV is watched in so many other ways besides broadcast these days, the broadcast networks remain the biggest games in town when it comes to advertising. This coming week, the five broadcast networks – ABC, CBS, The CW, Fox and NBC – will once again showcase their upcoming wares to advertisers, in the hopes of piquing their interest.

And, per usual, the networks pruned what wasn’t working in the week before the big shows in New York to make room for what they hope will work. Here’s a preview of what’s coming up in New York this week, as well as a look back at all of the shows we’re losing.

NBC

The Peacock kicks off the week on Monday, May 16, at Radio City Music Hall at 11 a.m. ET. If you remember, last year NBC Entertainment Chairman Bob Greenblatt played piano while Dolly Parton sang to announce her special, Coat of Many Colors, a sequel to which is planned for this holiday season.

New on NBC’s slate are This is Us, starring Mandy Moore, Gilmore Girls’ and Heroes’ Milo Ventimiglia and The People vs. OJ Simpson’s Sterling K. Brown; Powerless, starring Vanessa Hudgens, Alan Tudyk and Danny Pudi; and Trial & Error, starring Nicholas D’Agosto and John Lithgow,

NBC is also sticking with what works, ordering a fourth season based in Chicago from Dick Wolf: Chicago Justice. It also ordered Midnight, Texas another vampire series from Charlaine Harris, author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels upon which HBO’s True Blood was based; Timeless, a time-travel drama from Eric Kripke and Shawn Ryan; and Blacklist spin-off Redemption.

Previously picked up are Good Place, starring Kristen Bell and Ted Danson; a Taken spin-off, starring Clive Standen and Jennifer Beals; and Emerald City, a new take on The Wizard of Oz, which comes after NBC’s success last fall with The Wiz Live!

Canceled are mid-season entry Game of Silence and comedy Undateable, which tried out a live format this season; Eva Longoria’s Telenovela, comedy Crowded, and midseason hospital drama Heartbeat. NBC also let go of The Mysteries of Laura, starring Debra Messing.

NBC announced its fall schedule on Sunday, which includes Timeless, This is Us and The Great Place.

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FOX

It’s been tough to launch comedies on all of the broadcast networks recently. Fox ended up canceling all of its rookie comedies, including The Grinder, starring Rob Lowe and Fred Savage; Grandfathered, starring John Stamos; Cooper Barrett’s Guide to Surviving Life and the animated Bordertown. Coming back for second seasons are dramas Rosewood, Lucifer and Ryan Murphy’s Scream Queens.

Fox also renewed bubble-series Sleepy Hollow for season four, even though star Nicole Beharie was killed off in the season-three finale.

ABC

It’s clearly going to be a new day at ABC under new entertainment president Channing Dungey. Well, except for all things regarding that network’s star producer, Shonda Rhimes, who saw The Catch, starring Peter Krause and Mireille Enos, renewed for a second season, while Scandal will come back for a shortened 16-episode season, due to star Kerry Washington’s pregnancy. Rhimes also scored a series pick-up for Still Star-Crossed, a modern re-telling of Romeo and Juliet. But ABC did pass on Rhimes’ first comedy effort, Toast.

Meanwhile, ABC cancelled several series, including Castle, which the network had seemed to be working hard to keep, even re-signing star Nathan Fillion after letting go of co-star Stana Katic; The Muppets, which came into the season with huge buzz and promptly fizzled; and Connie Britton-starrer Nashville, which has never been a huge hit but has loyal fans.

ABC also finally seemed to give up on its dreams of having a Marvel television universe all its own, canceling Agent Carter and pulling the plug on Marvel’s Most Wanted, which was in development. Don’t shed tears for Agent Carter star Hayley Atwell, however – she’s moving over to new show Conviction. ABC is sticking with its original Marvel series, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., renewing it for season four.

ABC picked up three female-led comedies: Downward Dog, starring Fargo’s Allison Tolman; Imaginary Mary, starring Jenna Elfman and Rachel Dratch; and Speechless, starring Minnie Driver. It also grabbed a movie-based show from Kevin Williamson, Time After Time, which joins previously acquired dramas Designated Survivor, starring Keifer Sutherland, and Notorious, based on criminal-defense attorney Mark Geragos and cable news producer Wendy Walker.

On the renewal side, ABC is sticking with Dr. Ken, The Real O’Neals and Friday night stalwart, Last Man Standing, starring Tim Allen, which is headed into syndication this fall.

CBS

CBS is usually the network that doesn’t have to cancel much, but this year proved different for broadcast’s viewership leader. Many of its veteran shows ended their runs this season, including The Good Wife, Mike & Molly, and Person of Interest. The network has officially killed CSI: Cyber, ending, at least for now, CBS’ 16-year franchise. It earlier cancelled Angel from Hell, starring Jane Lynch, which didn’t last long. On the bubble are Code Black, looking good to come back, and Rush Hour, looking less good.

As for pick-ups, CBS so far is going ahead with four dramas and three comedies.

On the drama side, CBS has Bull, inspired by the life of Dr. Phil McGraw, and starring NCIS’ Michael Weatherly; Jason Katims’ Pure Genius; Training Day, based on the Oscar-winning movie starring Ethan Hawke and Denzel Washington; MacGyver, a reboot of the classic series and starring Lucas Till and George Eads; and Doubt, starring Katherine Heigl.

The new comedies all are centered on male leads: Man with a Plan, starring Matt Le Blanc; The Great Indoors, starring Joel McHale and Kevin Can Wait, starring Kevin James.

CBS renewed comedy Life in Pieces, which will be the only single-camera comedy on the network next year. With such shows as The Big Bang Theory and Mom on its schedule, CBS tends to have more success with traditional multi-camera sitcoms.

The CW

Rapidly becoming the DC Comics network, The CW saved CBS’ Supergirl from cancellation, bringing it over to the network on which it probably should have started. That now brings CW’s comic-book-based shows to four, with Supergirl joining The Arrow, The Flash and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow.

The CW in March renewed almost all of its shows, while it cancelled virus-run-amok drama Containment and Beauty and the Beast, and had earlier announced the end of the long run of America’s Next Top Model.

Still, The CW is adding three new series: Riverdale, a live-action version of the Archie comics from Greg Berlanti; No Tomorrow and Frequency, based on the movie starring Dennis Quaid.

READ MORE: Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter

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