Herc read Tim Minear’s fourth-season “Angel” finale last night and got so excited he couldn’t fall asleep. Motherfucking brilliant!! Brilliant!!!! The setup for season five is genius!! Yet another old friend is back, and that friend has never been this entertaining!! Hilarious, surprising and so, so cool.
But will “Angel” get its fifth season?? It better, man!! With no new “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” spinoff this fall, word is some of the best “Buffy” writers are going to be emigrating back to the WB, turning “Angel” into a kind of all-star production.
USA Today scribe Gary Levin on Monday revealed his annual list of what’s coming back, what’s not, and what may. To the best of my memory, he’s never wrong. Here’s how Levin breaks it down:
“Renewed (or almost)”
- According To Jim
- Alias
- American Dreams
- Bernie Mac
- Boston Public
- Charmed
- Crossing Jordan
- CSI
- CSI: Miami
- District, The
- Drew Carey
- 8 Simple Rules
- Enterprise
- ER
- Everwood
- Everybody Loves Raymond
- Frasier
- Friends
- George Lopez
- Gilmore Girls
- Girlfriends
- Guardian, The
- Half & Half
- JAG
- Judging Amy
- King of Queens
- King of the Hill
- Law & Order
- Law & Order: CI
- Law & Order: SVU
- Less Than Perfect
- Life With Bonnie
- Malcolm in the Middle
- My Wife and Kids
- NYPD Blue
- One On One
- Reba
- Scrubs
- 7th Heaven
- Simpsons
- Smallville
- Still Standing
- That ‘70s Show
- The Parkers
- Third Watch
- 24
- West Wing
- Will & Grace
- Without A Trace
- WWE Smackdown!
- Yes, Dear
“Canceled (or near death)”
- Abby
- Andy Richter
- AUSA
- Birds of Prey
- Black Sash
- Bram and Alice
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Dawson’s Creek
- Dinotopia
- Do Over
- Ed
- Family Affair
- Firefly
- Futurama
- Girls Club
- Greetings From Tucson
- Haunted
- Hidden Hills
- In-Laws
- Just Shoot Me
- MDs
- Miracles
- Mister Sterling
- Off Centre
- On The Spot
- Pitts, The
- Presidio Med
- Providence
- Push, Nevada
- Queens Supreme
- Regular Joe
- Robbery Homicide Division
- Sabrina, The Teenage Witch
- That Was Then
- Touched By An Angel
- Twilight Zone
- Veritas: The Quest
“On the Bubble”
- Agency, The
- Angel
- Becker
- Boomtown
- Cedric the Entertainer
- Dragnet
- Fastlane
- Good Morning, Miami
- Grounded For Life
- Hack
- Jamie Kennedy Experiment
- John Doe
- Kingpin
- Lost At Home
- My Big Fat Greek Life
- Oliver Beene
- Practice, The
- Wanda At Large
- What I Like About You
Vote to renew “Angel” here.
