Chicago native Danny Pudi and "Community" fans got a big surprise Friday during a flurry of news about what we'll be watching on the TV networks this fall. The beleaguered NBC sitcom has been renewed for fifth season.
"Wild times and I truly didn't know what to expect. But that's always been our show--we never know what to expect," Pudi wrote in an email. "Gotta thank the fans [and] my mom for cheering on the Greendale gang. GO BULLS!"
Did I mention Pudi's from Chicago? The city's film and TV industry also received good news Friday: At least five shows set to air during the 2013-14 season will be filmed in Chicago, the Tribune reports.
NBC's "Chicago Fire" will be back, and with it a police-themed spin-off series called "Chicago PD." NBC also picked up the new midseason series "Crisis," a political thriller starring Dermot Mulroney and Gillian Anderson.
ABC picked up two Chicago-filmed pilots. "Betrayal" stars James Cromwell and Hannah Ware, who already knows Chicago after filming two seasons of "Boss" here. She plays a woman who has an affair with the lawyer squaring off against her husband in court. "Mind Games," which was called "Influence" when the pilot filmed here in the spring, stars Steve Zahn and Christian Slater as brothers who run an agency that uses psychological manipulation to solve clients' problems.
ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and the CW will make their official announcements during their upfront presentations this week, but here's a list of shows that have been renewed or canceled so far, and the pilots that have been picked up to become series.
Upfront schedule
Monday, May 13: NBC and Fox
Tuesday, May 14: ABC
Wednesday, May 15: CBS
Thursday, May 16: CW
NBC
Renewed:"Chicago Fire,""Community,""Football Night in America,""Grimm,""Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,""Parenthood,""Parks and Recreation,""Revolution,""The Sing-Off,""Sunday Night Football,""The Voice,""Dateline NBC," "Saturday Night Live," "The Biggest Loser,"
Canceled/ending:"1600 Penn,""30 Rock,""Animal Practice,""Deception,""Do No Harm,""Go On,""Guys With Kids,""The New Normal,""Next Caller,""The Office,""Ready for Love,""Rock Center with Brian Williams,""Smash,""Up All Night,""Whitney"
Fate unknown:"The Apprentice,""Betty White's Off Their Rockers,""Fashion Star,""Hannibal"
Pilots going to series:"About a Boy,""Believe,""The Blacklist,""Camp,""Chicago PD,""Crisis,""Dracula,""The Family Guide,""Ironside,""The Michael J. Fox Show,""Night Shift,""Sean Saves the World,""Undateable,""Welcome to the Family,""American Dream Builders"
ABC
Renewed:"Castle,""Grey's Anatomy,""Last Man Standing,""The Middle,""Modern Family,""Nashville,""The Neighbors,""Once Upon a Time,""Revenge,""Saturday Night College Football,""Scandal,""Suburgatory"
Canceled/ending:"666 Park Avenue,""Body of Proof,""Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23,""Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,""Family Tools,""Happy Endings,""How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life),""Last Resort,""Malibu Country,""Private Practice,""Red Widow,""Zero Hour
Fate unknown:"20/20,""America's Funniest Home Videos,""The Bachelor,""Dancing With the Stars,""Shark Tank,""Splash,""The Taste"
Pilots going to series:"Back in the Game,""Betrayal,""The Goldbergs,""Killer Women,""Lucky 7,""Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,""Mind Games,""Mixology,""Once Upon a Time in Wonderland,""Resurrection,""Super Fun Night,""Trophy Wife"
CBS
Renewed:"2 Broke Girls,""48 Hours,""60 Minutes,""The Amazing Race,""The Big Bang Theory,""Blue Bloods,""Criminal Minds,""CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,""Elementary,""The Good Wife,""Hawaii Five-0,""How I Met Your Mother,""The Mentalist,""Mike & Molly,""NCIS,""NCIS: Los Angeles,""Person of Interest,""Survivor,""Two and a Half Men,""Undercover Boss"
Canceled/ending:"CSI: New York,""Golden Boy,""The Job,""Made in Jersey,""Partners,""Rules of Engagement,""Vegas"
Pilots going to series:"Crazy Ones,""Hostages,""Intelligence,""Mom,""The Millers,""Reckless,""We Are Men"
Fox
Renewed:"American Dad,""Bob's Burgers,""Bones,""Family Guy,""The Following,""Glee,""Hell's Kitchen,""Kitchen Nightmares,""The Mindy Project,""New Girl,""Raising Hope,""The Simpsons,""The X Factor,""American Idol"
Canceled/ending:"Ben & Kate,""Fringe,""The Mob Doctor,""Touch,""The Cleveland Show"
Pilots going to series:"Almost Human,""Brooklyn Nine-Nine,""Dads,""Enlisted,""Gang Related,""Murder Police,""Rake,""Sleepy Hollow,""Surviving Jack,""Us and Them"
CW
Renewed:"Arrow,""Beauty & the Beast,""The Carrie Diaries,""Hart of Dixie,""Nikita,""Supernatural,""The Vampire Diaries"
Canceled/ending:"90210,""Cult,""Emily Owens, M.D. ""Gossip Girl"
Pilots going to series:"The 100,""The Originals,""Reign,""Star-Crossed,""The Tomorrow People"
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