Still Fake

From USA Today:

"Jussie Smollett: How did prosecutors go from indictment to wrist slap?"

The surprise decision by prosecutors to drop charges against “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett shocked the legal and law enforcement community. In Chicago, it’s not unusual for a criminal case to take years to wind its way through the court system. Legal experts said it was stunning to see the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office go from unsealing a grand jury indictment to dropping charges against Smollett in a matter of weeks.

Did prosecutors not have enough evidence to make their case?

Prosecutors maintained that they stood behind the police investigation that found Smollett paid two brothers, Abel and Ola Osundairo, $3,500 to stage an attack that made it look like the actor was the victim of an assault by homophobic, racist assailants.  The decision to drop the charges was simply a “just disposition and appropriate resolution” to the case, prosecutors said. Police laid out in detail how they used police video, private security cameras and rideshare records to identify the Osundairos as the assailants in the attack. The brothers, who worked on the set of “Empire,” were arrested 15 days after the incident upon returning to Chicago from an overseas trip. They initially resisted cooperating with police. But on the cusp of being charged for the assault, the brothers told police Smollett, 36, who is black and gay, paid them to stage the attack in hopes of boosting his profile and salary. In addition to the brothers’ statements, police said they collected bank records and reviewed text messages between Smollett and the brothers to solidify the case.

Prosecutors agreed to seal records in the case. Is that unusual?

Legal experts said it’s hardly unusual for prosecutors to agree to seal court records for someone with Smollett’s limited criminal history. (Smollett pleaded no contest in 2008 to a charge of giving police false information after a DUI arrest in Los Angeles a year earlier. Smollett gave officers his brother’s name, according to The Associated Press.) The decision to seal the records in this case raised questions about whether Smollett benefited from his celebrity or if prosecutors tried to keep certain information out of the public eye. Cheryl Bader, associate professor at Fordham Law School, said the lack of clarity from prosecutors on the decision is curious. “I am assuming the prosecution discovered a significant blow to the credibility of prosecution's witnesses or to the integrity of the police investigation to justify this drastic turnaround,” Bader said.  “Interestingly, they did not announce charges or make statements indicating any action against the two men who were initially accused and then appear to have been the prosecutor’s witnesses in the case against Smollett. This move raises more questions than provides answers.” Voters in Chicago are set to decide who will serve as the city’s next mayor. Both candidates urged the Cook County state’s attorney’s first deputy, Joseph Magats, to provide the public with more information about the decision. Magats was tapped to oversee the case after State’s Attorney Kim Foxx recused herself from the investigation. Foxx stepped back from the case, because she passed on a request from Smollett’s family to Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson to hand over the investigation to the FBI. In addition to her exchanges with a Smollett family member, Foxx disclosed she traded messages about the matter with Tina Tchen, a high-profile Chicago attorney who served as first lady Michelle Obama's chief of staff.  Wednesday, Patricia Brown Holmes, one of Smollett’s attorneys, dismissed the notion that politics or Foxx’s interaction with the actor’s family impacted the state’s attorney’s move. “Kim Foxx had zero to do with this,” Holmes told Fox 32 Chicago. “She recused herself. She was not involved."

Is Smollett completely out of the woods? Could the FBI bring charges?

A week before Smollett reported being attacked, he said he got a letter that threatened him at the Chicago studio where "Empire" is filmed. Chicago police said Smollett sent himself the letter. Federal authorities confirmed to USA TODAY that the FBI is investigating the matter. The bureau declined to comment on the matter.

Will politicians do anything but express outrage over the case? Are there any consequences for Smollett?

Smollett maintained his innocence, though Magats insisted that the arrangement should not be viewed as an exoneration. As part of the deal, Smollett agreed to forfeit $10,000 he put up as bond to secure his release from Cook County Jail after he was charged. State Rep. Michael McAuliffe, who represents a district that includes parts of the city’s Northwest Side, said he will introduce legislation this week that would prohibit any production using Smollett from receiving Illinois film tax credits “Empire” is one of several television shows that films in Chicago and is eligible for 30 percent state tax credit.  The state offers an additional 15 percent tax credit for labor in high-poverty areas. “Where the city of Chicago is concerned, Jussie Smollett is far from exonerated,” McAullife said in a statement. “While the state’s attorney has chosen not to pursue justice in this case, we need to send a message that Smollett’s actions are not a reflection of the values we have in Chicago and won’t be tolerated. His accusations and lies caused a lot of pain to all Chicagoans.” Ronn Torossian, a crisis communication expert who has represented celebrities such as  Sean “Diddy” Combs and Nick Cannon, predicted Smollett will have a difficult time getting film and television work. “Generally in the world of crisis, there's two courts to worry about, the court of law and the court of public opinion,” Torossian said. “Despite his 'success' in the court of law, the court of public opinion decided weeks ago that they will not support him. In today's climate, I don't believe the public will forgive him for this." One of Smollett's attorneys, Tina Glandian, said on ABC's "Good Morning America" that the actor is weighing whether to sue police over the ordeal. “For Jussie, what's really important is he really just wants his career and his life back. Again, he did not ask for any of this. He was a victim of a crime," Glandian said.

^ There still seems something very corrupt about all of this. I hope Smollett does sue because then we will hopefully learn what the officials in Chicago did - why they let him go after he faked his own hate crime. I also hope that the Feds come in and charge him since a hate crime is a Federal crime - not to mention the Federal offence when he used the USPS to send a threatening letter to himself. ^

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/27/jussie-smollett-prosecutors-fbi-seal-records-empire-fox/3287395002/

Blue Water Win

From Military.com:

"VA to Drop Fight Against Blue Water Navy Veterans"

The Department of Veterans Affairs will not appeal a January court ruling that ordered it to provide health care and disability benefits for 90,000 veterans who served on Navy ships during the Vietnam War, likely paving the way for "Blue Water Navy" sailors and Marines to receive Agent Orange-related compensation and VA-paid health care benefits. VA Secretary Robert Wilkie told members of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday that he will recommend the Justice Department not fight the decision, handing a victory to ill former service members who fought for years to have their diseases recognized as related to exposure to the herbicide Agent Orange. Last year, the House unanimously passed a bill, the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act, to provide benefits to affected service members. But Wilkie objected, saying the science does not prove that they were exposed to Agent Orange. Veterans and their advocates had argued that the ships' distilling systems used Agent Orange-tainted seawater, exposing sailors on board to concentrated levels of dioxin. However, the bill failed in the Senate when two Republicans, Sen. Michael Enzi of Wyoming and Mike Lee of Utah, said they wanted to wait for a vote pending the outcome of a current study on Agent Orange exposure. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in January ruled that a Vietnam veteran, 73-year-old Alfred Procopio, and other Blue Water Navy veterans qualified for benefits currently given to service members stationed on the ground in Vietnam or who served on inland waterways and have diseases associated with Agent Orange. Procopio, who served on the aircraft carrier Intrepid, suffers from prostate cancer and diabetes, illnesses presumed to be related to exposure to the toxic herbicide. The VA has contended that any herbicide runoff from the millions of gallons sprayed in Vietnam was diluted by seawater and would not have affected offshore service members. It also objected to the cost of providing benefits to Blue Water Navy veterans for illnesses common to all aging patients, not just those exposed to Agent Orange. The proposed Blue Water Navy Veterans act had estimated the cost of providing benefits to these veterans at $1.1 billion over 10 years. VA officials say the amount is roughly $5.5 billion. Wilkie told members of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee during a hearing on the VA's fiscal 2019 budget that the department already has started serving 51,000 Blue Water Navy veterans. He cautioned, however, that while he is recommending the Justice Department drop the case, he "didn't know what other agencies would do." Lawmakers praised Wilkie's announcement, urging him to ensure that the DoJ drops the case. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, said it would "bring fairness" to these veterans. "I am grateful for you in making these considerations," Blumenthal said, adding that he'd like to see the VA do more research on toxic exposures on the modern battlefield. "The potential poisons on the battlefield are one of the greatest challenges of our time." Committee chairman Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Tennessee, also promised a hearing later this year on burn pits and other environmental exposures some troops say left them with lifelong illnesses, including cancers -- some fatal -- and respiratory diseases. Isakson added, however, that the VA needs to care first for Blue Water Navy veterans. "If it happens, we are going to be in the process of swallowing a big bite and chewing it," he said. The diseases considered presumptive to Agent Orange exposure, according to the VA, are AL amyloidosis, chronic B-cell leukemia, chloracne, Type 2 diabetes, Hodgkin's lymphoma, ischemic heart disease, multiple myeloma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Parkinson's disease, early onset peripheral neuropathy, porphyria, prostate cancer, respiratory cancers and soft tissue sarcomas. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease, in a veteran who served 90 days or more in the military is automatically considered service connected, regardless of date of service.

^ I know this was a long and hard fight for the Blue Water Navy veterans (decades) but hopefully now they can get the help they deserve. ^

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/03/26/va-drop-fight-against-blue-water-navy-veterans.html

Bacon Trees

Linguistic Genocide

From UNIAN:

"No school with Ukrainian language of instruction left in occupied Crimea – human rights activists"

No school with the Ukrainian language of instruction has been left in Russia-occupied Crimea. As reported by the Crimean Human Rights Group on the results of the monitoring of education in the peninsula, the real situation with instruction in the native language in Crimea is much worse than that declared by the Russian-controlled "Ministry of Education of the Republic of Crimea." "In the 2018-2019 school year, the Crimean Human Rights Group conducted its own monitoring of the situation with instruction in the native language in Crimea. During the monitoring, the experts visited 24 schools and conducted surveys of the heads, teachers and parents of pupils. They also visited three schools that had been declared by the 'ministry' as schools with the Crimean Tatar language of instruction, one school declared as a school with the Ukrainian language of instruction, 18 schools declared as schools with classes with instruction in the Crimean Tatar language, and two schools declared as schools with classes with instruction in Ukrainian," reads the report. According to the results of the monitoring, there is not a single school in Crimea where all subjects are taught in the Ukrainian language." The number of classes with the Ukrainian language of instruction is also significantly small than those declared by the occupying authorities. Schools, which are officially declared as schools with the Crimean Tatar language of instruction, are in fact not such, and the instruction in them is carried out both in the Crimean Tatar and Russian languages," the human rights group said.

^ Russia is committing linguistic genocide in annexed Crimea. Those who speak Ukrainian or Tartar are discriminated against and many simply "disappear." ^

https://www.unian.info/society/10493511-no-school-with-ukrainian-language-of-instruction-left-in-occupied-crimea-human-rights-activists.html

EU Copyright

From the BBC:

"Article 13: Memes exempt as EU backs controversial copyright law"

Copyright laws which critics say could change the internet have been voted in by the European Parliament. The new rules, including the controversial Article 13, will hold tech firms responsible for material posted without copyright permission. Sharing memes and GIFs will still be allowed under the new laws. Many musicians and creators say the legislation will compensate artists fairly - but others argue that they will destroy user-generated content. Copyright is the legal right that allows an artist to protect how their original work is used. Tech companies have argued that artists are already paid fairly under the current system. Google said it would "harm Europe's creative and digital industries". High-profile figures who have campaigned against the EU Copyright Directive include Wyclef Jean and web inventor Sir Tim Berners Lee, while Debbie Harry and Sir Paul McCartney have been among its supporters.  It has taken several revisions for the current legislation, which was was backed by 348 MEPs, with 278 against, to reach its final form. It is now up to member states to approve the decision. If they do, they will have two years to implement it once it is officially published.

The two clauses causing the most controversy are known as Article 11 and Article 13. 

- Article 11 states that search engines and news aggregate platforms should pay to use links from news websites. 

- Article 13 holds larger technology companies responsible for material posted without a copyright licence. Tech companies already remove music and videos which are copyrighted, but under the new laws they will be more liable for any copyrighted content.

It means they would need to apply filters to content before it is uploaded.  Article 13 does not include cloud storage services and there are already existing exemptions, including parody, which, for example, includes memes. It was Article 13 which prompted fears over the future of memes and GIFs - stills, animated or short video clips that go viral - since they mainly rely on copyrighted scenes from TV and film. Critics claimed Article 13 would have made it nearly impossible to upload even the tiniest part of a copyrighted work to Facebook, YouTube, or any other site. However, specific tweaks to the law made earlier this year made memes safe "for purposes of quotation, criticism, review, caricature, parody and pastiche". The European Parliament said that memes would be "specifically excluded" from the directive, although it was unclear how tech firms would be able to enforce that rule with a blanket filter. MEP for London Mary Honeyball said: "There's no problem with memes at all. This directive was never intended to stop memes and mashups. "I think that's doom-mongering. People who carry out their business properly have nothing to worry about at all." Robert Ashcroft, chief executive of PRS for Music, which collects royalties for music artists, welcomed the directive as "a massive step forward" for consumers and creatives. "It's about making sure that ordinary people can upload videos and music to platforms like YouTube without being held liable for copyright - that responsibility will henceforth be transferred to the platforms," he said. However the campaign group Open Knowledge International described it as "a massive blow" for the internet. "We now risk the creation of a more closed society at the very time we should be using digital advances to build a more open world where knowledge creates power for the many, not the few," said chief executive Catherine Stihler. Google said that while the latest version of the directive was improved, there remained "legal uncertainty". "The details matter and we look forward to working with policy-makers, publishers, creators and rights holders, as EU member states move to implement these new rules," it said.  Kathy Berry, senior lawyer at Linklaters, said more detail was required about how Article 13 would be enforced. "While Article 13 may have noble aims, in its current form it functions as little more than a set of ideals, with very little guidance on exactly which service providers will be caught by it or what steps will be sufficient to comply," she said. European Parliament Rapporteur Axel Voss said the legislation was designed to protect people's livelihoods. "This directive is an important step towards correcting a situation which has allowed a few companies to earn huge sums of money without properly remunerating the thousands of creatives and journalists whose work they depend on," he said. "It helps make the internet ready for the future, a space which benefits everyone, not only a powerful few."

^ Doesn't the EU have more important things to do right now? Like try to figure out Brexit and how it will affect the millions upon millions of EU citizens. ^

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47708144

Best/Worst Passports

From CNN:

"Henley Index: Japan tops 2019 list of world's most powerful passports"

The country with the world's most powerful passport in 2019 is ... Japan. Again. That's the view of the Henley Passport Index, which periodically measures the access each country's travel document affords.  It's the second time in a row that the Asian nation has come out on top in the index, which is revised quarterly.  Japan retains its top spot as the world's most travel-friendly passport thanks to the document's access to 190 countries. South Korea edged up the ranking from October's index to join Singapore, offering access to 189 jurisdictions, thanks to a new visa-on-arrival agreement with India.  That the top countries in the list are all Asian -- along with other significant movers from the region -- shows that many Asia nations are "sustaining a high comfort level with mutually beneficial economic migration," Parag Khanna, the founder and managing partner of FutureMap in Singapore, told Henley & Partners. Elsewhere in the region, China jumped almost 20 places in just two years, from 85th in 2017 to 69th this year. European countries also performed favorably, with European Union member states (along with Norway and the US) filling in the places behind the top three nations -- although the UK continues to drop down the rankings, along with the US.  The two held joint-first position in 2015, according to a press release from the firm.  Henley & Partners' Group Chairman Christian Kalin, who created the Passport Index, says the ranking is a bright spot in an increasingly isolationist world. "The general spread of open-door policies has the potential to contribute billions to the global economy, as well as create significant employment opportunities around the world," he said.  "South Korea and the United Arab Emirates' recent ascent in the rankings are further examples of what happens when countries take a proactive foreign affairs approach, an attitude which significantly benefits their citizens as well as the international community." What the UK's anticipated withdrawal from the EU, set for March 29, will do for Brits' ability to travel visa free remains to be seen. As the country heads to the exit, possibly without a deal, their ability to travel visa-free to EU countries could be compromised. "While the deal hangs in the balance, it is difficult to anticipate what the ultimate ramifications will be for EU and UK citizens, as well as for EU and UK trade and co-operation," the press release says.  Simone Bertoli, professor of economics at Université Clermont Auvergne (CERDI) in France and a research fellow at the Institute of Labor Economics in Germany told the company that restricted freedom of movement could spell disaster for the finance sector of Britain's capital.  "London's finance sector could lose a substantial part of its appeal, and other European countries (notably, France, Germany, and Ireland) could decide to strengthen policy measures to attract financial sector workers." The index, compiled by global citizenship and residence advisory firm Henley & Partners, says it bases its ranking on "exclusive" data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA), and "is enhanced by extensive, ongoing research by the Henley & Partners Research Department."

The best passports to hold at the beginning of 2019 are:

1. Japan (190 countries)

2. Singapore, South Korea (189)

3. France, Germany (188)

4. Denmark, Finland, Italy, Sweden (187)

5. Luxembourg, Spain (186)

6. Austria, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States (185)

7. Belgium, Canada, Greece, Ireland (184)

8. Czech Republic (183)

9. Malta (182)

10. Australia, Iceland, New Zealand (181)

The worst passports to hold

Several countries around the world have visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to fewer than 40 countries. These include:

99. Palestinian Territory, Sudan (39 countries)

100. Eritrea (38)

101. Yemen (37)

102. Pakistan (33)

103. Somalia, Syria (32)

104. Afghanistan, Iraq (30)

Other indexes

Henley & Partner's list is one of several indexes created by financial firms to rank global passports according to the access they provide to their citizens. The Henley Passport Index is based on data provided by the International Air Transport Authority (IATA) and covers 199 passports and 227 travel destinations. It is updated in real time throughout the year, as and when visa policy changes come into effect. Arton Capital's Passport Index takes into consideration the passports of 193 United Nations member countries and six territories -- ROC Taiwan, Macau (SAR China), Hong Kong (SAR China), Kosovo, Palestinian Territory and the Vatican. Territories annexed to other countries are excluded.Its 2019 index put the UAE on top with a "visa-free score" of 167, followed by Germany on 166 and Singapore, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Luxembourg, France, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Norway, South Korea and the US ranked third-equal with a score of 165.

^ None of these rankings really surprised me. ^

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/henley-index-world-best-passport-2019-intl/index.html

2019 TV

From Rotten Tomatoes:
"Renewed and Cancelled TV Shows 2019"

Find out what other shows are ending and which ones are set to return in Rotten Tomatoes’ list of renewed and cancelled series below!

13 Reasons Why: season 3 (Netflix)  – Renewed
9-1-1: season 3 (Fox) – Renewed

A Discovery of Witches: seasons 2 and 3 (Sundance Now) – Renewed 
Absentia: season 2 (Prime Video) – Renewed
The Affair: season 5 (Showtime) – Cancelled (after final season)
Agatha Raisin: season 3 (Acorn TV) – Renewed
Aggretsuko: season 2 (Netflix) – Renewed
Alexa & Katie: season 3 (Netflix) – Renewed
The Alienist: season 2 (TNT) – Renewed
Alone Together: season 2 (Freeform) – Cancelled
Altered Carbon: season 2 (Netflix) – Renewed
American Crime Story: season 3 (FX) – Renewed
American Gods: season 3 (Starz) – Renewed
American Horror Story: seasons 9 and 10 (FX) – Renewed
American Ninja Warrior: season 8 (NBC) – Renewed
American Vandal: season 2 (Netflix) – Cancelled
The Amazing Race: season 31 (CBS) – Renewed
Angie Tribeca: season 4 (TBS) – Renewed
Animal Kingdom: season 4 (TNT) – Renewed
Animals: season 3 (HBO)  – Cancelled
Anne With an E: season 3 (Netflix) – Renewed
Another Period: season 3 (Comedy Central) – Cancelled
Arrow: season 8 (The CW) – Cancelled (after eighth and final season)
Atlanta: season 3 (FX)  – Renewed 
Atypical: season 3 (Netflix) – Renewed
Axios: season 2 (HBO) – Renewed

Bachelor in Paradise: season 6 (ABC) – Renewed
Ballers: season 5 (HBO) – Renewed
The Baroness Von Sketch Show: season 4 (IFC) – Renewed
Baskets: season 4 (FX) – Renewed
Beat Shazam: season 3 (Fox) – Renewed
The Big Bang Theory: season 12 (CBS) – Cancelled (after an “epic” final season)
Big Little Lies: season 2 (HBO) – Renewed
Big Mouth: season 3 (Netflix) – Renewed
Billions: season 4 (Showtime) – Renewed
Black Lightning: season 3 (The CW) – Renewed
The Blacklist: season 7 (NBC) – Renewed
Black Mirror: season 5 (Netflix) – Renewed 
Bob’s Burgers: season 10 (Fox) – Renewed
Bojack Horseman: season 6 (Netflix) – Renewed
The Bold Type: season 3 (Freeform) – Renewed
Bosch: season 6 (Amazon) – Renewed
Broad City: season 5 (Comedy Central) – Cancelled (after final fifth season)
Brockmire: seasons 3 and 4 (IFC) – Renewed
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Season 7 (NBC) – Renewed
Burden of Truth: season 2 (The CW) – Renewed

Carmen Sandiego: season 2 (Netflix) – Renewed
Carter: season 2 (WGN) – Renewed
Castle Rock: season 2 (Hulu) – Renewed
Castlevania: season 3 (Netflix) – Renewed 
Catastrophe: season 3 (Amazon Prime Video) – Cancelled 
Channel Zero: season 4 (Syfy) – Cancelled 
Charmed: season 2 (The CW) – Renewed
The Chi: season 2 (Showtime) – Renewed
Chicago Fire: season 8 (NBC) – Renewed
Chicago Med: season 5 (NBC) – Renewed
Chicago P.D.: season 7 (NBC) – Renewed
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: parts 3 and 4 (Netflix) – Renewed
Claws: season 3 (TNT) – Renewed
Cloak &Dagger: season 2 (Freeform) – Renewed
Cobra Kai: season 2 (YouTube Premium) – Renewed 
Condor: season 2 (Audience) – Renewed
The Conners: season 2 (ABC) – Renewed
Counterpart: season 2 (Starz) – Cancelled 
Craig of the Creek: season 2 (Cartoon Network) – Renewed
Crashing: season 3 (HBO) – Cancelled
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: season 4 (The CW) – Cancelled (after fourth and final season)
Criminal Minds: season 15 (CBS) – Cancelled (after 15th and final season)
The Crown: season 3 (Netflix) – Renewed
Curb Your Enthusiasm: season 10 (HBO) – Renewed

Dark: season 2 (Netflix) – Renewed
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow: season 5 (The CW) – Renewed
Dear White People: season 3 (Netflix) – Renewed
Designated Survivor: season 3 (Netflix) – Renewed (pictured)
The Detour: season 4 (TBS) – Renewed
Detroiters: season 2 (Comedy Central) – Cancelled
The Deuce: season 3 (HBO) – Cancelled (after third and final season)
Disenchantment: season 2 (Netflix) – Renewed
Divorce: season 3 (HBO) – Renewed
Doctor Who: season 12 (BBC America) – Renewed
Dynasty: season 3 (The CW) – Renewed

Elementary: season 7 (CBS) – Cancelled (after final seventh season)
Elite: season 2 (Netflix) – Renewed
Ellen’s Game of Games: season 3 (NBC) – Renewed
The End of The F***ing World: season 2 (Netflix) – Renewed 
The Expanse: season 4 (Amazon) – Renewed (after being cancelled by Syfy)

F is for Family: season 4 (Netflix) – Renewed
Family Guy: season 18 (Fox) – Renewed
Fargo: season 4 (FX) – Renewed 
FBI: season 2 (CBS) – Renewed
Feud: season 2 (FX) – Renewed
Final Space: season 2 (TBS) – Renewed
The First: season 1 (Hulu) – Cancelled 
Five Points: season 2 (Facebook) – Renewed
The Flash: season 6 (The CW) – Renewed
Fleabag: season 2 (Amazon) – Renewed
Friends from College: season 2 (Netflix) – Cancelled
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee: season 4 (TBS) – Renewed
Fuller House: season 5 (Netflix) – Cancelled (after final fifth season)

Game of Thrones: season 8 (HBO) – Cancelled (after final eighth season) 
Genius: season 3 (National Geographic) – Renewed
Get Shorty: season 3 (Epix) – Renewed
GLOW: season 3 (Netflix) – Renewed
Goliath: season 3 (Amazon) – Renewed
Good Behavior: season 2 (TNT) – Cancelled
The Good Cop: season 1 (Netflix) – Cancelled
The Good Doctor: season 3 (ABC) – Renewed
The Good Fight: season 3 (CBS All Access) – Renewed
The Good Place: season 4 (NBC) – Renewed
Good Trouble: season 2 (Freefrom) – Renewed
Grace and Frankie: season 6 (Netflix) – Renewed
Grantchester: season 4 (PBS) – Renewed
Greenleaf: season 4 (OWN) – Renewed
Grown-ish: season 3 (Freeform) – Renewed
Gypsy: season 1 (Netflix) – Cancelled

The Handmaid’s Tale: season 3 (Hulu) – Renewed 
Happy!: season 2 (Syfy) – Renewed
Harlots: season 3 (Hulu) – Renewed
The Haunting of Hill House: season 2 (Netflix) – Renewed
Hell’s Kitchen: seasons 19 and 20 (FOX) – Renewed
High Maintenance: season 4 (HBO) – Renewed
His Dark Materials: season 2 (BBC) – Renewed
Hit the Floor: season 4 (VH1) – Cancelled
Homeland: season 8 (Showtime) – Cancelled (after a final eighth season)
House of Cards: season 6 (Netflix) – Cancelled 

I Love You, America: season 2 (Hulu) – Cancelled 
I’m Dying Up Here: season 2 (Showtime) – Cancelled 
Impulse: season 2 (YouTube Premium) – Renewed
Insatiable: season 2 (Netflix) – Renewed
Into the Badlands: season 3 (AMC) – Cancelled
iZombie: season 5 (The CW) – Cancelled (after fifth and final season)

Jane The Virgin: season 5 (The CW) – Cancelled (after fifth and final season)

Kidding: season 2 (Showtime) – Renewed
Killing Eve: season 2 (BBC America) – Renewed 
Killjoys: season 5 (SyFy) – Cancelled (after fifth and final season)
The Kominsky Method: season 2 (Netflix) – Renewed
Krypton: season 2 (SyFy) – Renewed

Lady Dynamite: season 2 (Netflix) – Cancelled 
Last Call With Carson Daly: season 17 (NBC) – Cancelled 
Last Chance U: season 4 (Netflix) – Renewed
The Last O.G.: season 2 (TBS) – Renewed
The Last Ship: season 5 (TNT) – Cancelled 
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: seasons 6 and 7 (HBO) – Renewed
Legacies: season 2 (The CW) – Renewed
Legion: season 3 (FX) – Cancelled (ending after third season) 
Liar: season 2 (Sundance) – Renewed
Liza On Demand: season 2 (YouTube Premium) – Renewed
Lodge 49: season 2 (AMC) – Renewed 
Lost in Space: season 2 (Netflix) – Renewed 
Loudermilk: season 3 (AT&T) – Renewed
Love Connection: season 2 (Fox) – Cancelled 
Lucifer: season 4 (Netflix) – Renewed (after being canceled by Fox)
Luther: season 5 (BBC America) – Renewed

Magic for Humans: season 2 (Netflix) – Renewed
The Magicians: season 5 (Syfy) – Renewed
Magnum P.I.: season 2 (CBS) – Renewed
Man in the High Castle: season 4 (Amazon) – Cancelled
Marcella: season 3 (Netflix) – Renewed
Marlon: season 2 (NBC) – Cancelled
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: season 7 (ABC) – Renewed 
Marvel’s Daredevil: season 3 (Netflix) – Cancelled
Marvel’s Iron Fist: season 2 (Netflix) – Cancelled
Marvel’s Jessica Jones: season 3 (Netflix) – Cancelled
Marvel’s Luke Cage: season 2 (Netflix) – Cancelled
Marvel’s The Punisher: season 2 (Netflix) – Cancelled
Marvel’s Runaways: season 3 (Hulu) – Renewed
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: season 3 (Amazon) – Renewed
The Masked Singer: season 2 (Fox) – Renewed
MasterChef: season 10 (Fox) – Renewed
Masters of Illusion: season 9 (The CW) – Renewed
Mayans M.C.: season 2 (FX) – Renewed
Midnight, Texas: season 2 (NBC) – Cancelled
A Million Little Things: season 2 (ABC) – Renewed
Mindhunter: season 2 (Netflix) – Renewed
Modern Family: season 11 (ABC) – Cancelled (after eleventh and final season)
Mom: seasons 7 and 8 (CBS) – Renewed
Mr. Inbetween: season 2 (FX) – Renewed
Mr. Mercedes: season 3 (Audience) – Renewed
Mr. Robot: season 4 (USA Network)  – Cancelled (after fourth and final season)
My Brilliant Friend: season 2 (HBO) – Renewed

Narcos: Mexico: season 2 (Netflix) – Renewed
Nathan for You: season 4 (Comedy Central) – Cancelled
The Neighborhood: season 2 (CBS) – Renewed
New Amsterdam: season 2 (NBC) – Renewed
Nightflyers: season 1 (Syfy) – Cancelled
No Activity: season 3 (CBS All Access) – Renewed

One Day at a Time: season 3 (Netflix) – Cancelled
One Dollar: season 1 (CBS All Access) – Cancelled
Orange Is the New Black: season 7 (Netflix) – Cancelled (after final seventh season) 
The Other Two: season 2 (Comedy Central) – Renewed
Our Cartoon President: season 2 (Showtime) – Renewed
Outcast: season 2 (Cinemax) – Cancelled
Outlander: season 5 and 6 (Starz) – Renewed
The Outpost: season 2 (The CW) – Renewed
Ozark: season 3 (Netflix) – Renewed

Paradise PD: season 2 (Netflix) – Renewed
Penn  Teller: Fool Us: season 6 (The CW) – Renewed
Poldark: season 5 (BBC1) – Cancelled (after fifth and final season)
Pose: season 2 (FX) – Renewed 
Power: season 6 (Starz) – Renewed
Preacher: season 4 (AMC) – Renewed
Project Blue Book: season 2 (History) – Renewed
Project Runway: season 18 (Bravo) – Renewed
Pure: season 2 (WGN America) – Renewed
The Purge: season 2 (USA) – Renewed

Queen of the South: season 4 (USA) – Renewed

The Rain: season 2 (Netflix) – Renewed
The Ranch: season 4 (Netflix) – Renewed
Random Acts of Flyness: season 2 (HBO) – Renewed
Raven’s Home: season 3 (Disney Channel) – Renewed
Ray Donovan: season 7 (Showtime) – Renewed
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills: season 9 (Bravo) – Renewed
The Real Housewives of New York City: season 11 (Bravo) – Renewed
The Real Housewives of Potomac: season 4 (Bravo) – Renewed
The Resident: season 3 (Fox) – Renewed
Reverie: season 1 (NBC) – Cancelled
Rick and Morty: 70 episodes (Adult Swim) – Renewed 
Ride With Norman Reedus: season 4 (AMC) – Renewed
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: season 2 (Nickelodeon) – Renewed
Riverdale: season 4 (The CW) – Renewed
Riviera: season 2 (Sundance Now) – Renewed
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars: season 4 (VH1) – Renewed

Sacred Lies: season 2 (Facebook) – Renewed
Salvation: season 2 (CBS) – Cancelled
Santa Clarita Diet: season 3 (Netflix) – Renewed
Schitt’s Creek: Season 6 (Pop) – Cancelled (after sixth and final season)
Scream: season 3 (MTV) – Renewed
Search Party: season 3 (TBS) – Renewed
A Series of Unfortunate Events: season 3 (Netflix) – Cancelled (after third and final season)
Sex Education: season 2 (Netflix) – Renewed
Shades of Blue: season 3 (NBC) – Cancelled
Shadowhunters: season 3 (Freeform) – Cancelled (with a two-hour finale in 2019)
Shameless: season 10 (Showtime) – Renewed
Shark Tank: season 11 (ABC) – Renewed
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power: season 2 (Netflix) – Renewed
She’s Gotta Have It: season 2 (Netflix) – Renewed
Shooter: season 3 (USA) – Cancelled
Silicon Valley: season 6 (HBO) – Renewed 
The Simpsons: seasons 31 and 32 (Fox) – Renewed
The Sinner: season 3 (USA) – Renewed
SMILF: season 2 (Showtime) – Cancelled
Snowfall: season 3 (FX) – Renewed
So You Think You Can Dance: season 16 (Fox) – Renewed
The Son: season 2 (AMC) – Cancelled
Sorry for Your Loss: season 2 (Facebook) – Renewed
South Park: season 23 (Comedy Central) – Renewed
Southern Charm: season 6 (Bravo) – Renewed
Stan Against Evil: season 3 (IFC) – Cancelled
Star Trek: Discovery: season 3 (CBS All Access) – Renewed
Star Wars: The Clone Wars: season 7 (Disney Streaming) – Renewed
Star Wars Resistance: season 2 (Disney) – Renewed
Step Up: High Water: season 2 (YouTube Premium) – Renewed
Stranger Things: season 3 (Netflix) – Renewed
Strange Angel: season 2 (CBS All Access) – Renewed
Strike Back: season 7 (Cinemax) – Cancelled (after final seventh season)
Succession: season 2 (HBO) – Renewed
Suits: season 9 (USA) – Cancelled (after final ninth season)
Supergirl: season 5 (The CW) – Renewed
Supernatural: season 15 (The CW) – Cancelled (after final 15th season)
Superstore: season 5 (NBC) – Renewed
Survivor: season 38 (CBS) – Renewed
Sweetbitter: season 2 (Starz) – Renewed

Taboo: season 2 (FX) – Renewed
Take Two: season 1 (ABC) – Cancelled
Tangled: season 3 (Disney) – Renewed
Teachers: season 3 (TV Land) – Cancelled
Tell Me a Story: season 2 (CBS All Access) – Renewed
Temptation Island: season 2 (USA) – Renewed
The Terror: season 2 (AMC) – Renewed
This Close: season 2 (Sundance) – Renewed
The Tick: season 2 (Amazon) – Renewed
Tin Star: season 3 (Amazon) – Cancelled (after third and final season)
Titans: season 2 (DC Universe) – Renewed (pictured)
Timeless: season 2 (NBC) – Cancelled
Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: season 3 (Amazon) – Renewed
Tosh.0: seasons 11 and 12 (Comedy Central) – Renewed
Transparent: season 5 (Amazon) – Cancelled (after final fifth season)
Travelers: season 3 (Netflix) – Cancelled
Trial & Error: season 2 (NBC) – Cancelled

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: season 4 (Netflix) – Cancelled
UnREAL: season 4 (Lifetime) – Cancelled

Van Helsing: season 4 (Syfy) – Renewed
Veep: season 7 (HBO) – Cancelled (after final seventh season) 
Veronica Mars: season 4 (Hulu) – Renewed
Versailles: season 3 (Ovation) – Cancelled
Vida: season 2 (Starz) – Renewed
Vikings: season 6 (History) – Cancelled (after final sixth season)
The Voice: season 16 (NBC) – Renewed
Voltron:Legendary Defender season 8 (Netflix) – Cancelled

The Walking Dead: season 10 (AMC) – Renewed
The Wall: season 3 (NBC) – Renewed
Westworld: season 3 (HBO) – Renewed 
Whose Line Is It Anyway?: season 15 (The CW) – Renewed
World of Dance: season 3 (NBC) – Renewed
Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas: season 2 (HBO) – Renewed
Wynonna Earp: season 4 (Syfy) – Renewed

Young &Hungry: season 5 (Freeform) – Canceled 
Young Sheldon: seasons 3 and 4 (CBS) – Renewed
You’re the Worst: season 5 (FXX) – Canceled  You: season 2 (Lifetime/Netflix) – Renewed
You Me Her: seasons 4 and 5 (Audience) – Renewed

X Company: season 3 (Ovation) – Cancelled

Z Nation: season 5 (Syfy) – Canceled

^ The good, the bad and the ugly. ^

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