D-Day: Which Of Your Favourite Shows Survived The Cut?

As they do every year, US TV networks have gathered up their respective programming line-ups, laid them around the chopping block, and let loose with the sharp axe of frugality, seemingly arbitrarily deciding which shows live and which get to die inglorious, bastardly deaths in the annual bloodbath of “D-Day” – and 2014 is no different.

First, the bad news: chiefly, that cult hit Community is one of the high-profile cancellations of the weekend, with NBC pulling the pin on the underdog show just one season (and a movie) shy of its ultimate expressed goal.

Hopes for the show to find new life on another channel are flickering, as series creator and showrunner Dan Harmon has been fairly cut-and-dry in communicating his sadness at the show's cancellation – not to mention his well-documented, turbulent history with the station – while other interests such as his Adult Swim show Rick and Morty will no doubt take up much of his time.

All up, Community and 38 other shows were axed for this season, with NBC and ABC the most heavy-handed at 11 and 10 cancellations apiece respectively.

Among the offcuts are the unfulfilled potential of Suburgatory (ABC) as well as Fox shows Rake, Almost Human and the criminally underrated Raising Hope. The Robin Williams and Sarah Michelle Gellar vehicle that was The Crazy Ones has been mercifully cut short by CBS, though the station undoes any good from that decision by renewing The Big Bang Theory for not just one but three more seasons (as well as, inexplicably, 2 Broke Girls and Two And A Half Men, for a season each at least). Perhaps unsurprisingly, Rebel Wilson's Super Fun Night barely stood a chance, offed by ABC after one season.

Notably, Seth MacFarlane hasn't had a great run with Fox this year, with Dads, starring Seth Green and Giovanni Ribisi, getting the axe, and  American Dad also being cancelled, though it has been picked up by basic cable channel TBS for at least another season.

Speaking of “just one mores”, Parks and Recreation, Glee and Parenthood have been greenlit for final seasons to give the shows a chance to wrap up properly, while Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has been given a chance to make good on its late first-season promises and take the fight to the CW's Arrow, which has also been renewed, for a third season.

Castle, Family Guy, Bob's Burgers, The Mindy Project, New Girl, The Simpsons, The Middle, Modern Family, Once Upon A Time, Revenge, The Mentalist, The Good Wife, Hannibal, Grimm, The Vampire Diaries and Supernatural were all renewed, with Supernatural likely falling in the “just one more” category above.

Naturally, NCIS, CSI, and Law & Order: SVU were all renewed - not exactly shocking, since the first two are set to spawn new spin-offs in the near future, further highlighting executives' love of highly original programming.

With a number of new shows being ordered to series (especially of the comic-book variety – Constantine, Gotham, iZombie and The Flash, just to name a few), despite some sad cancellations, this could shape up to be a strong year in TV for us yet.