Renewed or cancelled? Know it's true.
Last updated 13 November 2026
Renewal Radar tells you when a show is renewed, cancelled or ending, and names who reported it. It only listens to named TV news outlets, and it won't say a show is cancelled until a second outlet, or TVmaze, agrees.
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How alerts lookExample
Made-up shows, so nothing here is news. A cancellation shows both of its sources. In the app, a source's name opens the article.
Three rules every alert follows
- Named outlets only. An alert has to link to an article on one of the outlets listed below. Anything else, including a rumour that's doing the rounds, is thrown away before it reaches you.
- Cancellations need a second source. A cancellation waits until a different outlet from the list has reported it too, or TVmaze lists the show as ended. One outlet's word isn't enough.
- The source is named on every alert. The show page says who reported it and when, and tapping it opens the article, so you can check it yourself.
Where an alert can come from
An alert can come from any outlet on this list, and from nowhere else. We read the news feeds of the ones marked "Checked every hour". Once a day we also search for one show: a show someone has reported a problem with goes first, otherwise a tracked show whose latest season finished at least two weeks ago and that has no verdict, or none since that season. That search uses the same outlets except Radio Times. The BBC and Entertainment Weekly are on the list too, but we don't read them at the moment.
United States
- DeadlineChecked every hour
- VarietyChecked every hour
- TVLineChecked every hour
- The Hollywood ReporterChecked every hour
- Entertainment WeeklyNot checked at the moment
United Kingdom
- BBCNot checked at the moment
- Radio TimesChecked every hour
- The GuardianChecked every hour
- Digital SpyChecked every hour
Australia
- TV TonightChecked every hour
The US trades, Deadline and Variety among them, report a lot of British and Australian commissioning too.
What happens before you see one
Showpile applies these checks automatically, with no one approving alerts by hand, which is why they're strict.
- We read the outlets' news feeds
Every hour, for the outlets marked above. Once a day, we also search for one show, starting with any someone has reported.
- We match a headline to a show people are tracking
If we can't tell which show it's about, nothing happens. We'd rather miss a story than guess a show.
- Old news is thrown away
A renewal for a season that has already aired is ignored.
- A cancellation waits for its second source
Until then it stays hidden. Nothing goes to your phone.
- Then the verdict shows, and the alert goes out
The show page shows it with the source named. You can switch these alerts off for any show. Pricing is on the pricing page.
What it can't do
Renewal Radar can miss things. A story might come from an outlet we don't check, or an outlet might report it a day later than a rival. No alert doesn't mean nothing has happened, and a show with no verdict simply hasn't been reported to us yet.
Want to know when it's out?
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