Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20171008010933/@comment-27060727-20171206004416

OUAT is factually the worst performing drama on ABC right now. (It was Ten Days in the Valley and Inhumans, but those shows have ended their seasons and are considered de facto canceled.)

That's not good no matter how else you slice all the other factors. The network usually cuts about half. I have a hard time believing it's getting renewed and this isn't me purposely trying to be negative. In previous seasons, OUAT was either in the top half under TGIT or in last year's case, right in the middle of the pack. It has totally collapsed. I guess if you really want it to continue, you can pray for Netflix to fund the whole show or for ABC to be super desperate to keep a Disney entity, but I'm not counting on it. There was already weird behind-the-scenes stuff surrounding both OUAT and AOS' last renewals and that makes me think both could easily end up canceled this time.

Considering they must be writing into 7x16 at least, I'm sure if this is the end, A&E either already know or will know this month. They were already talking about 7 seasons having been good enough in an interview not too long ago, so they're probably not writing 7B with blinders on anyway. Not that I think they have too much to wrap up since the current plot could just end with the curse breaking and everyone going home.