In many aspects, the fate of some shows have already been known long before, with Smallville bowing out after a decade and Tom Welling looking super much like he hasn’t aged since he started. Then, there are the new ones – both the promising and maybe not so promising.

Amongst the undoubted are How I Met Your Mother (Never Going to meet Ted’s wife till at least 2 years later!), The Big Bang Theory (Sheldon all the way till 2014!), Chuck (final season announced with 13 episodes) and reality pioneers Survivor & The Amazing Race.

Networks always leave viewers baffled as to their decision to pick up shows or discard them, like the decision to stop Jericho, you sometimes wonder how shows like Bored to Death (yeah it can really bore you to death after a while) while other more promising ones like No Ordinary Family, Brothers & Sisters, Breaking In meet the end. Shows like the Event had a slow start, before developing into something promising but couldn’t decide if it wanted to be like Lost or 24.

Here are a list of shows that made it:

Renewed Television Shows

• 30 Rock (NBC)
• 90210 (The CW)
• The Amazing Race (CBS)
• America’s Next Top Model (The CW)
• American Dad! (Fox)
• American Idol (Fox)
• An Idiot Abroad (Science)
• Archer (FX)
• The Bachelor (ABC)
• The Bachelorette (ABC)
• Being Human (Syfy)
• The Big Bang Theory (CBS) … Renewed for multiple years (through 2014).
• The Big C (Showtime)
• The Biggest Loser (NBC)
• Blue Bloods (CBS)
• Blue Mountain State (Spike)
• Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
• Bob’s Burgers (Fox)
• Body of Proof (ABC)
• Bones (Fox)
• Bored to Death (HBO)
• The Borgias (Showtime)
• Braxton Family Values (WE TV)
• Breaking Bad (AMC)
• Burn Notice (USA)
• Californication (Showtime)
• Castle (ABC)
• Chuck (NBC)
• The Cleveland Show (Fox)
• Community (NBC)
• Cougar Town (ABC)
• Covert Affairs (USA)
• Criminal Minds (CBS)
• CSI (CBS)
• CSI: Miami (CBS)
• Dancing With the Stars (ABC)
• Desperate Housewives (ABC)
• Dexter (Showtime)
• Episodes (Showtime)
• Eureka (Syfy)
• Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC)
• Face Off (Syfy)
• Fairly Legal (USA)
• Family Guy (Fox)
• Fringe (Fox)
• Futurama (Comedy Central)
• The Game (BET)
• Game of Thrones (HBO)
• The Glades (A&E)
• Glee (Fox)
• The Good Wife (CBS)
• Gossip Girl (The CW)
• Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)
• Happy Endings (ABC)
• Harry’s Law (NBC)
• Haven (Syfy)
• Hawaii Five-O (CBS)
• Hell’s Kitchen (Fox)
• House (Fox)
• How I Met Your Mother (CBS) … Renewed for two seasons (through 2013)
• How to Make it in America (HBO)
• Hung (HBO)
• iCarly (Nick)
• In Plain Sight (USA)
• It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (FX)
• Justified (FX)
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC)
• The League (FX)
• Let’s Stay Together (BET)
• The Life & Times of Tim (HBO)
• Louie (FX)
• Mad Men (AMC)
• The Mentalist (CBS)
• The Middle (ABC)
• Mike & Molly (CBS)
• Modern Family (ABC)
• NCIS (CBS)
• Nikita (The CW)
• The Office (NBC)
• One Tree Hill (The CW)
• Parenthood (NBC)
• Parks and Recreation (NBC)
• Pretty Little Liars (ABC Family)
• Private Practice (ABC)
• Psych (USA)
• Raising Hope (Fox)
• Rizzoli & Isles (TNT)
• Royal Pains (USA)
• Sanctuary (Syfy)
• The Secret Life of the American Teenager (ABC Family)
• Shameless (Showtime)
• Shark Tank (ABC)
• The Simpsons (Fox)
• Sons of Anarchy (FX)
• Southland (TNT)
• Spartacus: Blood and Sand (Starz)
• Supernatural (The CW)
• Survivor (CBS)
• True Blood (HBO)
• Two and a Half Men (CBS)
• Undercover Boss (CBS)
• The Vampire Diaries (The CW)
• The Walking Dead (AMC)
• Warehouse 13 (Syfy)
• White Collar (USA)

Canceled TV Shows:

• All My Children (ABC)
• Better With You (ABC)
• Big Love (HBO)
• Breaking In (Fox)
• Brothers & Sisters (ABC)
• Caprica (Syfy)
• The Chicago Code (Fox)
• The Closer (TNT)
• Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (CBS)
• The Defenders (CBS)
• Detroit 1-8-7 (ABC)
• Entourage (HBO)
• The Event (NBC)
• Friday Night Lights (DirecTV/NBC)
• Glory Daze (TBS)
• The Good Guys (Fox)
• Hellcats (The CW)
• Human Target (Fox)
• In Treatment (HBO)
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent (USA)
• Law & Order: Los Angeles (NBC)
• Lie to Me (Fox)
• Life Unexpected (CW)
• Lights Out (FX)
• Lone Star (Fox)
• Mad Love (CBS)
• Medium (CBS)
• Mr. Sunshine (ABC)
• No Ordinary Family (ABC)
• Off the Map (ABC)
• One Life To Live (ABC)
• Outsourced (NBC)
• The Paul Reiser Show (NBC)
• Rescue Me (FX)
• Running Wilde (Fox)
• Secret Diary of a Call Girl (Showtime)
• $#*! My Dad Says (CBS)
• Smallville (The CW)
• Stargate Universe (Syfy)
• Terriers (FX)
• Traffic Light (Fox)
• V (ABC)

You’re always bound to fall
there’s nothing you can do
the weight of gravity begins
to pull you down again
so what are you to do now?
stuck between the hope and doubt
you get so close to clarity
makes you question everything

You’re so far away
so far away from me
Is it starting to break
underneath my feet
You’re so far away
Am I just out of reach?

We keep talking in circles
staring out with empty eyes
wanting to be known again
but so afraid of letting in
so do i leave it all to history?
will you ever answer me ?
do you still recognize my voice
or is it lost among the noise

You’re so far away
so far away from me
Is it starting to break
underneath my feet
You’re so far away
Am I just out of reach?

While the world unravels
we’re kicking at shadows
and everyone around us
is making up chaos
oh, I cannot find you
I’m walking like I’m blinded
am I saying anything at all?

You’re so far away
so far away from me
Is it starting to break
underneath my feet
Is it set in stone
could someone tell me please?
Am I all alone?
Am I just out of reach?

My head is stuck in the clouds
She begs me to come down
Says “Boy quit foolin’ around”
I told her “I love the view from up here
Warm sun and wind in my ear
We’ll watch the world from above
As it turns to the rhythm of love”
We may only have tonight
But till the morning sun you’re mine all mine
Play the Music low and sway to the rhythm of love

My heart beats like a drum
A guitar string to the strum
A beautiful song to be sung
She’s got blue eyes deep like the sea
That roll back when she’s laughing at me
She rises up like the tide
The moment her lips meet mine
We may only have tonight
But till the morning sun you’re mine all mine

Play the Music low and sway to the rhythm of love

When the moon is low
We can dance in slow motion
And all your tears will subside
All your tears will dry

Ba-ba ba-ba ba-ba baba
Da da-da dum da-da dum
Ba-ba ba-ba ba-ba ba-ba
Da da-da dum da-da dum

And long after I’ve gone
You’ll still be humming along
And I will keep you in my mind
The way you make love so fine
We may only have tonight
But till the morning sun you’re mine all mine
Play the music low and sway to the rhythm of love

Don’t lose your way
With each passing day
You’ve come so far
Don’t throw it away
Live believing
Dreams are for weaving
Wonders are waiting to start
Live your story
Faith, hope & glory
Hold to the truth in your heart

If we hold on together
I know our dreams will never die
Dreams see us through to forever
Where clouds roll by
For you and I

Souls in the wind
Must learn how to bend
Seek out a star
Hold on to the end
Valley, mountain
There is a fountain
Washes our tears all away
Words are swaying
Someone is praying
Please let us come home to stay

If we hold on together
I know our dreams will never die
Dreams see us through to forever
Where clouds roll by
For you and I

When we are out there in the dark
We’ll dream about the sun
In the dark we’ll feel the light
Warm our hearts, everyone

If we hold on together
I know our dreams will never die
Dreams see us through to forever
As high as souls can fly
The clouds roll by
For you and I

We’re both looking for something
We’ve been afraid to find
It’s easier to be broken
It’s easier to hide

Looking at you,holding my breath,
For once in my life,I’m scared to death,
I’m taking a chance,letting you inside.

Feeling alive all over again,
As deep as the sky, under my skin
Like being in love, she says
For the first time
Maybe I’m wrong,
But I’m feeling right where I belong
With you tonight
Like being in love
To feel for the first time

The world that I see inside you
Waiting to come to life
Waking me up to dreaming
Reality in your eyes

Looking at you,
Holding my breath,
For once in my life
I’m scared to death,
I’m taking a chance,
Letting you inside.

I’m feeling alive all over again
As deep as the sky that’s under my skin
Like being in love, she says, for the first time
Maybe I’m wrong, I’m feeling right
Where I belong with you tonight
Like being in love to feel for the first time

We’re crashing
Into the unknown
We’re lost in this
But it feels like home

I’m feeling alive all over again
As deep as the sky that’s under my skin
Like being in love, she says, for the first time
Maybe I’m wrong, I’m feeling right
Where I belong with you tonight
Like being in love to feel for the first time

You look to the stars for direction, and find non forthcoming.
You turn left and right and the lights go green and red.
You consult what’s left within you.
The very same debaters partaking on supporting England and their bravado attempt to win the World Cup.

What does the head say? It is waging a losing battle with thy heart.

I want somebody to share
Share the rest of my life
Share my innermost thoughts
Know my intimate details
Someone who’ll stand by my side
And give me support
And in return
She’ll get my support
She will listen to me
When I want to speak
About the world we live in
And life in general
Though my views may be wrong
They may even be perverted
She’ll hear me out
And won’t easily be converted
To my way of thinking
In fact she’ll often disagree
But at the end of it all
She will understand me
Aaaahhhhh….

I want somebody who cares
For me passionately
With every thought
With every breath
Someone who’ll help me see things
In a different light
All the things I detest
I will almost like
I don’t want to be tied
To anyone’s strings
I’m carefully trying to steer clear of
Those things
But when I’m asleep
I want somebody
Who will put their arms around me
And kiss me tenderly
Though things like this
Make me sick
In a case like this
I’ll get away with it
And in a place like this
I’ll get away with it
Aaaahhhhh….

mSpot allows people to upload their music- be it purchased, ripped or downloaded (via various means) and access it from any Windows or Mac computer, or a Google Android device. It currently only supports Android mobile devices.

Rather than trying to recognize the music files on your computer and replicate it in the cloud, mSpot practically uploads your music collection from iTunes, Windows Media Player, and/or any folders you specify, effectively saving any ratings and metadata (album artwork) you may have set up in iTunes by scanning its XML database. The upload process takes at least several hours depending on processing power and connection speed, but once it’s there, you’re good to go. It took me approximately 5-6 hours to sync my data onto mSpot.

mSpot plans to offer “north of 2 GB” of free music storage or more for a monthly fee. All files are converted into 48-Kbps aacplus files (a standard format for mobile music streaming services), meaning that you can store over four days of music in a free 2-GB locker account.

Having tried out the service, I would say it simply rocks – it totally eliminates the need to try and sync your music from your PC’s library onto your phone or anywhere else! Of course, the current downside is that the limit is 2GB for free users, which essentially cannot contain my library of nearly 3,000 songs and 11 GB of data, though I would be interested to see how much they plan to charge for a larger account. The conversion though has meant that about 50% of my songs have been sync onto mSpot.

mSpot is currently in private beta mode, but users can sign up on the company’s website (www.mspot.com) to try the web and/or Android version using the password “phandroid“.

mSpot’s freemium music locker service for Android smartphones and computers will be available to the public at some point in June, with apps for RIM, Windows and possibly iPhone to come thereafter.

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I will never know
cause you will never show
come on and love me now
come on and love me now

Carnival came by my town today
bright lights from giant wheels
fall on the alleyways
and I’m here
by my door
waiting for you

I will never know
cause you will never show
come on and love me now
come on and love me now

I here sounds of lovers
barrel organs, mothers
I would like to take you
down there
just to make you mine
in a merry-go-round

Of the shows I watch, veteran reality shows like Amazing Race & Survivor refuse to die after a decade, Smallville will fly with a decade celebration, Lost decided they had everyone lost enough they would stop.

New debutants, Flash Forward didn’t accomplish enough despite a full season run, Glee has been musically inclined to continue dancing, and Community will continue providing communal laughs.

Many of the series I stick to are still hanging in limbo though, with OTH, Heroes all stuck in the gutter. I’m amazed NBC are even deliberating on Chuck though – where else do you find a nerd you can identify with that pulls in the hot chicks as a part-time spy? Or, and now he can sing with an American Idol too! I hope they don’t else the Nerd Herd might have to do something ala the nuts from Jericho (though that failed to save it)

Here are the confirmed status of the shows on the various American networks:

NBC

Renewed

• 30 Rock
• The Apprentice
• The Biggest Loser
• Community
• Friday Night Lights
• The Marriage Ref
• Minute to Win It
• The Office
• Parenthood
• Parks and Recreation
• The Sing-Off
• Who Do You Think You Are?

Canceled

• The Jay Leno Show
• Law & Order

Limbo

• Chuck
• Heroes
• Law & Order: SVU
• Mercy?
• Trauma

FOX

Renewed

• American Dad!
• American Idol
• Bones
• The Cleveland Show
• Family Guy
• Fringe
• Glee
• Hell’s Kitchen
• Human Target
• Kitchen Nightmares
• Lie to Me
• The Simpsons

Canceled

• 24
• Brothers
• Dollhouse
• Our Little Genius
• Past Life
• ‘Til Death

Limbo

• House
• Sons of Tucson

CBS

Renewed

• The Amazing Race
• The Big Bang Theory
• The Good Wife
• How I Met Your Mother
• NCIS: Los Angeles
• Survivor
• Two and a Half Men
• Undercover Boss

Canceled

• Three Rivers

Limbo

• Accidentally on Purpose
• Cold Case
• Criminal Minds
• CSI.
• CSI: Miami
• CSI: New York
• Gary Unmarried
• Ghost Whisperer
• Medium
• The Mentalist
• Miami Medical
• NCIS
• The New Adventures of Old Christine
• Numb3rs
• Rules of Engagement

ABC

Renewed:

• Brothers & Sisters
• Castle
• Cougar Town
• The Middle
• Modern Family
• V

Canceled

• Eastwick
• Better Off Ted
• FlashForward
• Hank
• Lost
• Romantically Challenged
• Scrubs
• Ugly Betty

Limbo

• The Deep End
• Desperate Housewives
• Grey’s Anatomy
• Happy Town
• Private Practice

THE CW

Renewed

• 90210
• America’s Next Top Model
• Gossip Girl
• Smallville
• Supernatural
• The Vampire Diaries

Canceled

• The Beautiful Life

Limbo

• Life Unexpected
• Melrose Place
• One Tree Hill