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AMERICAN HORROR STORY
PREDICTION: The Roanoke season will try to top the gross-out factor of Hotel’s Addiction Demon, it will succeed, and we will never be able to erase the image from our brains.
OUTCOME: There was some disemboweling, cannibalism and Piggy Man, but for our money, the Addiction Demon and his ‘little friend’ was way grosser. (STARTING SCORE: 0-for-1)
ARROW
PREDICTION: The final image of Season 5 will be from the first scene of the series pilot.
OUTCOME: The Lian Yu-centered finale did, indeed, flash back to that fateful moment from the series premiere… but the island’s explosive demise actually ended up closing out the season. (SCORE: 0.5-for-2)
THE BIG BANG THEORY
PREDICTION: The seven principal cast members will sign new multi-year deals shortly after the New Year, leading CBS to renew TV’s No. 1 sitcom for two more seasons.
OUTCOME: Nailed it (if you allow a loose definition of “shortly after the New Year”). But we’re going with, “Nailed it!” (SCORE: 1.5-for-3)
BULL
PREDICTION: CBS’ Michael Weatherly-fronted freshman drama will make a Hamilton in-joke/reference somehow related to Christopher Jackson’s character, Chunk.
OUTCOME: Eagle-eyed Hamilton enthusiasts may have spied a few chorus members helping Chunk create a distraction outside a courthouse in Episode 4. For our purposes — wait for it — that would be enough. (SCORE: 2.5-for-4)
CHICAGO FIRE
PREDICTION: Casey and Dawson will have an impromptu, low-key wedding before the end of the year.
OUTCOME: The lovebirds finally tied the knot in their turnout gear during the show’s 100th episode last December. (SCORE: 3.5-for-5)
CRIMINAL MINDS
PREDICTION: In the fifth episode of Season 11, at which point the since-fired Thomas Gibson was to return from his original temporary suspension, the team will learn that Hotch has ominously vanished — though not at the hand of Mr. Scratch.
OUTCOME: It was in Episode 6 that we learned Hotch, under ominous circumstances, entered WITSEC with his son — though because of Mr. Scratch. We’ll allow ourselves 1/4 of a point. (SCORE: 3.75-for-6)
DANCING WITH THE STARS
PREDICTION: TV veteran Marilu Henner will zip past her younger competitors and snag Season 23’s Mirrorball trophy.
OUTCOME: Henner’s run wasn’t quite so Unforgettable; rather, she was the eighth to be eliminated, while Olympic gymnast Laurie Hernandez went on to win. (SCORE: 3.75-for-7)
DESIGNATED SURVIVOR
PREDICTION: President Kiefer Sutherland will earn the popular vote, delivering ABC’s most watched drama launch since How to Get Away With Murder.
OUTCOME: Just call us Nate Silver. With a Trump inauguration-sized crowd of 10 million showing up for the premiere, Dez indeed delivered on that superlative. (SCORE: 4.75-for-8)
THE EXORCIST
PREDICTION: Fox’s freshman drama will find as many reasons as possible to have Father Tomas in a sleeveless undershirt. We will like it, but we also will feel mildly uncomfortable about it.
OUTCOME: Aw, hell — Father Marcus actually spent more time in a tank top than his collared colleague. (SCORE: 4.75-for-9)
THE FLASH
PREDICTION: The Flashpoint storyline will feature a surprise return (Tommy?! Eddie?!) and lead to an unlikely — and lasting — new romantic pairing.
OUTCOME: The fleeting Flashpoint reality served up no surprise cameos — Eddie and Ronnie didn’t show up until much later in the season — nor new romances. (SCORE: 4.75-for-8)
THE FLASH/SUPERGIRL
PREDICTION: No less than Joss Whedon will sign on to direct the midseason musical crossover, as has been speculated since almost immediately after the event was announced.
OUTCOME: Joss wishful thinking! (SCORE: 4.75-for-11)
GAME OF THRONES
PREDICTION: Regardless of the delayed start, Season 7 will launch by spring after all (on Sunday, May 7, to be exact), thus making it eligible for 2017 Emmy consideration.
OUTCOME: Eh, more like summer is coming — Thrones won’t be back until July 16, denying it any Emmy eligibility. (SCORE: 4.75-for-12)
THE GOOD WIFE SPINOFF
PREDICTION: The CBS All Access offshoot will be titled Lockhart Quinn.
OUTCOME: For what it’s worth, our second guess, The Good Wife: Discovery, was even more off the mark. (SCORE: 4.75-for-13)
GOTHAM
PREDICTION: Hypnotized by the Mad Hatter, Jim Gordon will adopt the identity of Gray Ghost.
OUTCOME: Go home, TVLine — you’re drunk. (SCORE: 4.75-for-14)
GREY’S ANATOMY
PREDICTION: Jo’s MIA husband is a character viewers have met before.
OUTCOME: Not unless some viewers attended McKinley High School. Another miss! (SCORE: 4.75-for-15)
2017 INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS
PREDICTION: Difficult People’s Julie Klausner and Billy Eichner will serve as co-hosts of the IFC-televised ceremony.
OUTCOME: The gig instead went to Nick Kroll and John Mulaney. So close. (SCORE: 4.75-for-16)
JANE THE VIRGIN
PREDICTION: We already know Jane will lose her V-card this season… but it won’t be to Michael or Rafael.
OUTCOME: Miss; she indeed did the deed with Michael. (SCORE: 4.75-for-17)
THE LAST MAN ON EARTH
PREDICTION: The armed invasion we saw coming last season will result in one of the Malibu crew making the ultimate sacrifice.
OUTCOME: Again, we shot blanks — though January Jones’ Melissa sure didn’t! (SCORE: 4.75-for-18)
MACGYVER/HAWAII FIVE-0
PREDICTION: CBS will stage a crossover between showrunner Peter M. Lenkov’s two Friday-night action drama reboots.
OUTCOME: The making of this perfect prediction only required a letter opener, a half-chewed cherry Starburst and some lead shavings. (SCORE: 5.75-for-19)
MADAM SECRETARY
PREDICTION: Henry will fall into some sort of peril related to his DIA post… again.
OUTCOME: Henry survived a terrorist bombing that wasn’t directly related to his DIA position, so we’ll take 1/4 point. (SCORE: 6-for-20)
NO TOMORROW
PREDICTION: After debuting to disappointing numbers, the charming rom-com will get moved to Fridays, to be paired with Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.
OUTCOME: It debuted to disappointing numbers, yes, only to be left to twist in the wind on Tuesday nights. (SCORE: 6-for-21)
ONCE UPON A TIME
PREDICTION: One of the nine current series regulars will exit the ABC series by February sweeps.
OUTCOME: One, by February sweeps? Nope. (Oh, but come May….) (SCORE: 6-for-22)
THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES
PREDICTION: In a headline-making bit of irony, Donald Trump will suffer a coughing fit midway through the second debate. Which he will later blame on Hillary Clinton’s perfume.
OUTCOME: Nope; Kenneth Bone, a knee-length necktie and the boast that he hasn’t paid taxes for years were Trump’s only obstacles that night. (SCORE: 6-for-23)
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
PREDICTION: Hamilton creator/former star Lin-Manuel Miranda will be one of the first three hosts of the upcoming season, making NBC’s Studio 8H the new Room Where It Happened. (And he will playfully refuse to sing for the monologue.)
OUTCOME: Miranda hosted the second episode, but rapped his way through his opening monologue. Partial credit! (SCORE: 6.5-for-24)
SHOOTER
PREDICTION: Because gun violence won’t be ending anytime soon, USA Network’s twice-delayed sniper drama will be quietly released as an On Demand-only series.
OUTCOME: Whoo-boy, did we miss the target. Not only did Shooter finally get an airdate that stuck (Nov. 15), it went on to earn a second season! (SCORE: 6.5-for-25)
SLEEPY HOLLOW
PREDICTION: Fox’s revamped, relocated supernatural drama will not be able to resist an “Ichabod-confounded-on-the-Washington D.C. Metro” scene.
OUTCOME: Surely that was on the docket for Season 5. (Too soon?) (SCORE: 6.5-for-26)
SUPERGIRL
PREDICTION: It will be revealed that Science Police detective Maggie Sawyer (to be played by Floriana Lima) has a stormy romantic past with Dichen Lachman’s Roulette.
OUTCOME: For what it’s worth, this prediction matched up perfectly with SuperSexXxy73’s slash fic. (SCORE: 6.5-for-27)
THIS IS US
PREDICTION: NBC’s buzzy family drama will more than live up to the expectations of those who played the YouTube trailer over and over and over, earning one of the season’s earliest renewals.
OUTCOME: After one airing, it earned a full-season order. And come January, it was renewed for two more seasons. This is… a point for us! (SCORE: 7.5-for-28)
THE VAMPIRE DIARIES
PREDICTION: Nina Dobrev will make good on her promise to return for (at least) the expiring CW drama’s series finale.
OUTCOME: This was one to stake our reputation on. (Annnnnd now we have exhausted all vampire puns. What a run it was!) (SCORE: 8.5-for-29)
THE WALKING DEAD
PREDICTION: The victim of Negan’s bat? Michonne, which will send Rick on a downward spiral of raw grief.
OUTCOME: Swing and a miss! (OUR FINAL SCORE: 8.5-for-30)
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