One day before ABC’s upfront presentation, the Disney network has handed out a sixth-season renewal to Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD, the network said on Monday.
Season-to-date, Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD averages a soft 1.1 rating among adults 18-49, which is the core demographic for broadcast primetime advertisers. That number includes a week of delayed viewing for episodes old enough to tally.
The late renewal comes just ahead of the Marvel TV drama’s now-season finale on May 18, which had been ominously titled The End. The finale will also wrap up Agents of SHIELD’s crossover with Marvel Studio’s Avengers: Infinity War, which the show has spread across its last few episodes. Now that it will return for a sixth season, SHIELD will likely have to find a way to incorporate the ramifications of Thanos’ now-infamous “snap.”
ABC will announce its fall lineup on Tuesday and hold its upfront presentation for advertisers that same afternoon in New York City.
