The Neighborhood brings in consistently strong ratings, with its well-liked cast and established stories, so why is it ending ...

“The Neighborhood” star and EP Cedric the Entertainer is set to executive produce the spinoff series alongside Bill Martin, Mike Schiff, Aaron Kaplan, Wendi Trilling and Eric C. Rhone.

The series is CBS’ longest-running current comedy, with 128 episodes to its credit. The Neighborhood draws 6.4 million viewers across all platforms this season (inclusive of five weeks of viewing).

"The Neighborhood" has been renewed for Season 8 at CBS, which will also be the show's last. ... Per CBS, the series is averaging 6.4 million viewers per episode in Live+35 multiplatform viewing.

As a series in its seventh season, the CBS Studios-produced The Neighborhood is expensive, which likely put the Cedric the Entertainer sitcom on the bubble for the first time.

As usual, the news set alarm bells for fans of the series that didn’t make the early renewal list, dramas FBI: Most Wanted, FBI: International, The Equalizer and yes, the twice-canceled S.W.A.T ...