Season 4 of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has been creatively the strongest season we’ve had yet.
Between the continued expansion of the MCU on Netflix – through The Defenders individual character TV shows and later this year, the Daredevil TV spinoff The Punisher – and relatively recent developments such as the cancellation of ABC’s Agent Carter and the S.H.I.E.L.D. spinoff Marvel’s Most Wanted not being picked up by ABC, there has been fair reason of late to wonder if Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. will indeed continue on ABC for a fifth season after its current run is done.
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has come a long ways since its early days as a basic TV “extension” of the Marvel Cinematic Universe brand, attempting to tie-in directly with major events transpiring in the MCU on the big screen.
The TV show has proven to be a limited, but consistent ratings draw for its home network, in addition to being generally well-respected critically in recent seasons – something that ABC’s president assures has not gone unnoticed either.