With its season finale airing next Tuesday, fans of Agents of SHIELD have been nervously awaiting the news of its renewal (or its cancellation), and today, ABC has made it official: the Marvel Comics-based television series will indeed return for a fifth season!
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This new probably doesn’t come as too much of a surprise. Just this past weekend, Deadline reported that it heard through the grapevine that the series would be renewed. Still, it’s nice that it’s now official.
Not wasting any time, visual effects supervisor Mark Kolpack and executive producer Maurissa Tancharoen posted celebratory tweets.
Season Five. Go team. #AgentsofSHIELD
— Maurissa Tancharoen (@MoTancharoen) May 11, 2017
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#AgentsofSHIELD is officially picked up for SEASON 5, Agents!!!!
Everyone take a deep breath and a huge cheer.
— Mark Kolpack (@MarkKolpack) May 11, 2017
During its fourth season, Agents of SHIELD has averaged 4.3 million total viewers and a 1.5 in the 18-49 demographic, so far.
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GHOST RIDER RETURNS ON THE EXPLOSIVE SEASON FINALE – With the surprising emergence of Ghost Rider, Coulson and the team attempt to stop Aida from ending the world.
The show stars Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson, Ming-Na Wen as Agent Melinda May, Chloe Bennet as Daisy Johnson, Iain De Caestecker as Agent Leo Fitz, Elizabeth Henstridge as Agent Jemma Simmons, Henry Simmons as Agent Alphonso “Mack” MacKenzie, and John Hannah as Holden Radcliffe.
The guest cast includes Natalia Cordova-Buckley as Elena “Yo-Yo” Rodriguez, Gabriel Luna as Robbie Reyes/Ghost Rider, Mallory Jansen as Aida, Adrian Pasdar as Brigadier General Glenn Talbot, Jordan Rivera as Hope Mackenzie, Patrick Cavanaugh as Burrows, Zach McGowan as The Superior, Joris Jarsky as Sergei, Zibby Allen as Lt. Evans, Joel Stoffer as silhouetted man, and Karole Foreman as waitress.
“World’s End” was written by Jeffrey Bell and directed by Billy Gierhart.
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The exciting season finale of Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD will air Tuesday, May 16 at 10:00–11:00 p.m. EDT on The ABC Television Network.
Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD was co-created by Joss Whedon (The Avengers, Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen (Dollhouse, Dr.Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog), who also serve as executive producers along with Jeffrey Bell (Angel, Alias) and Jeph Loeb (Jessica Jones, Daredevil). Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is produced by Marvel Television and ABC Studios.
