Marvel's Agents Of SHIELD Renewed For A Sixth Season

It's cancellation and renewal time for television networks, and with Marvel's Inhumans getting the axe, many wondered if Agents of SHIELD would go that route as well. The ABC hit series Agents of SHIELD hit its 100th episode during Season 5, back in March, and fans of the series can keep celebrating its success as the network has renewed it for Season 6 and ordered 13 episodes.

While the series doesn't have strong live numbers, it's been doing fine as a DVR'd series and internationally, according to Deadline. Additionally, new episodes are available to watch the day after they air on ABC.

Currently, Season 5 is wrapping up on ABC, with the season finally coming on May 18. This series follows the agents who were transported to the future to find that the world had been destroyed. The second half of Season 5 had the team trying to prevent that future from happening by fixing the present. The question on everyone's minds is whether or not the fallout of Avengers: Infinity War will be shown in the season finale.

In the past, major events in the Marvel Cinematic Universe have changed the direction of the ABC series, with the most noteworthy event being the destruction of the team thanks to Hydra infiltrating SHIELD, which was revealed in the 2014 movie Captain America: The Winter Soldier.

The creative minds behind the series didn't think they would get picked up for another season. Executive producer Jeff Bell told EW that they thought this season would be it: "Right now, we're writing a series end because as far as we know, this could be it."

We'll find out if Infinity War's end affects the members of SHIELD when the Season 5 finale airs on Friday, May 18 at 9 PM ET/ 8 PM CT on ABC.