ABC's Agents of SHIELD's days of surprising renewals have come to an end.


The Marvel drama will officially end with its previously announced seventh season on the Disney-owned network. The series, starring Clark Gregg and Ming Na, scored an early renewal back in November — ahead of its sixth season — as the last order of business for then-ABC Entertainment president Channing Dungey.


That announcement came as a surprise. The show, which had reduced licensing fees to secure its fifth-season pickup at the Disney-owned net, has hardly been a top performer for the broadcaster. But, as the first Marvel TV foray, it is proving to be the most enduring.


Agents of SHIELD, co-created by Joss and Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen, moved to Friday during season five and continues to air on the typically little-watched night — and remain there in its current sixth season this summer. Still, with live-plus-7 Nielsen lifts, it averages just a 1.2 rating among adults 18-49, shy of 4 million viewers. Still, the show remains an international draw, and the fact that it is produced by corporate siblings ABC Studios and Marvel Television has always worked in its favor.