ABC Gives Full-Season Orders to The Goldbergs, Trophy Wife

In-house comedy gets the nod over Back in the Game

ABC has tightened up its comedy lineup, giving full-season orders to freshman sitcoms The Goldbergs and Trophy Wife, ordering an additional four episodes of Super Fun Night and closing the books on Back in the Game.

The beneficiary of a Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. lead-in and a pricey fall marketing push, The Goldbergs seemed primed for a full-season order from the get-go. (That the show had achieved most-favored nation status was apparent at the network’s May upfront presentation; ABC entertainment group president Paul Lee screened an extended preview of The Goldbergs for buyers and was effusive in his praise for the pilot.)

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