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Sluggish Debuts for Bad Teacher, Black Box

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With just a month to go before the 2013-14 broadcast TV season slinks off into the murk of history, the networks on Thursday night launched a pair of last-gasp series. [...]


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Chicago P.D. Off to a Promising Start on NBC

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In a season marred by wholly forgettable 10 p.m. launches, NBC thus far is the only broadcaster showing signs of life in the final hour of prime time.

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CBS’ Intelligence Is the Season’s Most-Watched Premiere

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CBS could have a winner on its hands with its first midseason drama launch, while a solid performer in the Tuesday 10 p.m. slot continues to elude ABC.

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ABC Unveils Midseason Slate

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In a bid to make room for its robust slate of midseason newcomers, ABC on Tuesday effectively drew the curtain on one freshman drama and put a second series on [...]

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

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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 [...]

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ABC Overhauls Fall Schedule

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In what has become a somewhat hoary upfront tradition, Jimmy Kimmel on Tuesday took the stage at New York’s Avery Fisher Hall and gleefully skewered the broadcast TV business.