ABC Gives Full-Season Orders to The Goldbergs, Trophy Wife
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 [...]
Modern Family’s Debut on USA Rated Lower Than Big Bang’s on TBS in 2011
Updated: Mea culpa. Folks point out an error in the figures I was using—Big Bang did indeed start off strong and get stronger. This is still, of course, a longer [...]
Ironside Rolls to a Dead Stop; Super Fun Night Lifts ABC
ABC’s decision to mothball the Super Fun Night pilot seems to have paid off, as the replacement episode performed well on Wednesday night.
Hump Day Dump Day: Wednesday Ratings Drop
But for bounce-back performances from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and The X Factor, every returning Wednesday night broadcast series lost ground. In some cases, the regression was downright [...]
Snobs Vs. Slobs: Fox’s Dads Connects With the Upper Crust
When not getting under the skin of television critics, Fox’s new comedy Dads is carving out a niche with the swells at the country club.
AMC Scares Up a Walking Dead Spinoff
AMC is doubling down on the dead, putting into motion a plan that will bring a spinoff of TV’s top-rated series to the network in 2015.