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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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Modern Family’s Debut on USA Rated Lower Than Big Bang’s on TBS in 2011

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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 [...]

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Ironside Rolls to a Dead Stop; Super Fun Night Lifts ABC

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ABC’s decision to mothball the Super Fun Night pilot seems to have paid off, as the replacement episode performed well on Wednesday night.

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Hump Day Dump Day: Wednesday Ratings Drop

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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 [...]

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Snobs Vs. Slobs: Fox’s Dads Connects With the Upper Crust

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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.

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AMC Scares Up a Walking Dead Spinoff

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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.