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Upfront Upheaval: ABC Creates an All-Shonda Rhimes Thursday Block

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It’s Shonda Rhimes’ world; everyone else just lives in it.


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Broadcast’s Incredible Shrinking Thursday

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Movie studios looking to prime the pump for their weekend releases may want to start looking for an alternative to broadcast TV. At the risk of trafficking in hyperbole, the [...]

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All Hail Shonda Rhimes

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It may be time to rename ABC “The House That Shonda Built.”

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New Girl, Brooklyn Nine-Nine Come Back Down to Earth

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For all the hype afforded it, the Super Bowl does a pretty lousy job at series promotion.

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CBS Delivers With Thursday Comedy Block

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With four weeks of data on the books, CBS’ new two-hour Thursday night comedy block appears to be one of the season’s few unambiguous success stories.

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NBC’s Thursday Night Comedies Fall Flat

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Bob Greenblatt’s decision to steer the HMS Funnybones into the mainstream hasn’t prevented NBC’s Thursday night comedy lineup from sinking to the bottom. And while it’s too early to call [...]