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ABC To Extend New Tuesday Comedy Block To 2 Hours In Midseason With ‘Cougar Town’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday May 17, 2011 @ 6:48am PDTTags: ABC Comedy Block, Apartment 23, Charlie's Angels, Cougar Town, Dancing With The Stars, Happy Endings, Last Man Standing, Man Up
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ABC Unveils 2011-12 Primetime Schedule
We may have the first head-to-head faceoff of two-hour comedy blocks in years this spring. ABC, which is launching a new Tuesday 8-9 PM comedy block with the Tim Allen starrer Last Man Standing and Chris Moynihan’s Man Up, leading into the Dancing With the Stars result show, plans to extend the block to two hours between the two cycles of Dancing, ABC Entertainment Group president Paul Lee announced at a press conference this morning. In what could be dubbed “men vs. women,” the two comedies with male leads will be followed by Courteney Cox’s Cougar Town and freshman Apartment 23 starring Krysten Ritter. Fox, of course, already has a 8-10 PM comedy block anchored by Glee at 8 PM and announced yesterday that it will convert it into a four-show block in March when Glee goes on hiatus. Since Dancing usually returns at the end of March, there is a good chance for the two four-comedy blocks to go toe to toe for a couple of weeks, a return to the old times when comedy ruled primetime with blocks on virtually every night of the week. READ MORE »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Better With You’ Fights For Its Life With 19% Ratings Jump

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday May 12, 2011 @ 9:20am PDTTags: American Idol, Better With You, Breaking In, Cougar Town, Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, Happy Endings, Law & Order: SVU, Minute to Win It, Modern Family, Ratings Rat Race, Survivor: Redemption Island, The Middle, TV Ratings
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Bubble shows are getting their final chance to make a case for renewal this week, and ABC’s comedy Better with You did its best last night. The multi-camera comedy, considered a long shot for renewal, drew a 1.9/6 in adults … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Happy Endings’ And ‘Criminal Behavior’ Drop Big Against ‘SVU’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday May 5, 2011 @ 10:29am PDTTags: American Idol, Better With You, Breaking In, Cougar Town, Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, Happy Endings, Law & Order: SVU, Modern Family, Ratings Rat Race, Survivor: Redemption Island, The Middle, TV Ratings
Nellie Andreeva

After a promising 17% week-to-week ratings increase last week, ABC’s 10 PM comedy Happy Endings dropped alarmingly last night just as the networks are getting close to making their pickup decisions for next season. The midseason series (1.7/4) was down 19% from last week despite its lead-in, Cougar Town (2.2/6), being up a tenth. The difference? Happy Endings faced original competition in the 10 PM hour vs. repeats last week. The second Happy Endings original at 10:30 PM did worse, 1.4/4. Like Cougar Town, Better With You (1.6/5) was up a tenth from last week when both series followed repeats. A new The Middle (2.0/6) was up 5% from April 20, while a fresh Modern Family (3.8/10) was flat.

Law & Order: SVU‘s first original in a month, which guest starred John Stamos, did a 2.5/6, up a tenth from April 6. The veteran NBC crime drama won the 10 PM hour against ABC’s Happy Endings and CBS’ Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (2.2/6), which was also hit by facing a new SVU, down 15% from April 16. Criminal Minds (3.2/8) was down 8%, while Survivor: Redemption Island (3.0/9) was flat with its fast national number last week. (Both Survivor and Fox’s American Idol always rise in the finals, so comparing fast nationals to finals is not completely fair.)

Speaking of Idol (6.4/18, 24.8 million), the reality series was down 7% from its fast national demo result last week, once again dominating the night in 18-49 and total viewers. Read More »

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GAL POWER: ABC Studios Inks Overall Deal With ‘Cougar Town’ Co-Exec Producers

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday May 3, 2011 @ 3:35pm PDTTags: ABC Studios, Besties, Cougar Town
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Cougar Town co-executive producers Chrissy Pietrosh and Jessica Goldstein have signed their first overall deal, a two-year pact with the series’ producer ABC Studios. Under the deal, the two will continue to work on Bill Lawrence’s comedy series starring Courteney Cox, which was given an early renewal in January. Additionally the duo will develop new projects. This season, they wrote the script Besties for ABC Studios and the Mark Gordon Co, which was in serious contention for a pilot pickup at ABC. ICM-repped Pietrosh and Goldstein’s previous series credits Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ABC’s ‘Happy Endings’ Rebounds In Week 3

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday April 28, 2011 @ 9:19am PDTTags: American Idol, Better With You, Breaking In, Cougar Town, Happy Endings, Ratings Rat Race, Survivor: Redemption Island, The Voice, TV Ratings
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Nice Week 3 bump for ABC’s midseason comedy series Happy Endings (2.1/5 in adults 18-49). After falling 30% in its move from 9:30 PM to 10 PM last Wednesday, the new comedy bounced back, up 17% in the demo from … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: CW Monday Dramas Return Higher, NBC Lineup Hits Season Low

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday April 19, 2011 @ 10:11am PDTTags: 90210, Chuck, Cougar Town, Dancing With The Stars, Gossip Girl, Hawaii Five-0, House, How I Met Your Mother, Law & Order: Los Angeles, Mad Love, Mike & Molly, The Chicago Code, The Event
Nellie Andreeva

It was another sad Monday ratings performance for NBC, which hit another season low on the night with all original programming. Chuck (1.3/4) was even with last week, tying its series low. But it also delivered NBC’s highest demo rating last night. The Event (1.1/3) was down 13% from its last original two weeks ago for a series low. And the relaunch of Law & Order: Los Angeles continues to sputter. In its second week since the series’ return last Monday, the Law & Order spinoff drew a 1.1/3, down a steep 27% from the two-hour midseason premiere last week. Such an underwhelming performance bodes well for David E. Kelley’s Harry’s Law, which did better in the slot earlier this midseason.

ABC’s Dancing With the Stars performance show (3.9/11) was down 13% from last week to rank as the lowest-rated spring performance telecast ever for the venerable reality franchise. In its special airing after Dancing, a new Cougar Town (2.3/6) was down 15% from its last original Feb. 2. Proving that comedy series do better in a block, even with a weaker lead-in, that last original followed a Modern Family repeat. The first of a slew of specials about the upcoming Royal Wedding, ABC News: William & Catherine: A Modern Fairytale, averaged a 1.7/4 at 10 PM. Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘American Idol’ Pulls Even With Last Season

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday February 3, 2011 @ 11:19am PSTTags: ABC Ratings, American Idol Ratings, Blue Bloods, CBS Ratings, Cougar Town, Fox Ratings, Human Target, Law & Order: SVU, Minute to Win It, NBC Ratings, Ratings Rat Race, TV, TV Ratings
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Fox’s hourlong American Idol (8.9/24 in adults 18-49, 24.9 million) once again held steady, down 3% in the demo from last Wednesday’s two-hour episode and up 3% vs. that episode’s comparable 8-9 PM hour. What is probably even more important … Read More »

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ABC Gives Early Renewal To Six Series

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday January 10, 2011 @ 9:15am PSTTags: ABC, ABC Renewals, Castle, Cougar Town, Dancing With The Stars, Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy, Marc Cherry, Modern Family, Private Practice, The Middle, TV
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ABC has handed early pickups for next season to six scripted series: flagship comedy Modern Family and the other sophomore members of the network’s Wednesday comedy block, The Middle and Cougar Town, flagship drama Grey’s Anatomy, its spinoff Private Practice … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: CBS Wins, ‘Modern Family’ & ‘Cougar Town’ Hit Season Lows

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday December 9, 2010 @ 9:26am PSTTags: ABC Ratings, Better With You, CBS Ratings, Cougar Town, Fox Ratings, Human Target, Law & Order: SVU, Modern Family, NBC Ratings, Ratings Rat Race, Survivor: Nicaragua, The Defenders, The Middle, The Sing-Off, TV, TV Ratings
Nellie Andreeva

After taking a break on Tuesday where it would’ve clashed with Glee, the scripted series that helped it get on the air, NBC’s reality series The Sing-Off returned last night for its second airing. It averaged a 2.6/7 in adults … Read More »

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ABC Slots ‘Mr. Sunshine’ Behind ‘Modern Family’ And ‘Happy Endings’ At 10 PM

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday December 6, 2010 @ 4:07pm PSTTags: ABC Comedy Block, ABC Midseason Schedule, ABC Scheduling, Cougar Town, Happy Endings, Matthew Perry, Matthew Perry Mr. Sunshine, Modern Family, Mr. Sunshine, Off the Map, TV, TV Scheduling
Nellie Andreeva

This trend of comedies at 10 PM seems to be catching on quickly at the broadcast networks. Right after NBC announced that it will expand its 8-10 PM Thursday comedy block to 11 PM in midseason, ABC is doing the … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ABC Tops Wednesday

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday November 25, 2010 @ 10:13am PSTTags: ABC Ratings, CBS Ratings, Cougar Town, Fox Ratings, Hell's Kitchen, Human Target, Modern Family, NBC Ratings, Ratings Rat Race, Survivor: Nicaragua, The Biggest Loser, The Middle, TV, TV Ratings
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With CBS assured of its first top November sweep win among 18-49 in 5 years (tied with Fox), the network put on repeats and a Survivor clip show on the final night of the sweep. That allowed ABC to … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: CBS Dramas Up; Fox’s ‘Human Target’ Debut Soft

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday November 18, 2010 @ 9:10am PSTTags: ABC Ratings, Better With You, CBS Ratings, Cougar Town, Criminal Minds, Fox Ratings, Hell's Kitchen, Human Target, Law & Order: SVU, Law & Order:LA, Modern Family, NBC Ratings, Ratings Rat Race, Survivor: Nicaragua, The Defenders, The Middle, TV, TV Ratings
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Fox’s Human Target (1.8/5) had a quiet second season premiere last night in the Wednesday 8 PM slot it was upgraded to after Lie to Me was summoned to Mondays. It is unfair to compare the premiere to the show’s … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: CBS Up, NBC Hits Low

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday November 4, 2010 @ 9:35am PDTTags: ABC, CBS, Cougar Town, Criminal Minds, Fox, Law & Order: Los Angeles, Law & Order: SVU, Modern Family, NBC, Ratings, Survivor, The Middle, Undercovers
Nellie Andreeva

Why in the world did NBC put on repeats of Law & Order: SVU and especially fledging Law & Order: Los Angeles last week? After 2 consecutive 20%+ declines, LOLA rebounded big time 2 weeks ago, up 24% in the … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: No Yankees Means No Big World Series

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday October 28, 2010 @ 9:24am PDTTags: ABC Ratings, Better With You, CBS Ratings, Cougar Town, Criminal Minds, Fox Ratings, Fox World Series, Law & Order: SVU, Law & Order:LA, Modern Family, NBC Ratings, Ratings, Survivor: Nicaragua, The Defenders, The Middle, The Whole Truth, TV, TV Ratings, Undercovers, World Series Ratings, World Series Yankees
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Fox’s coverage of Game 1 of the World Series between the Texas Rangers and the San Francisco Giants (4.7 rating in 18-49) was down 25% from last year’s Phillies/Yankees matchup, but that was to be expected with the most popular baseball team, the Yankees, out this year. The game was on par with ith the opening game of the most recent non-Yankees World Series in 2008 (4.8). Fox won the night in 18-49 and total viewers.

Just like its family-friendly Monday lineup posted week-to-week gains against the monster Monday NFL game on ESPN, the network’s Wednesday comedy block last night logged ratings rises. The Halloween-themed quartet was led by Modern Family (5.1/13 in 18-49, up 9% from last week’s fast national; 13.1 million viewers), which hit a series high in total viewers and matched its series high in 18-49 from earlier this fall. At 8 PM, The Middle (2.8/9, up 8%; 9.4 million) logged its most-watched telecast and its second highest 18-49 delivery ever. Freshman Better with You (2.5/7) had a nice 19% post-full season-pickup bounce to match a series demo high. Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: Big ‘LOLA’ Rebound

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday October 21, 2010 @ 9:41am PDTTags: ABC Ratings, Better With You, CBS Ratings, Cougar Town, Criminal Minds, Fox Ratings, Law & Order: SVU, Law & Order:LA, MLB NLCS, Modern Family, NBC Ratings, Ratings, Survivor: Nicaragua, The Defenders, The Middle, The Whole Truth, TV, TV Ratings, Undercovers
Nellie Andreeva

There are four freshman series on Wednesday that are still awaiting decision on full-season orders: ABC’s Better with You and The Whole Truth, NBC’s Undercovers and CBS’ The Defenders. None of them made a case for itself one way or another last night, with the first 3 staying flat and The Defenders giving away last week’s solid ratings gains.

Much needed good ratings news for NBC which recently handed back orders – episodic or script – to all of its freshman series still on the air. One of them, Law & Order: Los Angeles (2.4/7 in adults 18-49), was up 26% after 2 consecutive weeks of 20%+ declines. It won the 10 PM hour and improved its retention of Law & Order: SVU to 92% from 83% last week. In fact, the entire NBC Wednesday lineup was up. SVU (2.6/7) was climbed 13%. Undercovers (1.5/5), the only new NBC series to only get script order this week, was flat with the show’s fast national number last week and up 7% vs. the final. Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Law & Order: Los Angeles’ And ‘Defenders’ Drop

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday October 7, 2010 @ 9:29am PDTTags: ABC Ratings, Better With You, CBS Ratings, CBS Scheduling, Cougar Town, Criminal Minds, Fox Ratings, Hell's Kitchen, Law & Order: SVU, Law & Order:LA, Modern Family, NBC Ratings, Ratings, Survivor: Nicaragua, TBS Ratings, The Defenders, The Middle, The Whole Truth, TV, TV Ratings, Undercovers
Nellie Andreeva

God is proving to be a ratings god this week. After a religion-themed Glee dominated Tuesday with a 4.6/13 demo rating, an episode of Modern Family tackling the same subject ruled the demo roost last night with a 4.5/12. It was mostly an uplifting night with all networks able to brag about something except for NBC whose entire lineup was down.

New NBC drama Undercovers continues to fade at 8 PM. It managed a 1.5/4 in 18-49 last night, down a notch from last week. On the same night last year, the now-defunct medical drama Mercy drew a 1.9 in the hour, and NBC averaged a 1.7 in the time slot last season. At 9 PM, Law & Order: SVU (2.5/7) was down 11%. Even worse, new spinoff Law & Order: Los Angeles (2.4/7) was down a steep 25% from its premiere last week. On the positive side, it still won what is shaping up to be a very weak Wednesday 10 PM hour this season and held 96% onto of its SVU lead-in. Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Law & Order: LA’ Solid In Debut, ‘Undercovers’ Takes Plunge

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday September 30, 2010 @ 9:27am PDTTags: ABC Ratings, Better With You, CBS Ratings, Cougar Town, Criminal Minds, CW Ratings, Fox Ratings, Hell's Kitchen, Law & Order:LA, Modern Family, NBC Ratings, Ratings, Survivor: Nicaragua, The Middle, The Whole Truth, TV, TV Ratings, Undercovers
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The new Law & Order spinoff Law & Order: Los Angeles did OK in its debut on what was a down night all around, with all other series except Fox’s Hell’s Kitchen posting double-digit declines from last week. Topping the list … Read More »

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Jennifer Aniston Returns To TV Primetime

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Monday August 23, 2010 @ 9:23am PDTTags: Cougar Town, Jennifer Aniston, TV Casting

Jennifer Aniston is set to guest star alongside Courteney Cox on the Season Two premiere of ABC’s Cougar Town on September 22nd. The two haven’t worked together since Dirt. Aniston bombed in the feature film The Switch over the weekend.

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