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ABC Family’s ‘Melissa & Joey’ Gets Season 3 Back Order, Renewed For Fourth Season

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday May 28, 2013 @ 10:16am PDTTags: ABC Family, Melissa & Joey
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EXCLUSIVE UPDATED: ABC Family is banking on Melissa & Joey. Ahead of the series’ Season 3 premiere tomorrow, I’ve learned that the network has given the comedy starring Melissa Joan Hart and Joey Lawrence a back order for 20 more episodes. Additionally, ABC Family has ordered a 20-episode fourth season, making Melissa & Joey the network’s first comedy to reach 100 episodes. The additional Season 3 episodes will air in 2014. “One hundred episodes is a great accomplishment for any series and we are thrilled to give Melissa And Joey the opportunity to achieve this milestone, as they’ve delivered hundreds and hundreds of laughs over the seasons,” said Kate Juergens, EVP Programming and Development and Chief Creative Officer, ABC Family. READ MORE »

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ABC Family Renews ‘Baby Daddy’, ‘Melissa & Joey’ & ‘Switched At Birth’, Gives Back Order To ‘Bunheads’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday August 17, 2012 @ 12:13pm PDTTags: Baby Daddy, Bunheads, Melissa & Joey, Switched at Birth
Nellie Andreeva

After a very strong launch, ABC Family’s new comedy Baby Daddy will bypass the standard back order for a full-fledged second season pickup. Fellow freshman, ballet drama Bunheads, is getting a back-order pickup while the network also is renewing comedy Melissa & Joey for a third season and Switched At Birth for a second. “The new series have resonated with our viewers, and the combination of drama, comedy and reality brings great depth to our lineup, said ABC Family president Michael Riley. The dramas will premiere in Winter, with the comedies returning in Spring 2013. ABC Family also just announced a reunion special for its new reality series Beverly Hills Nannies to air on September 4. Baby Daddy, created by Dan Berendsen, launched as ABC Family’s #1 comedy series ever and is pacing as the #1 new cable comedy this summer in Women 18-34 and Females 12-34. It also boosted its lead-in, Melissa & Joey, to its best season to date. Amy Sherman-Palladino’s Bunheads is cable TV’s #2 series on Mondays at 9 o’clock in Women 18-34 and Females 12-34. Here is more on the newly picked up series: Read More »

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Melissa Joan Hart Sued By Her Ex-Manager For Non-Payment Of Commissions

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday October 27, 2011 @ 7:52pm PDTTags: Breach of Contract, Melissa & Joey

Talent manager Kieran Maguire filed suit Wednesday against Melissa Joan Hart, asserting colorfully that she “has no heart” for taking advantage of his services and then ditching him “once her popularity was brought back from obscurity.” Maquire says he and Hart entered into a verbal standard agreement for his management services in 2006 — after her series Sabrina The Teenage Witch ended a few years prior. The breach of contract suit filed in L.A. Superior Court points out that Hart agreed to pay and continued to pay Maguire 10% of her earnings for subsequent years during which Maguire says he worked closely with her talent agents, publicists, business managers, attorneys and others in guiding her career. Read More »

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ABC Family Renews ‘Melissa & Joey’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday July 11, 2011 @ 1:30pm PDTTags: ABC Family, Melissa & Joey, TV Renewal

ABC Family has renewed its original comedy Melissa & Joey for a second season, the network announced today. The series starring Melissa Joan Hart and Joey Lawrence is wrapping its first season to air throughout the summer and fall … Read More »

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ABC Family Expands Schedule To 3 Nights Of Original Programming

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday March 7, 2011 @ 8:55am PSTTags: ABC Family, ABC Family Original Programming, Melissa & Joey, Switched at Birth, The Great State of Georgia, TV, TV Scheduling
Nellie Andreeva

Having just picked up four new scripted series, ABC Family is heading into the summer with its largest-ever slate of originals. With seven scripted series on tap — four new (dramas Switched at Birth, The Nine Lives of Chloe King, The Lying Game and comedy The Great State of Georgia) and three returning … Read More »

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HRTS Network Chiefs Lunch: A Star Is Born

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday October 26, 2010 @ 5:12pm PDTTags: ABC Paul Lee, ABC Programming, CBS Nina Tassler, CW Dawn Ostroff, Fox Cablevision Carriage Dispute, Kevin Reilly Fox, Melissa & Joey, NBC Angela Bromstad, Paul Lee
Nellie Andreeva

ABC’s new chief Paul Lee charmed a room full of industry types at the Hollywood Radio and TV Society’s network chiefs luncheon today, which was otherwise pretty uneventful. Three months into the job, he looked confident and relaxed, stretching … Read More »

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ABC Family Orders More ‘Melissa & Joey’ & Picks Up Four More Pilots

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday October 8, 2010 @ 12:55pm PDTTags: ABC Family, ABC Family Pilots, Brenda Hampton ABC Family Pilot, Cable TV, Melissa & Joey, Melissa & Joey Back Order, The Great State of Georgia Pilot, The Lying Game Pilot, What Would Jane Do? Pilot
Nellie Andreeva

UPDATED: Now this is a back order we rarely see — ABC Family is picking up 20 additional episodes of freshman comedy Melissa & Joey, bringing the show’s freshman season to a whopping 30 episodes. Who will claim now that cable creators have it easy with smaller orders than their broadcast counterparts? Additionally, ABC Family greenlighted 4 pilots, an untitled project from The Secret Life of the American Teenager creator Brenda Hampton, The Great State of Georgia, What Would Jane Do and The Lying Game. They joined the 3 pilots ordered last week by the cable network, Strut, Nine Lives and Switched at Birth, in what is shaping up as one of the largest pilot slates for a cable network. The pickup for Melissa & Joey is no surprise and had been in the works for awhile. ABC Family brass have been happy with the freshman comedy starring Melissa Joan Hart and Joey Lawrence despite it falling off its big debut. Melissa & Joey premiered in June as ABC Family’s biggest ever series debut among adults 18-49, 1.3 million. Read More »

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ABC Family To Order More ‘Melissa & Joey’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday October 1, 2010 @ 6:11am PDTTags: ABC Family, Cable TV, Melissa & Joey, Melissa & Joey Back Order, Melissa & Joey Ratings, TV
Nellie Andreeva

I hear ABC Family is close to giving a back order to Melissa & Joey. The size of the order is believed to be between 10-12 additional episodes. No surprise here – ABC Family brass has been happy with the performance of the freshman comedy, which premiered in June as ABC Family’s biggest ever Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: Strong Demo Debut For ABC Family’s ‘Melissa & Joey’, Series Highs for USA Network’s ‘Covert Affairs’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday August 18, 2010 @ 1:44pm PDTTags: ABC Family, ABC Family Ratings, Cable TV, Covert Affairs, Melissa & Joey, Melissa & Joey Ratings, Paul Lee, Ratings, TV Ratings, USA Network Ratings, White Collar
Nellie Andreeva

Paul Lee’s tenure at ABC Family is ending on a high note. The last new series ordered under the former ABC Family president and current ABC Entertainment Group president, comedy Melissa & Joey, premiered last night as ABC Family’s biggest ever series debut among adults 18-49, 1.3 million. … Read More »

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