The 2017 NBA Playoffs have arrived! For the next two months, starting April 15, up to 16 teams — eight from each conference, East and West — will vie for the coveted Larry O’Brien trophy. With the Golden State Warriors’ acquisition of former longtime Oklahoma City Thunder star Kevin Durant last July, it seems likely […]
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ABC has placed a 10-episode order to a new singing competition series for this summer called “Boy Band.” Produced by Matador Content (“Lip Sync Battle”), “Boy Band” will feature a live-voting system where viewers will vote on performances as they happen, rather than waiting until after the show to cast their ballots. A panel of […]
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ABC Cancels ‘Time After Time’
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ABC has pulled time travel-themed Sunday night drama “Time After Time” after five low-rated episodes. Debuting on March 5, the series was developed by Kevin Williamson and was based on the novel of the same name. New episodes of “Match Game” will take over the Sunday 9 p.m. ET hour effective on April 2. Freddie […]
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Perennially underrated ABC sitcom “The Middle,” starring Patricia Heaton, Neil Flynn, Charlie McDermott, Eden Sher and Atticus Shaffer, has been greenlit by the network for a ninth season. “‘The Middle’ has been one of the network’s most consistent performers and helped us to launch a whole new night of comedy when it moved to Tuesdays […]
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ABC Announces Midseason Schedule
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ABC has unveiled its plans in midseason, which will include new drama “Time After Time,” new comedy “Imaginary Mary,” new seasons of dramas “The Catch” and “American Crime,” event series “When We Rise,” live musical event “Dirty Dancing,” and the returns of “Scandal,” “Once Upon a Time” and “Designated Survivor.” Upcoming sitcom “Downward Dog” will […]
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THE ROAD TO SUPER BOWL LI WILL BE TELEVISED The National Football League announced its postseason television schedule on Sunday, January 1. The Playoff Picture is official.#NFLPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/xnmwYZ10Zu — NFL (@NFL) January 2, 2017 Wild Card weekend marks the kickoff to the NFL postseason on Jan. 7-8. ESPN and ABC will simulcast the first game […]
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ABC Orders Drama ‘Somewhere Between’
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ABC has given a straight-to-series order to a summer murder mystery drama called “Somewhere Between,” based on a Korean format. The logline: “Somewhere Between” follows Laura Price — she’s not crazy, but she knows that her daughter Serena is going to be murdered. She doesn’t know who the murderer is, or why she’s killed, but […]
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ABC has placed a pilot order for a potential half-hour single-camera sitcom from ABC studios in 2017-18 called “Libby & Malcolm,” about two polar-opposite political pundits who fall in love despite all odds and form a blended family and a work partnership. The logline: Felicity Huffman stars as Libby, a strong, brilliant, white Republican and […]
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[socialpoll id=”2399707″] CNN took top-rated honors in primetime for the Presidential Election coverage on Tuesday, with 13.26 million viewers, 6.65 million adults 18-49 and 6.66 million adults 25-54. Second overall among all coverage was Fox News at 12.11 million viewers, while NBC was the most-watched among the Big 3 broadcast networks at 11.15 million. The […]