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Recently, ABC released the new,official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Castle" episode 4 of season 7. The episode is entitled, "Child's Play," and it sounds like things will get very interesting as Castle goes undercover. Beckett and Castle try to find out who killed an ice cream man, and more. In the new,4th episode press release: "When an ice cream vender is shot, evidence is going to lead Beckett and Castle to believe that an unknown second-grader may have vital information about the case. Castle will go undercover at an elementary school to try and identify the second-grader, but nothing is going to go as planned." Guest stars will feature: Sergei Vetotchkin as Elya Baskin, Bess Rous as Natalie Barnes, David Barrera as Principal Silva, Rachel Eggleston as Emily. The episode was written by Rob Hanning and it was directed by Rob Bowman. Episode 4 is set to air this Monday night,...

Network: ABC

Episodes: 13 (half-hour)

Seasons: One

TV show dates: April 3, 2013 -- June 26, 2013

Series status: Cancelled

Performers include: Sarah Chalke, Brad Garrett, Elizabeth Perkins, Jon Dore, Orlando Jones, Rachel Eggleston, and Stephanie Hunt.

TV show description:

Polly (Sarah Chalke) is a recently divorced single mother who's having a hard time adjusting to her situation. She wants to be the mother she never had and is trying to figure how to do it. She dropped out of college to marry her daughter's father so her options for jobs are a little limited. As a result, Polly works at a high-end organic grocery store alongside Jenn (Stephanie Hunt), a single hipster who dates and pierces herself a lot.

Like a lot of young people, she and her daughter Natalie (Rachel Eggleston) have moved back home to live...

ABC continues to look for another ratings hit for Wednesday nights. Will How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life) be what they're looking for or yet another candidate for cancellation? We'll have to follw the ratings and wait and see.

The first season of How to Live with Your Parents typically airs Wednesday nights at 9:30pm. The sitcom's cast includes Sarah Chalke, Brad Garrett, Elizabeth Perkins, Jon Dore, Orlando Jones, Rachel Eggleston, and Stephanie Hunt.

Below are the TV show's ratings for the 2012-13 season, the best way to tell if How to Live With Your Parents is going to be cancelled or renewed for a second season.

These figures will be updated as the weeks progress so be sure to bookmark and return to this page:

Final season averages: 1.8 rating...

Sarah Chalke, of "Roseanne" and "Scrubs" fame, is back on a network comedy with "How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)". She stars as Polly, a divorced single mom who has to move back in with her parents.

Said parents are Elaine (Elizabeth Perkins) and stepdad Max (Brad Garrett), a pair of off-beat hippies who are very free-wheeling with their sexual exploits. Polly brings with her daughter Natalie (Rachel Eggleston) and so begins a modern-day familial unit, as Polly tries to put her life back together.

What did you think? We find the cast utterly likable and therefore are rooting for this one to work out. It's not necessarily laugh-your-butt-off hilarious, but it's cute and charming.

Will you be tuning in for more "Htlwypftroyl"?...

College students, start taking notes! ABC's new sitcom How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life) debuted Wednesday night, and aside from officially becoming a contender for most annoying show title ever, it brought the lovely Scrubs alum Sarah Chalke back to us. And, bonus: Everybody Loves Raymond's Brad Garrett and Elizabeth Perkins play her parents! Now that you've seen the premiere, we're curious to know what you thought of How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)... In the network's newest addition to the Wednesday night comedy block, Chalke plays Polly, a recently divorced single mother to Natalie (Rachel Eggleston), who is forced to move back in with...

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ABC’s newest comedy, which debuted Wednesday at 9:30/8:30c, stars Scrubs alum Sarah Chalke as Polly, a neurotic, newly single mother who rounds up daughter Natalie (Rachel Eggleston) and decamps to her childhood home in the wake of her divorce.

“I’m not a failure; I’m trendy,” she tells us via voiceover six months after begging her no-filter mother Elaine (played by Weeds‘ Elizabeth Perkins) and laid-back stepfather Max (Everybody Loves Raymond‘s Brad Garrett) to take her in.

Sarah Chalke makes her regular return to TV with "How To Live With Your Parents (For The Rest Of Your Life)" this week.

The "Scrubs" alumna completes her TV career 180 with the ABC comedy: Chalke, who played eldest Connor child Becky on "Roseanne," is now playing a TV mom.

"How To Live With Your Parents" follows Chalke's Polly, who's just recently divorced her irresponsible husband Julian (Jon Dore). Due to financial struggles, she and her five-year-old daughter Natalie (Rachel Eggleston) move in with her vulgar mom Elaine (Elizabeth Perkins) and uber-chill stepfather Max (Brad Garrett). But the uptight young mother's parenting ideals clash with Elaine and Max's improvisational and eccentric lifestyle. (As you've probably seen in previews, there is underwear in lunchboxes and coffee at bedtime when Natalie is under Elaine and Max's rule -- or lack thereof.)

Below, Chalke opens up to The Huffington Post about her return to TV,...

Arrested Development’s influence is all over ABC’s likable but unfortunately titled How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life) (ABC, Wednesdays, 9:30). Fast cutting, cute onscreen I.D. tags, plinky-plonky music, winsome narration: It’s all here, plus Modern Family’s conventional-unconventional view of suburban life. One of the show’s three executive producers is Arrested Development vet Brian Grazer, but I doubt his presence alone explains the affinity; more likely this is just how creator-executive producer Claudia Lonow (Rude Awakenings, The War at Home) saw the story. Whatever the motivation, the result is quite likable, if knowingly obnoxious at times.Sarah Chalke plays the heroine and narrator, Polly, a recent divorcée with a young daughter named Natalie (Rachel Eggleston). She moves back in with her mom, Elaine (Elizabeth Perkins), and stepdad, Max (Brad Garrett), thinking it’ll be a temporary safe harbor, but...

Despite its terrible, Twitter-unfriendly title, ABC's "How To Live With Your Parents (For The Rest Of Your Life)" is decidedly not terrible. Premiering Wednesday, April 3 at 9:30 p.m. Est, "How To Live With Your Parents" embraces its stars -- comedy faves Sarah Chalke, Elizabeth Perkins, and Brad Garrett -- and gives them room to do what they do best.

Chalke plays Polly, a recently-divorced single mother left with no other choice but to move back in with her quirky, hippie, sexually liberated mother Elaine and stepfather Max. Polly's overprotective, stifling view of parenting is obviously a sharp contrast to Elaine's free-spirited philosophy. In the first episode, Polly leaves her daughter Natalie with her mother when she goes out on her first post-divorce date. Obviously, hijinks ensue.

The show isn't breaking new ground anywhere. It feels like a happy medium between "The New Normal" and "Everybody Loves Raymond," but it...

Chicago – How do so many talented comedians end up making such an awful sitcom as ABC’s “How to Live with Your Parents (for the Rest of Your Life)”? The show is proof that the writer is still the king of television and that even a cast this notable can’t save cliched, poorly-written comedy.

Television Rating: 1.5/5.0

“How to Live with Your Parents (for the Rest of Your Life)” almost plays like a spoof of a comedy within a smarter show. It’s that cliched. And there should be a law against the number of jokes about a missing testicle as there are in the premiere. With echoes of “Meet the Fockers” and a long-gone era of situation comedy, “How to Live with Your Parents (for the Rest of Your Life)” just isn’t funny. And that’s coming from someone who has absolutely adored some of the work done...

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For the last couple of years, ABC has been playing with the “throw anything at the wall and see if something sticks” theory of sitcoms. This has led to a lot of strange shows and a lot of very niche markets. While ABC has some great comedies, this approach has led to a lot of quick cancels, and some tricky situations. The Neighbors leaps to mind, as does the difficulty the network is having with Happy Endings (a hilarious show, which isn’t getting sold appropriately, and is somewhat niche itself).

Now we have a new show that’s really focused on the awkward and uncomfortable theory of comedy, and it’s one that is pretty hard to predict.

How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life) tries to get a bit of star power as hook, with Sarah Chalke, Brad Garrett, and Elizabeth Perkins,...

ABC has announced its midseason lineup, which includes two new dramas, the premiere of new reality shows like The Taste and Celebrity Diving (don’t laugh) and the return of Body of Proof:

Tuesday, January 22

8:00-10:00 p.m. The Taste (Two-hour series premiere)

Tuesday, January 29

8:00-9:00 p.m. The Taste (regular time period premiere)

Tuesday, February 5

10:00-11:00 p.m. Body of Proof

Thursday, February 14

8:00-9:00 p.m. Zero Hour

Sunday, March 3

9:00-11:00 p.m. Red Widow (two-hour series premiere)

Sunday, March 10

10:00-11:00 p.m. Red Widow (regular time period premiere)

Monday,...

ABC's midseason comedy "How to Live With Your Parents (for the Rest of Your Life)" has by far the longest title of any new show this season. It also may have the most autobiographical title.

Series creator Claudia Lonow ("Accidentally on Purpose," "Less Than Perfect") says she has lived with her folks for the past 15 years, and she plans on mining her own life for the show for as long as she can.

For instance, as relates to the lead character's (Sarah Chalke) dating life: "I would say that being a divorced woman with a child who lives with her parents is not a selling point," Lonow says. "I had a couple guys drive me home and want to come in, and I'm like ... 'Well, I'm going to break this to you now' ... and they kind of ran to the car to get away."

That said, Lonow does see the...

Terry O'Quinn as Gavin Doran in "666 Park Avenue" (ABC/Andrew Eccles)

ABC‘s slate of new shows for fall has a strange flavor to it, and it’s going to be a bumpy ride. The network has about as many new shows as returning ones (if you count all the midseasons), and a good percentage of the returning offerings are a year old or less, making this look a bit like a rebuilding year.

Not only is it a rebuilding year, but it’s the year of bringing back every actor and actress who ever had a decent run on a show before. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a network’s new season slate that was so crammed with people returning from something else. If you can’t make it good, I suppose, make sure viewers recognize the faces.

It’s tricky to get a solid feel...

The Fall TV Season presentations for all the new network shows take place this week with the third one announced. Here's a full breakdown of which concepts have made the final list over on ABC.

An odd year for the once mighty juggernaut which can still pack 'em in. It had surprise success stories with "Once Upon a Time" and "Revenge", the latter becoming an unexpected international hit, and several shows have gotten renewals despite more modest numbers. Still, with it battling with NBC for the third and fourth position overall, the network has to introduce ten shows over the course of the season in the hope of getting a few stickers.

Several other pilots didn't make the final cut and won't be seen include the fashion label dynasty soap "Americana", ABC's update of the 90's "Beauty and the Beast" TV series, the Roland Emmerich-produced thriller "Dark Horse", the...

Sarah Chalke (Scrubs) is returning with a new programme in January next year, taking the lead in ABC’s How to Live with your Parents (For the Rest of your Life).

After Mad Love was cancelled after a short-lived season, following Chalke’s leading role in Scrubs, we heard earlier this year that she’d signed on for a new comedy which has just had its first trailer debut.

Julie Anne Robinson (Weeds, One for the Money) is directing the pilot, from a script by Claudia Lonow (Accidentally on Purpose), with Elizabeth Perkins, Brad Garrett, and Orlando Jones, and Rachel Eggleston playing Chalke’s young daughter.

“Polly (Sarah Chalke) is a single mom who’s been divorced for almost a year. The transition wasn’t easy for her, especially in this economy. So, like a lot of young people living in this new reality, she and her daughter, Natalie (Rachel Eggleston...

Single mom Polly (Sarah Chalke) needs a fresh start, and so she seeks help from her mom and dad. Whoops.

Chalke ("Scrubs," "Mad Love") plays a woman determined to be the "best single working mom in the universe" in "How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)," which easily takes this season's crown for longest show title. She looks to her folks (Elizabeth Perkins and Brad Garrett) for support and a place to live, but mom and dad are pretty happy with their empty-nest life, and they don't see much upside into changing their ways for Polly and her daughter, Natalie (Rachel Eggleston).

Chalke is an expert at playing tightly wound characters, and Perkins is working some of the same self-centered vibe she did on "Weeds" (though without the nasty streak). Garrett, meanwhile, gets to work his deadpan in a single-camera comedy instead of playing to...

ABC is shaking things up for its 2012-2013 schedule.

"Revenge" is heading over to Sunday nights at 9 p.m. Et, the slot the now dead "Desperate Housewives" occupied up until last week. Old standby "Grey's Anatomy" is staying put, as is "Scandal," but they're paired with newcomer "Last Resort."

In a press conference call right after the schedule announcement, ABC Entertainment President nm2712251 autoPaul Lee[/link] said he's not concerned about launching a big action show at 8 p.m. -- especially not "Last Resort," from "The Shield" creator Shawn Ryan.

"I have so much faith in Shawn. You get a sense in this job of the showrunners who really know how to drive the train. Don't forget -- we've opened strong action shows at that hour, and certainly there's an audience for it. We believe strongly in the strength of this show. We think it's a big, broad tent show, we believe in it,...

ABC is shaking things up for its 2012-2013 schedule.

"Revenge" is heading over to Sunday nights at 9 p.m. Et, the slot the now dead "Desperate Housewives" occupied up until last week. Old standby "Grey's Anatomy" is staying put, as is "Scandal," but they're paired with newcomer "Last Resort."

In a press conference call right after the schedule announcement, ABC Entertainment President nm2712251 autoPaul Lee[/link] said he's not concerned about launching a big action show at 8 p.m. -- especially not "Last Resort," from "The Shield" creator Shawn Ryan.

"I have so much faith in Shawn. You get a sense in this job of the showrunners who really know how to drive the train. Don't forget -- we've opened strong action shows at that hour, and certainly there's an audience for it. We believe strongly in the strength of this show. We think it's a big, broad tent show, we believe in it,...

ABC made a surge of fateful programming decisions this afternoon. Private Practice, Don’t Trust the B— and several other shows just got renewed. Missing and a few other titles were cancelled.

And in the middle of that, ABC ordered five seven eight 10 new shows.

ABC gave series orders to drama pilots Last Resort, Red Widow (formerly titled Penoza), Mistresses, 666 Park Ave., Zero Hour and Nashville, plus to comedies How to Live With Your Parents for the Rest of Your Life, Malibu Country, The Neighbors and Comeback Jack.

Here’s the rundown of ABC’s new lineup:

– Based on the Dutch format,...

House‘s final run of episodes will feature a cameo by RoboCop, Glee‘s Coach Beiste has a secret, and Brennan may be going to jail for murder on Bones!

That’s just a taste of the many fresh spoilers included in Fox’s just-released May Sweeps release, the highlights of which are below. Happy hunting!

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Bones

April 30: “The Family in the Feud”

After a corpse is found in the middle of the woods, the Jeffersonian team links the victim to two families that have been feuding for almost a century.