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Exclusive: How To Live With Your Parents (For The Rest Of Your Life) creator Claudia Lonow is returning to ABC with a new comedy project, also inspired by her life. ABC is developing Boss, a single-camera workplace comedy from Lonow and ABC Signature, Deadline has learned.

Written and executive produced by Lonow and inspired by Lonow’s real-life experiences, Boss is a multi-generational, adult, ensemble, office comedy about two women, frenemies and competitors with little in common, who wind up hiring each other’s equally opposite daughters as their assistants.

ABC Signature is the studio.

Lonow has created four shows that have gone to series: Accidentally On Purpose for CBS, Rude Awakening for Showtime, Good Girl’s Don’t for Oxygen and How To Live With Your Parents (For The Rest Of Your Life) for ABC. Like Boss, How To Live With Your Parents (For The Rest Of Your Life...

Exclusive: Rachael New, who is showrunner and creator of British drama Miss Scarlett and the Duke, has signed with Gersh.

This comes ahead of the launch of the series, which stars The Crown’s Kate Phillips, on PBS in the U.S. on Sunday, January 17.

The show, which is the first international scripted co-production from A+E Networks International, stars Phillips as Eliza Scarlet, the first-ever female detective in 19th century London.

New is currently writing season two of the drama.

She previously wrote episodes of hit ITV crime drama Grantchester and BBC drama The Mallorca Files and worked with Bodyguard creator Jed Mercurio on Lady S, a pilot for CBS.

New is the latest writer/showrunner signed by Gersh since it became the first major full-service talent agency to enter a franchise agreement with the WGA last year. Over the last twelve months, it has signed The Simpsons showrunner Al Jean,...

Exclusive: Sean Hayes and Todd Milliner, whose Hazy Mills reimagined the Brothers Grimm tales as the brooding, dark supernatural cop drama Grimm, are looking to bring the literary classics by another famous writer, William Shakespeare, to television as a drama series set in present day America.

NBC has put in development The Stratford, a one-hour drama from Vincent Angell (The Rookie), Hazy Mills and Universal TV, where the company is based.

Written by Angell, The Stratford is set in a New York luxury hotel and centers on a young man’s search for his father’s killer in a modern reimagination of a Shakespearean world.

Behind the modern exterior, the characters in the show would be revealed to be updated versions of classic Shakesperean characters.

Angell executive produces the drama, whose title is a nod to Shakespeare’s birthplace, with Hayes and Milliner via their Hazy Mills. Universal TV is the studio.

How To Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life) creator Claudia Lonow has signed with Gersh.

Lonow, who is under an overall deal at Universal Television, has created four shows that have gone to air: Accidentally On Purpose for CBS, Rude Awakening for Showtime, Good Girl’s Don’t for Oxygen and How To Live With Your Parents for ABC. She most recently served as co-executive producer on NBC comedy series I Feel Bad and consulting producer on Crowded. Lonow currently has single-camera comedy Fan Girl in development at Peacock with Sean Hayes and Todd Milliner’s Hazy Mills, under her Uni TV deal.

This is the latest showrunner signing at Gersh since it earlier this year became the first major full-service talent agency to enter a franchise agreement with the WGA. Lonow joins fellow new clients longtime The Simpsons executive producer/showrunner Al Jean and film...

Exclusive: Peacock, NBCUniversal’s upcoming streaming platform, has put in development Fan Girl, a single-camera comedy from How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life) creator Claudia Lonow, Sean Hayes and Todd Milliner’s Hazy Mills and Universal TV, where Lonow and Hazy Mills are based.

Written by Lonow, Fan Girl centers on badass freedom fighter, Morrigan Chase. Morrigan escapes certain death in a far away galaxy via a wormhole and lands in the closet of her biggest Fan Girl — edibles-loving Beth — who’s watching similar events unfold on her favorite show, Dominion. Each week, Beth and Morrigan battle evil as they try to get Morrigan back home while becoming unlikely best friends.

Lonow executive produces with Hayes and Milliner via Hazy Mills. Universal Television, a division of NBCUniversal Content Studios, is the studio.

Fan Girl extends Lonow’s relationship with Hazy Mills. She was a...

Fox has put in development Emma’s At Her Dad’s, a single-camera comedy from How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life) creator Claudia Lonow Rapaport, Sean Hayes and Todd Milliner's Hazy Mills, and Universal TV where Hazy Mills and Lonow Rapaport are based. Written and executive produced by Lonow Rapaport, Emma’s At Her Dad’s is a semi-autobiographical, half-hour comedy about Joey, a lost, 35-ish newly single mom using every single second of her weekends…...

ABC has given a script commitment with penalty to the single-camera comedy “Family Style,” from executive producer Amy Poehler. Described as a multi-generational comedy about two men from different cultures who find love in a family-run restaurant in Miami, “Family Style” comes from writer Claudia Lonow, whose recent TV credits include “Crowded,” “How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)” and “Friends With Benefits.” Lonow will also serve as executive producer on the series from Universal Television, alongside Poehler and Brooke Posch of Paper Kite Productions and Dave Becky and Scott King of 3 Arts. Also Read: ABC Orders Va Hospital.

ABC has given a script plus penalty commitment to Family Style, a single-camera half-hour comedy from Amy Poehler and her Paper Kite production company, How to Live With Your Parents creator Claudia Lonow, Difficult People showrunner Scott King and Universal TV where Paper Kite and Lonow are based. Co-written by Lonow and King based on an idea by King, Family Style is a multi-generational comedy about two mismatched men from different cultures who find love in a…...

Audiences know and love Golden Globe winner Gina Rodriguez as Jane in “Jane the Virgin,” but did you know we nearly met her as another character entirely? In the audition tape below, Rodriguez is auditioning for the role of Jenn in the short-lived 2013 ABC sitcom, “How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life).” While the role ultimately went to actor Stephanie Hunt (“Friday Night Lights”) in the Brad Garrett-led series, Rodriguez clearly has a special spark in the two audition tapes below. Read: “Gina Rodriguez Found Her Dream Role on ‘Jane The Virgin’ ” While the videos are not the best quality (catch some great self-taping tips here!), the young star makes it work with her charisma, which practically leaps off the screen. Her comedic timing is excellent, and her reaction shots are as effective as her action—it’s a great audition! But really, we...

Coming off his turn as Fargo mob tough Joe Bulo, Brad Garrett will keep walking on the dark side, with an arc on NBC’s Law & Order: Svu.

RelatedLaw & Order: Svu Renewed for Season 18; Chicago Med Nabs Season 2

The three-time Emmy-winning Everybody Loves Raymond alum will guest-star in the final two episodes of Season 17, airing May 18 and 25, as Gary Munson, a corrections officer at Rikers who maintains his reputation as a hard-working family man, but hides a long history of corruption and violence against female inmates — both inside and out of prison.

RelatedRichard Belzer Set for Law & Order: Svu...

NBC has put in development This is Happening, a single-camera comedy from Universal Television and Will Ferrell and Adam McKay’s Gary Sanchez Productions. Written by Amy Rhodes (Bad Judge), with How To Live With Your Parents creator Claudia Lonow supervising, This Is Happening is about an uptight, unhappy, single woman in her mid-30s whose life changes when she gets a new job working for a popular website and starts hanging out with a group of her twentysomething…...

NBC has put in development Oh Mama, a single-camera comedy from How To Live With Your Parents creator Claudia Lonow, Keshet Studios and Universal TV. The project, based on a Keshet short story, centers on an engaged couple, Daniel and Marjorie, who struggle to save their relationships when their mothers start having an affair… with each other. Lonow, who is under an overall deal, will write the script and will executive produce with Keshet Studios’ Peter Traugott. This…...

Preacher‘s congregation is quickly growing, and Elizabeth Perkins is its newest member.

The Weeds actress has joined AMC’s drama pilot in a co-starring role, opposite recently announced lead Dominic Cooper, our sister site Deadline reports.

RelatedAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Actress to Star in Preacher

Based on Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s 1990s comic, Preacher focuses on Rev. Jesse Custer, a conflicted Texas preacher who embarks on a journey to find God. Perkins will play Vyla Quinncannon, Jesse’s strong-willed mother who owns the local slaughterhouse.

Since ending her run on Weeds, Perkins has appeared on The Closer,...

Should we feel bad for Eddie Huang? The restaurateur whose memoir about his childhood inspired the current ABC sitcom "Fresh Off the Boat" went on a multi-post Twitter rant after this week's episode, complaining that, since the pilot, the show has drifted far from the reality of his own experience, to the point where "it got so far from the truth that I don't recognize my own life."

That's certainly unfortunate, even for a guy who received a tidy sum for the TV rights to his autobiography. No one wants to see his or her experience distorted and broadcast to millions. Then again, what did he expect? It's a network sitcom. It's generally going to avoid any bleak reality that can't be resolved in 22 minutes.

This sort of biographical distortion has been an issue for sitcoms since the dawn of television, since the format simply doesn't lend itself easily to...

Weeds alum Elizabeth Perkins has landed a guest-starring role on How to Get Away with Murder, EW has learned exclusively. Perkins will play Marren Trudeau, a high-profiled client whom Annalise (Viola Davis) will represent during an upcoming case-of-the-week. Additionally, Sara Paxton (The Beautiful Life) will guest-star as a woman who works for Marren, while Niko Pepaj (Bunheads, Awkward) will play Marren’s assistant. Perkins’ casting brings her back to ABC after starring on the network’s short-lived comedy How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life). The trio will appear in an episode slated for Oct.

Big remains one of our favourite Tom Hanks childhood movies (perhaps losing out to Turner and Hooch, boy did that make us blub, we barely held it together) so we're slightly unnerved by reports that a TV series based on the film has been commissioned.

Kevin Biegel and Mike Royce are now said to have received a script plus penalty commitment from broadcaster Fox for the half-hour comedy series, which will explore what it means to be both an adult and child in today's world.

The 1988 Oscar-nominated movie, written by Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg, sees a boy's simple wish to be big come true as a 13-year-old is transformed into a 30-year-old overnight.

We take a nostalgic look at the cast of the huge hit - including Tom Hanks and John Heard - and what came next below:

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks was robbed when he missed out on...

Big remains one of our favourite Tom Hanks childhood movies (perhaps losing out to Turner and Hooch, boy did that make us blub, we barely held it together) so we're slightly unnerved by reports that a TV series based on the film has been commissioned.

Kevin Biegel and Mike Royce are now said to have received a script plus penalty commitment from broadcaster Fox for the half-hour comedy series, which will explore what it means to be both an adult and child in today's world.

The 1988 Oscar-nominated movie, written by Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg, sees a boy's simple wish to be big come true as a 13-year-old is transformed into a 30-year-old overnight.

We take a nostalgic look at the cast of the huge hit - including Tom Hanks and John Heard - and what came next below:

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks was robbed when he missed out on...

NBC is looking to Claudia Lonow for another slightly off family comedy. The showrunner behind How to Live With Your Parents (for the Rest of Your Life) is teaming with Aaron Kaplan's Kapital Entertainment for comedy Assisted Loving, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. From Universal Television, the comedy — which has received a script commitment from the network — is based on the book of the same name by Bob Morris. The comedy centers on two half-siblings who take care of their father. Morris' 2008 book centers on a man whose love life is a disaster who finds himself looking

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Is Shonda Rhimes’ latest show Twitter unfriendly?

Critics at the Television Critics Association press tour questioned the wisdom of ABC’s writer-producer mogul naming her new Thursday night drama How to Get Away with Murder. Why the title alone is 20 percent of a tweet! Plus, the crime drama presumably has the “maybe difficult” Twitter hashtag of #Htgawm.

“We don’t consider a hashtag when we’re writing a title,” said Rhimes, drawing applause from some of the press (presumably those who aren’t tweeting) at the Beverly Hilton.

In the show, Viola Davis stars as a law professor at a...

Sitcom all-star Sarah Chalke is taking a serious detour with a major recurring role opposite Rainn Wilson in Fox’s midseason crime drama Backstrom, TVLine has learned exclusively.

Video Watch the Backstrom Trailer Now

The Scrubs vet will play Amy Gazanian, the ex-fiancée of Wilson’s titular detective. A former social worker and journalist, Amy left Backstrom 10 years ago, largely due to the many flaws in his trauma-riddled character. Now back in town, she has been appointed the Chair of the Civilian Oversight Committee — and in spite of her lingering affection for Backstrom, she intends to do her job and...

Dear Paul Lee, Titles are tough. I don't have a magic answer for what titles are good and what titles are bad. I have, however, gotten a handy rule of thumb in recent years: If the ABC Comedy Development Department thinks a title is good, it probably isn't. What network, you'd be smart to ask, is actually good at making sure that its shows have good titles? I can't tell you. More shows on TV have awful titles than have good titles. It's just a thing. But I know that ABC keeps screwing over perfectly good shows with perfectly dreadful titles and I don't think I'm going to get many protests on this one. ABC just can't help itself. There are easy to pinpoint bad titles that ABC has thought were really clever. "How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)"? Nope. Awful title. Maybe that's...

In the age of DVRs, On Demand, Hulu and other options for Diy TV scheduling, timeslots matter less than they used to, but they still matter. Enough people still watch TV passively, leaving the same channel on after their favorite, that a show no one cares about like "The Millers" can be renewed entirely because it's paired with a monster like "The Big Bang Theory," while it's miraculous to see a new show succeed (or even survive) without a good lead-in. That's why it was so maddening to watch ABC's scheduling decisions this season, and the way they have apparently led to the cancellations of both the very good "Trophy Wife" and the awful "Mixology." (ABC isn't confirming anything yet, but actors from both shows tweeted about the cancellations last night.) In the five seasons ABC has been lucky enough to have "Modern Family" as one of its hits, the...

After so many duds this season, you start to root for a new ABC show to open. Upcoming drama Resurrection now remains the network’s last and only hope after back-to-back disappointments from the launches of drama Mind Games and comedy Mixology this week. Last night’s debut of Mixology (1.8 in adults 18-49) ranked as ABC’s lowest-rated comedy premiere this season and the third lowest overall for a Monday-Thursday comedy, only behind NBC’s now defunct Welcome To The Family (1.1) and Sean Saves The World (1.4). And that’s with one of the best comedy lead-ins on television, Modern Family, marking the lowest-rated debut following ABC’s flagship comedy. Yes, Modern Family is not the ratings powerhouse it used to be, with last night’s episode (3.1) down 11% from the last original to a season low but still, Mixology‘s premiere rating was down a big 38% from the short-lived How To Live With Your Parents...

Doctor Who‘s Karen Gillan has been cast as the lead in ABC/Warner Bros. TV single-camera comedy pilot Selfie. Julie Anne Robinson is set to direct the pilot from Suburgatory creator/executive producer Emily Kapnek. It centers on Eliza Dooley (Gillan), a self-obsessed, twentysomething who is more concerned with “likes” than being liked. After suffering a very public and humiliating breakup, she becomes the subject of a viral video and suddenly has more social media “followers” than she ever imagined — but for all the wrong reasons. She enlists the help of a marketing expert at her company to help repair her tarnished image. Scotland native Gillan, best known for her role as Amy Pond on the long-running British sci-fi drama Doctor Who, recently recurred on the Adult Swim comedy Ntsf:sd:suv. Repped by UTA and Troika, she next stars in the features Guardians Of The Galaxy and Oculus. Robinson, repped by UTA,...

From The Millers to the late How to Live with Your Parents (for the Rest of Your Life), sitcom protagonists sure move back in with their moms a lot. Such is the plot of the Jaime Pressly pilot just picked up by TV Land. As the lead in Jennifer Falls, Pressly plays a woman who must move herself and her teenage daughter back to her mother's house "after being let go from her high-powered, six-figure-salary job." Pressly still has a lot of goodwill stored up from her My Name is Earl days, but let's mix it up a little bit, networks. Maybe a high-powered business woman has to move back into her childhood treehouse or an abandoned ice cream truck? We're just spitballing here.

Brad Garrett has been tapped as host of the Writers Guild Awards in Los Angeles. A three-time Emmy winner, Garrett is perhaps best known for his role as Robert Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond. Should be interesting as host, as his stand up routines can be a bit on the raunchy side. The awards are set for Saturday at the Jw Marriott L.A. Live in downtown L.A. From today’s release: “Writers have always been the backbone of our business, and I’m thrilled to be able to celebrate their big night – plus, I have two hours left to complete my community service,” said Garrett on hosting this year’s WGA show. “We’re absolutely thrilled that Brad will be our host. With Brad, you not only get one of television’s great comedic actors, but also a fearless stand-up comic, a truly hilarious observer, and a consummate professional,...

Brad Garrett has been tapped by the Writers Guild of America West to host the WGA Awards' West Coast ceremony, set to take place Saturday, Feb. 1, at the Jw Marriott Los Angeles L.A. Live. The actor, best known for his role as Robert Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond, recently co-starred on ABC's How to Live with Your Parents (for the Rest of Your Life) and is guest-starring on CBS' The Crazy Ones.  Story: Writers Guild Awards TV Nominations "Writers have always been the backbone of our business, and I'm thrilled to be able to celebrate their

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Australians are continuing to desert free-to-air TV and to a lesser extent pay-tv.

Free-to-air viewing fell by 5% in the first 10 months of this year, including live viewing and time shifted viewing within a week of the initial broadcast. October viewing was down 4.2% on a year ago.

Pay-tv viewing was off by 2.2% according to OzTam data, although that does not factor in the growing proportion of people who watch Foxtel through other devices.

The Seven Network dominated the October ratings with a 42% share of all people boosted by The X Factor, Dancing with the Stars, The Blacklist and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. Nine lost ground in October, its all people share slipping to 35% from 37% in September.

.Australia.s Got Talent performed adequately but was well beaten by X Factor, while Big Brother ratings have been materially down on last year,. Credit Suisse said in a briefing to clients.

Ten's share was 23% in October,...

Brad Garrett, who starred in ABC/20th TV’s midseason comedy series How To Live With Your Parents, is back in business with ABC and 20th TV with a starring half-hour vehicle. The network has handed a pilot script commitment with significant penalty to When the Balls Drop, a single-camera comedy staring and co-written and executive produced by the Emmy-winning Everybody Loves Raymond alum. Inspired by Garrett’s forthcoming autobiographical book of the same name, When The Balls Drop is an honest look at life’s second half through the eyes of a divorced family man as he juggles home life, work, and the hilarious realities of middle-age. Garrett is co-writing with Chuck Tatham. The two are executive producing with Television 360′s Eryn Brown and Meghan Lyvers. Additionally, 20th TV has signed Garrett in a talent deal, allowing the studio to cast him in an existing pilot project should Balls not go to pilot.

Brad Garrett is eyeing another return to television -- and this time he could be playing himself. ABC is developing the Everybody Loves Raymond star's upcoming autobiography When the Balls Drop as a potential sitcom and starring vehicle at the network, closing a deal for a pilot script with significant penalty. Photos: 81 of Fall TV's Biggest Stars Garrett, who most recently appeared on ABC's short-lived How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life), has also signed a talent holding deal with Balls producer 20th Century Fox Television. Should the project not ultimately go forward, the

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It won’t be a development season if ABC, run by British-born Paul Lee, doesn’t adapt several UK formats. The network has put in development No Angels, a half-hour single-camera comedy based on the praised 2004 hourlong dramedy, which aired on Channel 4 for two seasons. Producing are Amblin TV and ABC Studios, partners on the new ABC drama series Lucky 7, also based on a British format. Written by Kat Likkel & John Hoberg (The Neighbors, My Name Is Earl), who will serve as showrunners, No Angels is about a raucous group of four female nurses working together and sharing the same house in a Bridesmaids-style girl gang comedy. British-born Julie Anne Robinson, who has helmed two episodes of the original series, is set to direct the potential pilot. She is executive producing with Likkel, Hoberg and Amblin’s Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank. Amblin’s portfolio includes series The Americans,...

This casting is — pun intended — crazy good.

EW has learned exclusively that Emmy Award winner Brad Garrett is slated to appear alongside Robin Williams and Sarah Michelle Gellar in at least two episodes of their forthcoming CBS sitcom The Crazy Ones. On the show, Williams and Gellar play a father-daughter duo who work at a Chicago advertising agency, called Lewis, Roberts & Roberts. Garrett’s character will be the “Lewis” part of that equation.

Garrett, best known for his work on Everybody Loves Raymond, most recently starred in How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life). Williams...

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...

Wednesday, June 26, 2013 ratings -- Premieres: Big Brother. New episodes: Dateline, MasterChef, The American Baking Competition, ABC's The Lookout, Family Tools, and How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life) (series finale). Episode reruns: Law & Order: Svu, Chicago Fire, The Middle, Modern Family, Arrow, Supernatural, and Criminal Minds.

ABC

8pm - The Middle: (rerun) 0.8 in the demo with 3.61 million.

8:30pm - Family Tools: 0.7 in the demo with 2.86 million.

9pm - Modern Family: (rerun) 1.1 in the demo with 3.62 million.

9:30pm - How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life): (series finale) 0.9 in the demo with 2.99 million.

10pm - ABC's The Lookout: 0.9 in the demo with 3.51 million.

CBS

8pm - Big Brother: (season debut) 2.1 in the demo...

Fast National ratings for Wednesday, June 26, 2013

The premiere of "Big Brother" fell short of its 2012 debut, slipping by about 800,000 viewers and half a point among adults 18-49 vs. last year. It did, however, lead its hour in viewers Wednesday and tied with Fox's "Masterchef" for the top spot among adults 18-49.

"Masterchef" grew in its second hour and gave Fox the top 18-49 rating for the night as a whole. Elsewhere, ABC's comedy "How to Live With Your Parents (for the Rest of Your Life)" ended its first and only season quietly.

Fox averaged 5.74 million viewers and a 3.5 rating/6 share in households in primetime, edging CBS (5.66 million, 3.7/6) for the top spot. NBC came in third with 4.45 million viewers and a 3.2/6. ABC (3.35 million, 2.2/4) came in fourth, and The CW (1.4 million, 0.9/2) trailed.

Fox also led the adults 18-49 race with a 2.3 rating. CBS finished second with a 1.5, half a point better than...

CBS’ Big Brother on Wednesday opened its door to 6.3 million total viewers, while scoring a 2.1 rating — numbers good enough to top and tie MasterChef in the 8 o’clock hour, yet off 12 and 19 percent from a year ago to match its circa-2008 low for a premiere.

BB15 was also down from the 14th edition’s finale, which did 7.4 mil/2.5.

Related | Big Brother 15 Premiere Recap: A Little Twisted

Leading out of that, The American Baking Competition held steady in its new later time slot, drawing 5.1 mil and a 1.2.

Fox’s aforementioned MasterChef averaged 5.7 mil and a 2.3 rating, up a smidgen on both counts week-to-week.

On TV tonight: Big Brother‘s newest houseguests arrive, Franklin & Bash argue that Colleen’s profession isn’t the oldest one, Royal Pains heads ‘Pest and HBO offers a Newsroom catch-up. Here are 10 programs to keep on your radar.

Related | Save the Dates: Your July Calendar of More than 70 Premiere and Finales

8 pm Big Brother (CBS) | Season 15 premiere: Host Julie Chen welcomes a new batch of houseguests (meet them!) to their new digs, where they’ll kick off a season full of new twists (learn more!). (Check out our wish list for the new season.)

8 pm MasterChef (Fox) | Season 3 winner...

Wednesday, June 19, 2013 ratings -- New episodes: MasterChef, The American Baking Competition, ABC's The Lookout, Family Tools, and How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life). Sports & Specials: Stanley Cup Finals. Episode reruns: The Middle, Modern Family, Arrow, Supernatural, Criminal Minds, and CSI.

ABC

8pm - The Middle: (rerun) 0.9 in the demo with 3.97 million.

8:30pm - Family Tools: 0.9 in the demo with 3.57 million.

9pm - Modern Family: (rerun) 1.2 in the demo with 4.29 million.

9:30pm - How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life): 1.0 in the demo with 3.40 million.

10pm - ABC's The Lookout: 1.1 in the demo with 3.65 million.

CBS

8pm - The American Baking Competition: 1.2 in the demo with 5.80 million.

9pm -...

Fast National ratings for Wednesday, June 19, 2013

A high-scoring overtime game in the Stanley Cup Finals gave NBC a win Wednesday night, continuing the run of solid ratings for the NHL's final series. Fox's "Masterchef" was down a little from last week but still put up decent numbers for Fox.

Elsewhere, "The American Baking Competition" had its biggest overall audience yet for CBS and matched its 18-49 rating from last week.

NBC drew 6.2 million viewers and a 3.6 rating/6 share in households for the night, pending updates for its live broadcast. CBS (5.95 million, 3.9/7) was a close second in viewers, and Fox (5.3 million, 3.3/6) finished third. ABC (3.75 million, 2.6/4) took fourth, and The CW trailed with 1.2 million viewers and a 0.8/1.

NBC's 2.2 rating among adults 18-49 edged Fox's 2.1 for the lead. CBS came in third with a 1.1, followed by ABC at 1.0. The CW came in at 0.4 in the demo.

Wednesday hour by hour:

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NBC aired Game 4 of NHL Stanley Cup Final last night, the second game from the championship series to air on the network following the opener. Chicago’s thrilling 6-5 overtime victory over Boston posted a 4.6 household rating. That was up 109% from Game 2 of last year’s Los Angeles-New Jersey Stanley Cup Final, which was the second game of the series to air on NBC. Against last year’s Game 4, which aired on NBC cable sibling Versus (now NBC Sports Network), this year’s ratings were expectedly sharply up, by 171%. NBC is projected to win the night in adults 18-49. Elsewhere, in cooking competition world, Fox’s two-hour MasterChef (2.1/7) was down 13% from last week but still ranked as the top entertainment program of the night. After a slow start, CBS‘ American Baking Competition has yet to post a drop, logging a 1.2/4 in 18-49, even with last week, and its largest total...

On TV this Wednesday: Franklin & Bash are Locklear and loaded, William Shatner helps Hot in Cleveland boldly go where 30 Rock has gone before, The Exes get buzzed and Futurama launches its final missions. Here are 10 programs to keep on your radar.

8 pm MasterChef (Fox) | After the contestants cook for the cast and crew of Glee, then stars Jane Lynch, Cory Monteith and Matthew Morrison help choose the winning team.

8:30 pm Baby Daddy (ABC Family) | Dr. Shaw determines Riley is the cause of Danny’s inability to focus on the ice and bans her from the next game.

Related | Cable...

Exclusive: How To Live With Your Parents creator Claudia Lonow has inked an overall deal with Universal Television. Under the pact, Lonow will join the writing staff of the studio’s upcoming NBC comedy series Sean Saves The World starring Sean Hayes and will also develop new projects. Wme-repped Lonow is a rare female comedy writer-producer who has created four shows that have gotten on the air: Accidentally On Purpose for CBS, Rude Awakening for Showtime, Good Girl’s Don’t for Oxygen and most recently How To Live With Your Parents for ABC this past midseason. “Claudia is a gifted writer and producer with a strong female comedic point of view,” Universal TV’s Evp Bela Bajaria said. “We know she’ll contribute greatly to our new comedy Sean Saves The World and enhances our strong roster of creative talent at Universal Television.”...

Wednesday, June 12, 2013 ratings -- New episodes: MasterChef, The American Baking Competition, ABC's The Lookout, Family Tools, and How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life). Sports & Specials: Stanley Cup Finals. Episode reruns: The Middle, Modern Family, Arrow, Supernatural, Criminal Minds, and CSI.

ABC

8pm - The Middle: (rerun) 1.0 in the demo with 4.53 million.

8:30pm - Family Tools: 0.9 in the demo with 3.73 million.

9pm - Modern Family: (rerun) 1.2 in the demo with 4.25 million.

9:30pm - How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life): 1.2 in the demo with 4.02 million.

10pm - ABC's The Lookout: 1.1 in the demo with 3.88 million.

CBS

8pm - The American Baking Competition: 1.2 in the demo with 5.88 million.

9pm -...

Fast National ratings for Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Game 1 of the 2013 Stanley Cup Finals was up over 200 percent from last year's Game 1 of the finals. The Blackhawks-Bruins triple overtime thriller averaged 6.423 million viewers, versus 2.7 million a year ago for Game 1 and 4.5 million in 2011.

It wasn't quite enough to earn NBC a win, though. CBS narrowly edged out the Peacock with an average of 6.444 million viewers and a 4.3 rating/7 share in households. NBC was second at 6.423 million and a 3.8/6, followed by Fox at 5.595 million and a 3.5/6, ABC at 4 million and a 2.8/5 and the CW at 1.17 million and an 0.8/1.

NBC did, however, win the adults 18-49 demographic with a 2.4 rating, followed by Fox (2.3), CBS (1.2), ABC (1.1) and the CW (0.3).

Wednesday hour by hour:

8 p.m.

NBC: Stanley Cup Finals Game 1, Bruins at Blackhawks (6.1 million viewers, 3.7/6)

CBS: "The American Baking Competition" (5.9 million, 3.9/7)

Fox: "Masterchef" (5.2 million, 3.3/6)

ABC: "The Middle" rerun (4.5 million, 3.1/6)/"Family Tools" (3.7 million, 2.5/4)

The CW: "Arrow" rerun (1.3 million,...

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8 pm The American Baking Competition (CBS) | The contestants face a cake challenge. (Does it involve walking by a cake and not having a piece? Because I’ve already taken – and failed – that test.)

8:30 pm Family Tools (ABC) | Terry thinks Mason needs a strong role model… but Jack will have to do.

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Wednesday, June 5, 2013 ratings -- New episodes: The American Baking Competition, MasterChef, Dateline, ABC's The Lookout, Family Tools, and How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life). Episode reruns: The Middle, Modern Family, Arrow, Supernatural, Chicago Fire, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Criminal Minds, and CSI.

ABC

8pm - The Middle: (rerun) 1.0 in the demo with 4.08 million.

8:30pm - Family Tools: 0.9 in the demo with 3.43 million.

9pm - Modern Family: (rerun) 1.3 in the demo with 4.46 million.

9:30pm - How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life): 1.3 in the demo with 3.79 million.

10pm - ABC's The Lookout: 1.1 in the demo with 3.79 million.

CBS

8pm - The American Baking Competition: 1.0 in the demo with 4.62 million.

Fox carved out an easy victory Wednesday with "MasterChef," as ABC's "Family Tools" and "How to Live With Your Parents" hit lows and CBS's "American Baking Competition" failed to improve on its soft debut. NBC's "Dateline" tied a season low, according to preliminary numbers. On a repeat-heavy night, nearly every original program matched or hit a seasonal or all-time low. "MasterChef," ABC's "Nightline" and Univision's shows were the only exceptions. Fox was first in the key 18-49 demographic and total viewers, averaging a 2.2 rating/7 share and 5.4 million. The 8 p.m.

Fast National ratings for Wednesday, June 5, 2013

It's a slow night indeed when no network averages over 5.4 million viewers. The lead show of the night was a rerun of "CSI," followed by the second hour of "Masterchef,"

Fox led Wednesday with 5.4 million viewers and a 3.4 rating/6 share in households. CBS was close behind at 5.3 million, 3.7/6. NBC was third with 4.3 million viewers and a 3.0/5, then ABC at 3.9 million viewers and a 2.6/4 and the CW at 1.2 million viewers and a 0.8/1.

The adults 18-49 demo also went to Fox with a 2.2 rating, followed by CBS and ABC tied at 1.1, NBC at 0.9 and the CW at 0.4

Wednesday hour by hour:

8 p.m.

NBC: "Dateline" (5.2 million viewers, 3.7/7)

Fox: "Masterchef" (4.9 million, 3.1/5)

CBS: "The American Baking Competition" (4.6 million, 3.1/6)

ABC: "The Middle" rerun (4.1 million, 2.7/5)/"Family Tools" (3.4 million, 2.3/4)

The CW: "Arrow" rerun (1.4 million, 0.9/2)

18-49 leader: "Masterchef" (2.0)

9 p.m.

Fox: "Masterchef" (5.9 million, 3.7/6)

CBS: "Criminal Minds" rerun (5 million, 3.5/6)

NBC: "Law & Order: Svu" rerun (4.7 million,...

Retaining last week's 2.2 rating among adults 18-49, Fox's MasterChef topped Wednesday night in the key demo. The series, which aired a two-hour episode between 8 and 10 p.m., also averaged 5.4 million viewers. The American Baking Competition (1.0 adults) was steady with last week's premiere on CBS, leading into a block of encores. The network averaged a 1.1 adults rating for the night and 5.3 million viewers. Photos: Summer TV Preview ABC saw lows for canceled comedies Family Tools (0.9 adults) and How to Live With Your Parents (1.3

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Update 5/30: NBC has announced it's picking up "Hannibal" for a second season.

Update 5/16: With everyone's schedules announced, only a handful of shows are still in limbo.

Update 5/13: A few more shows, including "The Cleveland Show" but not "Hannibal" (at least not yet), have their futures decided.

Update 5/10: More pilot pickups and CBS and NBC cancellations, plus ABC's massive wave of announcements, now reflected below.

Update 5/9: Now includes "Parks and Recreation" renewal, NBC cancellations and more pilot pickups.

Update 5/8: Latest news reflected below.

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