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As the 2024-2025 television season winds down, ABC is already looking to the future, renewing veteran dramas “9-1-1,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “The Rookie” and “Will Trent,” as well as freshman sitcom “Shifting Gears.”

The five shows join the already renewed comedy “Abbott Elementary” and breakout hit drama “High Potential” as scripted shows returning to the network for the 2025-2026 television season.

In terms of new shows, the network has handed a straight-to-series order to “9-1-1: Nashville,” a spinoff of “9-1-1” that will star Chris O’Donnell.

“9-1-1” Renewed for Season 9

Produced by 20th Television in association with Ryan Murphy Television and Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision, and set to enter its ninth season (third on ABC), “9-1-1” was created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear, and explores the high-pressure experiences of first responders — including police officers, firefighters and dispatchers — who are thrust into the most frightening, shocking and heart-stopping conditions. These emergency...

ABC has renewed freshman comedy series Shifting Gears, starring Tim Allen and Kat Dennings, for a second season. According to sources, the pickup is for 10 episodes, which is not atypical for a series that has launched in midseason and matches the sitcom’s Season 1 order.

Shifting Gears was one of two ABC series on the bubble this spring, along with fellow freshman Doctor Odyssey. The drama starring Joshua Jackson and Don Johnson now remains the only ABC scripted series in limbo as the network today also renewed — as expected — veterans Grey’s Anatomy, 9-1-1, The Rookie as well as third-year drama Will Trent, which join previously picked up High Potential and Abbott Elementary.

Marking the return to ABC of Last Man Standing and Home Improvement star Allen, Shifting Gears got off to a red-hot start, with the pilot episode logging almost 17M cross-platform viewers over its first week for ABC...

ABC is renewing four dramas and one comedy series, Variety has learned.

The Disney-owned broadcaster has picked up new seasons of “9-1-1,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “The Rookie,” and “Will Trent” as well as “Shifting Gears.” The renewals will bring “9-1-1” to Season 9, “Grey’s Anatomy” to Season 22, “The Rookie” to Season 8, “Shifting Gears” to Season 2, and “Will Trent” to Season 4.

ABC had previously announced renewals for both “High Potential” and the hit comedy “Abbott Elementary.” That means that the only current ABC show still awaiting word on a renewal is “Doctor Odyssey.” ABC has opted not to order any pilots this season, but did order the “9-1-1” spinoff “9-1-1: Nashville” straight-to-series, with Chris O’Donnell set for a lead role.

Of today’s renewals, only “Shifting Gears” was seen as a toss up for a new season. The Tim Allen-Kat Dennings multi-cam suffered a noticeable drop off in the ratings since its January debut.

Tim Allen is shifting gears by bringing in another stand-up comedian to help generate some laughs on his ABC sitcom.

Jay Leno will make a cameo as himself in episode 109 of Shifting Gears, Allen’s new comedy in which he plays a stubborn, widowed owner of a classic car restoration shop. Leno brings his car into Allen’s shop, Parker Customs, for repair. No word on whether car came from Leno’s actual fleet.

The episode will air March 12.

Kat Dennings plays Allen’s daughter in the comedy that revolves around Allen’s Matt, who allows her and his grandkids to move into his house. The rest of Shifting Gears main cast includes Seann William Scott as Gabriel, who also works at the shop, Daryl “Chill” Mitchell as Stitch, Maxwell Simkins as Carter and Barrett Margolis as Georgia.

Jenna Elfman recurs as Eve Drake, a spirited choreographer and owner of...

Tim Allen comedies are still a big draw, apparently, because the premiere of his latest series Shifting Gears has set an audience record for ABC.

In the seven days since it debuted on January 8, the first episode has amassed nearly 17M multi-platform viewers across ABC, Hulu, Hulu on Disney+ and digital platforms, Disney says. That’s a 173% lift over the episode’s already fairly impressive same-day audience of 6.2M.

It is now ABC’s strongest series debut since The Conners in 2018 as well as the broadcaster’s most-watched streaming debut to date (based on streaming-only numbers across Hulu and Disney+).

That 17M figure encapsulates linear encores, without which the episode is sitting around 12.5M viewers — still up 101% from the same-day audience.

The sitcom stars Allen as Matt, the stubborn, widowed owner of a classic car restoration shop. When Matt’s estranged daughter, Riley (Kat Dennings), and her teenage kids move into his house,...

“Shifting Gears” revved up nearly 17 million total viewers after seven days of cross-platform viewing on ABC, Hulu, Hulu on Disney+ and digital platforms, TheWrap can reveal exclusively.

The Tim Allen and Kat Dennings-led comedy series brought in a total of 16.95 million viewers, a 173% increase over the show’s initial live-plus-same day viewing of 6.2 million, according to Nielsen. Among adults aged 18 to 49, the show earned an 0.87 rating.

It marks ABC’s strongest series debut since “The Conners” in 2018 and the most-watched ABC series premiere on streaming to date, based on views in its first seven days on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+.

Kat Dennings and Tim Allen in “Shifting Gears.

Tim Allen — perhaps most famously known for playing Tim "The Toolman" Taylor on Home Improvement — is back to being a wisecrackin' dad on network television. The man behind Buzz Lightyear is starring opposite Kat Dennings in a new ABC sitcom called Shifting Gears, and the first trailer for the series is right here, right now, for you to watch. So park it here for a second while we crowbar another car metaphor into this opening paragraph, and then we'll get on with the trailer-viewing, eh?

Also featuring the honking talents of a one Mr. Seann William Scott — he of Dude, Where's My Car? fame, which we are legally obligated to mention anytime Scott and cars are mentioned in tandem — and Daryl "Chill" Mitchell as employees of the classic car restoration business Matt owns, Shifting Gears will focus on the reunion of Allen's Matt with his daughter Riley (Dennings) and her...

A new trailer has been released for Shifting Gears, the newest sitcom to star Tim Allen. The multi-cam comedy TV series also stars 2 Broke Girls' Kat Dennings, known in part for playing Darcy Lewis in the MCU.

Shifting Gears is set to premiere on ABC on Jan. 8. In the series, Allen plays the widowed owner of a classic car restoration shop while Allen plays his estranged daughter who turns back up in his life needing a place to stay. The trailer showcases how the two are reunited, with Dennings' character driving a familiar car into her father's shop. Dennings also speaks about how she's "broke" and will need to move in with her children. A sneak peek at the dynamic between the two stars can be seen by watching the trailer below.

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ABC has released an extended trailer for Shifting Gears, the latest Tim Allen multi-cam that features him as a stubborn, widowed owner of a classic car restoration shop who begrudgingly allows his daughter and grandkids to move into his house.

Kat Dennings plays his kin in the comedy that premieres Jan. 8. The rest of Shifting Gears main cast includes Seann William Scott as Gabriel, who also works at the shop, Daryl “Chill” Mitchell as Stitch, Maxwell Simkins as Carter and Barrett Margolis as Georgia. In December, Deadline revealed that Jenna Elfman will recur as Eve Drake, a spirited choreographer and owner of the dance studio across from Parker Customs.

ABC picked up comedy to series in the summer but opted to move ahead without Mike Scully and Julie Thacker Scully, the writers who created it. Michelle Nader took over, marking her third series with Dennings; she previously served as executive...

ABC has released a trailer for its forthcoming comedy series Shifting Gears, which puts Tim Allen in dad mode once more — although the family he heads is a fractured one.

The series, which premieres Jan. 8, centers on Allen’s Matt and his estranged adult daughter, Riley (Kat Dennings), who moves back home with her two kids (Maxwell Simkins and Barrett Margolis) — and the classic Pontiac Gto she took from her dad — when her life hits a rough patch.

Shifting Gears marks a return to ABC for Allen, who led one of the biggest sitcoms of the 1990s in Home Improvement and starred in six seasons of Last Man Standing for the network (the latter show then moved to Fox for three more seasons). ABC placed a series order for Shifting Gears in July.

The show’s cast also includes Daryl “Chill” Mitchell and Seann William Scott as employees of the...

James Denton’s “Desperate Housewives” character Mike Delfino was shot 12 years ago, much to the dismay of many of the show’s fans. But when asked by People which episode of the series was his favorite, Denton immediately pointed to Delfino’s demise. “The one where I got shot,” he said. “It’s always fun to get chills on camera.”

Denton also told the outlet about the rigging and special effects that made the shooting death believable on camera. “You have one tube up one leg of your pants that has the blood to your chest, and you have a wire running down the other leg. This guy is out in the bushes with a detonator to set the blast off,” he explained.

The character is shot while defending his girlfriend Susan Mayer, played by Teri Hatcher. “Teri was so brilliant in that scene. I was lying in her lap,...

Exclusive: Jenna Elfman, best known for her starring role in the 1997 ABC sitcom Dharma & Greg, is returning to the network with a recurring role on another multi-camera comedy series, the upcoming Shifting Gears, headlined by fellow ABC sitcom star Tim Allen. It is produced by the same studio, 20th Television.

Shifting Gears stars Tim Allen as Matt, the stubborn, widowed owner of Parker Customs, a classic car restoration shop. When Matt’s estranged daughter (Kat Dennings) and her kids move into his house, the real restoration begins.

Elfman will play Eve Drake, a spirited choreographer and owner of the dance studio across from Parker Customs. The role is a good fit for Elfman who is a classically trained ballerina and began her career as a professional dancer, appearing in music videos by Depeche Mode and Anthrax and dancing on the 1991 Academy Awards live broadcast. Elfman also did some “interpretive...

Exclusive: It will be a Dollface reunion on the set of Shifting Gears, starring Tim Allen and Kat Dennings.

Brenda Song, who co-starred opposite Dennings on Dollface, will join Dennings in a guest-starring role on the upcoming ABC comedy series. She’ll also reunite with Shifting Gears showrunner and executive producer Michelle Nader, who served as showrunner on Dollface, which aired for two seasons on Hulu.

Shifting Gears stars Allen as Matt, the stubborn, widowed owner of a classic car restoration shop. When Matt’s estranged daughter Riley (Dennings) and her kids move into his house, the real restoration begins.

Song will guest star as Caitlyn, a former high school classmate of Riley’s who is now the assistant principal of the school.

The series also stars Seann William Scott as Gabriel, Daryl “Chill” Mitchell as Stitch, Maxwell Simkins as Carter and Barrett Margolis as Georgia.

Shifting Gears is produced by 20th Television,...

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Seann William Scott is once again returning to television, this time joining forces with some elite sitcom veterans.

Per Variety, Scott is set to join Tim Allen and Kat Dennings in ABC's upcoming sitcom, Shifting Gears. According to the official logline for the series, the sitcom centers around Matt (Allen), "the stubborn, widowed owner of a classic car restoration shop. When Matts estranged daughter (Dennings) and her teenage kids move into his house, the real restoration begins." Scott will play Gabriel in the series, who is described as a "family friend of Matt & Riley who works in the shop with Matt." With the cast rounding out for the series, Shifting Gears is expected to begin filming in November.

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Seann William Scott has boarded ABC’s upcoming comedy series, “Shifting Gears.”

He will join series lead Tim Allen, as well as Kat Dennings, Daryl “Chill” Mitchell, Maxwell Simkins and Barrett Margolis in the new sitcom. Scott’s casting comes months after “Shifting Gears” was ordered to series by ABC after initially receiving a pilot order from the network in March.

The new series centers on a stubborn, widowed owner of a classic car restoration shop named Matt (Allen). “When Matt’s estranged daughter Riley (Dennings) and her kids move into his house, the real restoration begins,” according to the official logline.

Scott joins the cast as Gabriel, a family friend of Matt and Riley who works in the shop. Mitchell will play Stitch, while Simkins plays Carter and Margolis stars as Georgia.

By the time “Shifting Gears” was ordered to series in July, writers Mike Scully and Julie Thacker-Scully,...

Seann William Scott has joined the upcoming ABC comedy series “Shifting Gears,” Variety has learned.

Scott will appear alongside series leads Tim Allen and Kat Dennings, as well as cast members Daryl “Chill” Mitchell, Maxwell Simkins, and Barrett Margolis. The show was picked up to series in July with plans to begin shooting in November.

As previously announced, Allen stars in the series as Matt, “the stubborn, widowed owner of a classic car restoration shop,” per the official logline. “When Matt’s estranged daughter (Dennings) and her kids move into his house, the real restoration begins.”

Scott will appear in the newly created series regular role of Gabriel, who is described as a “family friend of Matt & Riley who works in the shop with Matt.”

This will be just the third series regular role Scott has had in his career. He previously starred in the Fox mockumentary comedy “Welcome to Flatch...

Seann William Scott has been tapped as a lead opposite Tim Allen and Kat Dennings in the upcoming ABC multi-camera comedy series Shifting Gears.

The sitcom, which will go into production in November, stars Allen as Matt, the stubborn, widowed owner of a classic car restoration shop. When Matt’s estranged daughter, Riley (Dennings), and her teenage kids move into his house, the real restoration begins.

Scott will play Gabriel, a family friend of Matt (Allen) and Riley (Dennings) who works in the shop with Matt.

This is a newly created character that replaces Nick from the pilot. Originally played by Froy Gutierrez, Nick, Matt’s son and Riley’s game coder younger brother, will not be part of the series.

The cast also includes Daryl “Chill” Mitchell as Stitch, Maxwell Simkins as Carter and Barrett Margolis as Georgia.

Michelle Nader serves as showrunner. She succeeded Mike Scully and Julie Thacker Scully...

It’s a chilly February evening on the Paramount lot as Kelsey Grammer transforms into Frasier Crane for the first time in nearly two decades. It’s an emotional moment on set, both nostalgic and anticipatory. The sets are new, as is every cast member besides Grammer. But behind the camera, legendary director James Burrows shares some continuity with Grammer — having been there from the character’s 1984 beginning on “Cheers.”

Even months later, with the 2023 “Frasier” now on the air (via Paramount+), Grammer gets choked up when asked about what returning to the character — and having institutions like Burrows (one of the original “Cheers” creators) back on board — means to him.

“It’s a piece of personal heaven for me that Jimmy Burrows is still in my life,” Grammer says, his voice cracking just a bit. “And I will always feel that way about him. He’s really helpful. And...

“The Wonder Years” reboot will not return for a third season at ABC, TheWrap has learned.

The network has chosen to cancel the sitcom starring Elisha “Ej” Williams, Dulé Hill and Saycon Sengbloh, which ran for two seasons. The cancellation comes just over a month after the coming-of-age drama aired the finale for its sophomore season, which saw the Williams family head to Disneyland.

Debuting its first season in September 2021, the reimagining of the ’80s series of the same name similarly centered on the Black middle-class Williams family during the late ’60s in Montgomery, Al. Don Cheadle narrated the series an adult Dean Williams while Elisha “Ej” Williams played 12-year-old Dean onscreen.

In May 2022, controversy came over the show as executive producer and director Fred Savage — who starred in the original series — was fired after multiple allegations of inappropriate conduct. While specifics regarding the misconduct were not revealed at the time,...

Exclusive: ABC has opted not to proceed with a third season of The Wonder Years. The news comes a month after the reboot of the classic coming-of-age comedy wrapped its Season 2 run on the network.

Originally slated for a midseason return, The Wonder Years‘ second season was pushed to summer, hinting at the show’s potential fate as summer has traditionally been used as a destination for broadcast scripted series that have either been canceled or are likely to be.

The Wonder Years ranks as the lowest-rated and least watched ABC series this summer, behind the network’s unscripted slate. It also would rank last among ABC’s series that aired during the 2022-23 season.

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The Wonder Years continues to make us laugh in its second season on ABC.

The successful reboot continues tonight with an episode titled "Like a Boss."

TV Fanatic scored an exclusive first look at one of the many comical scenes ahead, and it features one of the true constants of the series:

Dulé Hill's perfect comedy timing.

We don't want to delve too far into what happens in the clip because then you won't have much incentive to watch.

But we can talk about the episode.

"After Lillian's boss announces budget cuts, she is forced to make a decision and enforce boundaries between her personal and professional life," the description reads. 

"Dean and Cory's friendship hits a few speed bumps as they work together for the boxcar derby."

The clip focuses on the latter, with Dean and Cory preparing for the boxcar derby and the reaction from the...

ABC announced the anticipated release date for the Season 2 premiere of “The Wonder Years,” landing more than a year since executive producer and director Fred Savage — who starred in the original series — was fired from the show after multiple allegations of inappropriate conduct.

The comedy series is set to return with a special one-hour premiere event starting 9 p.m. Wednesday, June 14. Lee Daniels, Saladin K. Patterson, Bob Daily and Jacque Edmonds Cofer serve as executive producers on the series. Patterson also serves as showrunner. The series is produced by 20th Television, a part of Disney Television Studios.

Savage was fired from the reboot series following an investigation into charges of inappropriate behavior, a spokesman for 20th Television confirmed to TheWrap in May 2022. Specifics regarding the misconduct were not revealed at the time. In August, The Hollywood Reporter revealed that a group of six women who worked on the show brought...

Here's why Desperate Housewives shockingly killed Mike Delfino (James Denton) in season 8. Susan Meyer's (Teri Hatcher) romance with Mike was a big part of all 8 seasons of Desperate Housewives, and Mike's death is one of the most tragic storylines of all. No main or minor character was safe thanks to the high kill count on Desperate Housewives, but Mike's death was still a devastating moment.

Donny (Sal Landi) shoots and kills Mike in season 8, episode 16, "You Take For Granted." He drives by Mike and Susan's home, screams "Delfino!" and points his gun in his direction. Susan and Mike's neighbor Renee Perry (Vanessa Williams)'s boyfriend Ben Faulkner owes Donny a lot of money, as Donny helped him finance his real estate career, and Donny (Charles Mesure) doesn't accept that Renee attempts to pay the money back. This is one of the saddest deaths on Desperate Housewives as it happens...

ABC has pushed the second season premiere of comedy series The Wonder Years to summer 2023. The network says a specific premiere date will be announced at a later time.

The comedy, which had originally been slated to return in midseason, wasn’t included in ABC’s midseason schedule released earlier today.

Although it will be awhile before we see a second season, ABC announced additional guest casting. In addition to previously announced Patti Labelle, Wayne Brady, Tituss Burgess, Donald Faison, Phoebe Robinson and Bradley Whitford are among the actors set for guest-starring roles.

Inspired by the 1988 series of the same name, The Wonder Years is an original coming-of-age comedy that tells the story of the Williams family during the late 1960s. The series is narrated through the point of view of imaginative 12-year-old Dean, as he navigates growing up in a Black middle-class family in Montgomery, Alabama, and the friendship,...

ABC is shifting the sophomore season of “The Wonder Years” to the summer. The comedy, which had originally been announced to return in midseason, wasn’t included in ABC’s midseason.

Instead, new sitcom “Not Dead Yet” is filling the one available slot on Wednesday’s four-comedy lineup (the only sitcom block currently on the network), launching at 9:30 p.m. Et behind “Abbott Elementary”. With no room for any other half-hour, that necessitated “The Wonder Years” move to summer. A premiere date will be announced later.

Although the show won’t return for a bit, ABC confirmed a list of guest stars for Season 2. Besides previously announced guest Patti Labelle, the show will also welcome Wayne Brady, Tituss Burgess, Donald Faison, Phoebe Robinson and Bradley Whitford, among others.

Brady will play Melvin, described as “Bill’s older brother, a blowhard who is super-successful and insufferably smug about it, including being favored by their father.

Patti Labelle has joined the cast of ABC’s The Wonder Years for Season 2 in the role of Shirley Williams, mother of Dulé Hill’s character Bill.

Shirley, who is a church choir director, is described as “sweet as she can be but has another side to her when choir members don’t quite hit the right notes.” Labelle is set for a two-episode arc as the character.

Whether or not the Godmother of Soul will perform with her musical TV family or bake any of her famous sweet potato pies is as yet unknown.

Inspired by the coming-of-age series which premiered in 1988 of the same name, The Wonder Years is a comedy that tells the story of the Williams family set in the late 1960s, all through the point of view of imaginative 12-year-old Dean (E.J. Williams). With the wisdom of his adult years (narrated by Don Cheadle), Dean...

Patti Labelle is set to guest star in ABC’s “The Wonder Years.” The legendary singer will portray Bill Williams’ (Dulé Hill) mother, Shirley Williams, in a two-episode arc in the upcoming second season, which will premiere midseason and has yet to announce a release date.

Shirley is also the church choir director. Known affectionately as “Mother Williams,” she is “as sweet as she can be but has another side to her when choir members don’t quite hit the right notes,” per her character description.

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A reimagined version of the ’80s Emmy-winning original series of the same name, “The Wonder Years” is a coming-of-age comedy that tells the story of the Black middle-class Williams family during the late 1960s in Montgomery, Alabama — all through the point of view of creative 12-year-old Dean.

Actress and singer Patti Labelle is set the guest star in ABC’s “The Wonder Years” for its upcoming season in a two-episode arc. The new season is set to premiere midseason, but a premiere date has not been announced.

Labelle will play the mother of Bill Williams (Dulé Hill), Shirley Williams, who serves as the local church’s choir director. In the show, she also goes by “Mother Williams,” and is described as “sweet as can be, but there is another side to her that comes out when her choir members can’t hit the right notes.”

The longtime singer and actress has appeared in films and television shows like “A Soldier’s Story,” “A Different World,” “American Horror Story” and more. She has also put up notable performances on competition shows such as “Dancing with the Stars” and “The Masked Singer.” Labelle launched a record label in 2017 called Gpe Records,...

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The Wonder Years is welcoming a music icon to its cast.

Patti Labelle will guest-star in the ABC comedy’s second season, playing Bill Williams’ (Dulé Hill) mother. She’s currently signed on for two episodes.

Her character, Shirley Williams, is the choir director at her church. “Mother Williams” is as sweet as she can be but has another side to her when choir members don’t quite hit the right notes.

Season two of The Wonder Years will continue to follow the coming of age of Dean Williams (Elisha “Ej” Williams) in Montgomery, Alabama, in the late 1960s. The series, due to premiere at midseason, won a Peabody Award for its first season, and showrunner Saladin K. Patterson was nominated for a Writers Guild Award for his pilot script.

The show’s regular cast also includes Saycon Sengbloh, Laura Kariuki, Julian Lerner,...

ABC has canceled the Eva Longoria-produced drama “Grand Hotel,” TheWrap has learned.

The upstairs/downstairs drama wrapped its one-season run back in September.

Led by Demian Bichir and Roselyn Sanchez, “Grand Hotel” centered on the wealthy owners of the last family-owned hotel on the Miami strip and their many employees and guests. Longoria executive produced the series, adapted from a Spanish format by her “Desperate Housewives” and “Devious Maids” collaborator Brian Tanen.

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Hey, "Grand Hotel" fans. We hope you guys enjoyed tonight's episode 10. Now that it's officially done and over with, it's time to go over a few storylines you guys can expect to see take place in the next, new episode 11 that's due to air next Monday night, August 26, 2019. Thanks to the lovely ABC people, we were able to acquire a few teaser descriptions for episode 11 via their press release. So, that's what we'll be referencing in this spoiler session. To get things started, episode 11 does have a very interesting-sounding title. The producers named it,"Art Of Darkness." It sounds like episode 11 will feature some pretty interesting scenarios as Teresa hosts a charity auction. Alicia and Javi find out more intel regarding Beatriz and more. We'll go ahead and start off this spoiler session with the Teresa situation. It turns out that we will see Teresa be quite busy in this episode.

Immigration and the thorny issues surrounding it have fueled countless back-and-forths on cable news shows, but the much-debated topic has also steadily found its way into the scripted realm, with viewers’ favorite fictional characters wrestling with problems including Ice raids, deportation and the plight of the Daca Dreamers.

The saga of Jane’s (Gina Rodriguez) secretly undocumented grandmother Alba’s (Ivonne Coll) bid to attain legal status on the CW’s “Jane The Virgin” has been a long-simmering plotline for several seasons, notably because the family’s Venezuelan heritage lent itself to organically exploring the topic, showrunner Jennie Snyder Urman says. In the show’s fourth season, Alba finally becomes a U.S. citizen.

“As things have progressed and administrations have changed, the urgency and the power of these stories have become just that much more amplified [and] it took on even more weight,” Urman explains.

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“Will & Grace” co-creator Max Mutchnick admits he and David Kohan had no idea there was such a high demand for the series to return. “We’ve written it small, and we’ve thought of it small,” says Mutchnick, “and maybe that’s been the thing that’s worked for us because we’re not getting ahead of ourselves.” The NBC sitcom starring Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Sean Hayes, and Megan Mullally originally ran from 1998-2006, and it returned in 2017 after 11 years for what was initially supposed to be a 10-episode run. That morphed into a 16-episode season, and then a second- and third-season renewal. Watch our exclusive video interview with Mutchnick and Kohan above.

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Overall and first-look deals still drive the television business.

Although some mega-producers have moved to the streaming world, including Ryan Murphy and Shonda Rhimes at Netflix, the overwhelming majority of pacts are still at the studio and linear network level. These deals help lock in show services, as well as keep the development pipeline flowing.

Here is a snapshot at most of the deals currently in place across Hollywood, as of mid-May.

A+E Studios

Appletree Pictures

Ross Fineman

Sarah Gertrude Shapiro

Thruline (Ron West/Chris Henze/Jb Roberts)

ABC Studios

Eli Attie

Alec Baldwin/Mallory Schwartz El Dorado Pictures

Kenya Barris Khalabo Ink Society

Julie Bean

Kevin Biegel

Sherry Bilsing-Graham/Ellen Kreamer

Bluegrass Fanfare

Chris Brancato Churchill Road Prods.

Jeremy Bronson

Danny Chun

Adam Ciralsky

Eliza Coupe

Liz Craft/Sarah Fain

Carlton Cuse

Paul Davies

Viola Davis/Kaylon Hunt JuVee Prods.

Tim Doyle

Dan Dworkin/Jay Beattie

Randall Einhorn...

CBS has canceled comedy “Superior Donuts” after two seasons.

“Superior Donuts” takes place in a small Chicago donut shop, where curmudgeonly owner Arthur (Judd Hirsch) finds his 40-year routine changing when enterprising go-getter Franco (Jermaine Fowler) fast-talks his way into Arthur’s life, becoming his only employee.

The show also stars Katey Sagal, David Koechner, Maz Jobrani, and Rell Battle. Diane Guerrero joined the show in its second season. Bob Daily, Neil Goldman, Garrett Donovan, Mark Teitelbaum, John R. Montgomery, Michael Rotenberg, Josh Lieberman, and Fowler executive produce.

CBS previously renewed fellow Monday comedy “Man With a Plan.” “Kevin Can Wait” is still awaiting word on a third season. Freshman Monday comedies “Me, Myself, and I,” “Living Biblically,” and “9Jkl” are not expected back.

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It’s official — CBS is not picking up a third season of Superior Donuts, its multi-camera workplace comedy starring Jermaine Fowler and Judd Hirsch.

After a decent ratings start last spring, goosed by a plum lead-in from The Big Bang Theory, Superior Donuts was renewed for a second season with some casting changes, including the addition of Diane Guerrero, and got a full-season Season 2 pickup last fall.

CBS had been looking to make changes on Monday where the network was once the dominant force with hit comedies and CSI: Miami at 10 Pm. CBS’ fortunes on the night have declined over the past couple of years, hitting a low point this season. Superior Donuts was the lowest rated of the three returning CBS series on Monday which were in a renewal contention, averaging a 1.1 adults 18-49 rating (most recent)

While the cast of the sitcom has been well received, the show didn’t quite gel together.

CBS’s “Superior Donuts” is tackling immigration issues in what may be the series’ most relevant episode ever. Monday night’s episode, “The ICEmen Cometh,” was inspired by star Diane Guerrero’s own experience with her family and deportation.

“We learned about Diane’s story when we first talked to her about joining the show, and we were struck by how brutal it was to see this hot-button political issue play out on a personal level, where a family gets torn apart and there’s nothing they can do about it,” said executive producer Bob Daily.

In the episode, Guerrero’s character, Sofia, enlists her pal Franco (Jermaine Fowler) to help hide her undocumented brother Rafael (Erik Rivera) when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement starts conducting raids in their uptown Chicago neighborhood. The Ice presence has everyone on edge, including donut shop owner Arthur (Judd Hirsch), whose store is where Franco secretly hides Rafael,...

The cast and creators of NBC’s “Will & Grace” revival gathered for a panel discussion at Paleyfest on Saturday, March 17. Stars Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Sean Hayes, and Megan Mullally were on hand, as were creators David Kohan and Max Mutchnick and director James Burrows, who has helmed every single episode of the series. The event was moderated by Dan Bucatinsky, who has guest-starred twice on the show (once in 2000 and once in 2018) as a persistent suitor Will can’t seem to get rid of. Listen to their entire 45-minute Q&A above.

Interest in the revival was first piqued by a nine-minute online reunion scene released in 2016 in support of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Mullally recalled that upon reading the script she emailed Mutchnick and asked, “Why can’t we just do the show again?” While the video didn’t end up winning the campaign for Clinton,...

CBS has firmed up the orders for two second-year comedies.

The network has picked up <em>Man With a Plan </em>and <em>Superior Donuts </em>for a full season, with eight more episodes each. The pickup brings the total episode order to 21 for both Monday series.

Matt LeBlanc-starrer <em>Man With a Plan,</em> from executive producers Jeff and Jackie Filgo, launched Nov. 13 and collected 6.5 million total viewers when factoring in seven days of DVR. <em>Superior Donuts, </em>starring Jermaine Fowler and produced by Bob Daily, Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan, returned Oct. 30 and is averaging 5.8 million total viewers ...

The stars of Superior Donuts are bringing their comedic stylings to the people!

Et can confirm that the CBS show's star and executive producer, Jermaine Fowler, will join his co-stars and fellow stand-up comedians, David Koechner, Maz Jobrani and Rell Battle, on a seven-day Superior Donuts comedy tour in five cities.

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The cast was inspired to tour together after performing a few stand-up shows in Los Angeles ahead of the show's first season.

"We're so lucky to have four amazing stand-up comics in our cast,” said executive producer Bob Daily. “Every day they make us laugh and keep us from getting any work done. Now we're setting them loose so they can amuse and distract America."

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CBS has locked up Orange Is the New Black‘s Diane Guerrero! The actress is joining the cast of Superior Donuts as a series regular in Season 2, TVLine has learned.

Guerrero, who will be introduced in the sitcom’s Oct. 30 premiere, will play Sofia, a young Uptown gentrifier who parks her food truck, which serves healthy, socially conscious breakfast foods, in front of Arthur’s old-school donut shop. Though Arthur assumes she’s an entitled millennial, she’s actually a hard-working, enterprising, self-made woman who has poured every penny into her food truck business, which she plans to turn into an empire.

The Atx Television Festival has added two additional newsmaker panels to this year’s ever-expanding lineup.

One panel, “Television in a Trumped Up America,” promises a spirited discussion about how writers and TV shows are handling stories in a Donald Trump administration. Another, “The Revival of the Socially Conscious Sitcom,” will examine the recent growth of comedies aiming to recapture the progressive spirit of Norman Lear.

Liz Tigelaar (“Casual”), Monica Owusu-Breen (“Midnight, Texas”), Javier Grillo-Marxuach (“The Middleman”), and Michael Rauch (“Royal Pains”) are on board for the Trump panel, while Danielle Sanchez-Witzel (“The Carmichael Show”), Bob Daily (“Superior Donuts”), Justin Simien (“Dear White People”), and Mike Royce and Gloria Calderon-Kellett (“One Day at a Time”) are set to join the sitcom panel. (“One Day at a Time” is also executive produced by Lear, but he will not be attending.)

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CBS’ new comedy “Superior Donuts” is part of a new wave of multi-camera sitcoms with something to say.

Comedian Jermaine Fowler and executive producer Bob Daily are taking advantage of that mandate, infusing their new show with biting commentary on everything, including gentrification, police brutality, Muslims in America, and the Trump era.

“Superior Donuts” began life as a stage play in 2008, written by playwright and actor Tracy Letts. The story, about an Arthur, an aging donut shop owner, and his new assistant, a young African-American man worried about his neighborhood’s fast gentrification, eventually moved to Broadway. The New York Times compared the play to a 1970s comedy, so it only makes sense that CBS decided to adapt the show.

Comedy directing legend Jimmy Burrows is behind the lens on “Superior Donuts,...

CBS’ newest sitcom “Superior Donuts” doesn’t shy away from dealing with current events and hot button issues, and if president-elect Donald Trump were to get mad about it enough to tweet about it, the producers would take it. “If we were to incite a tweet war with the President of the United States, we probably would not turn down the publicity,” executive producer Bob Daily joked during the show’s panel at the Television Critics’ Association’s press tour in Pasadena Monday. The show has plans to do episodes about gun control, the gentrification of a Chicago neighborhood and breaking Muslim sterotypes.

CBS' midseason comedy <em>Superior Donuts </em>is taking a page from NBC's <em>The Carmichael Show</em>, ABC's <em>Black-ish </em>and cable comedies like FX's <em>You're the Worst </em>and <em>Atlanta</em>:<em> </em>It will explore topical issues including gun control, racial profiling and more.

Producers Garrett Donovan, Neil Goldman and Bob Daily, as well as star and executive producer Jermaine Fowler, told reporters Monday at the Television Critics Association's winter press tour that their forthcoming comedy will take on topical subjects that viewers are talking about around the kitchen table.

"The pilot was written a year ago, and sadly, these issues ...

Legendary TV and film director Garry Marshall will be honored on this week’s episode of The Odd Couple, and People has an exclusive sneak peek.

Airing Monday on CBS, the special episode will pay tribute to the late Marshall, who died in July at age 81. Marshall developed and executive produced the original Odd Couple, which ran from 1970–75 starring Tony Randall and Jack Klugman.

Marshall’s sister Penny Marshall appears in the episode, which will also Happy Days‘ Ron Howard, Marion Ross, Anson Williams and Don Most; Laverne & Shirley‘s Cindy Williams, and Pam Dawber from Mork & Mindy.

Marshall also...

Stars of several of Garry Marshall’s television hits, including Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley, will appear on an upcoming episode of CBS’ The Odd Couple honoring him, the network announced Monday.

Marshall was creator of the original Odd Couple and an executive consultant on the reboot. He died in July at age 81 of complications from pneumonia.

The episode will air Monday, Nov. 7, at 9:30/8:30c. Stars from his previous shows taking part include: Happy Days‘ Marion Ross, Ron Howard, Anson Williams and Don Most; Laverne & Shirley‘s Penny Marshall (who is also Marshall’s sister) and Cindy Williams...

Time to make the “Donuts.”

CBS has given a series order to “Superior Donuts,” a new half-hour sitcom headlined by rising stand-up comedian Jermaine Fowler.

Fowler stars opposite TV veteran Judd Hirsch, who plays the gruff owner of a small donut shop in a quickly gentrifying Chicago neighborhood. Fowler is the enterprising new young employee.

David Koechner, Maz Jobrani, Anna Baryshnikov, Darien Sills-Evans, Rell Battle and Katey Sagal also star in the show, which is based on the play by Tracy Letts. “Superior Donuts” originally premiered in Chicago in 2008, and moved to Broadway for a brief run in fall 2009.

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This was the second round of development for “Superior Donuts,” which was originally shot as a pilot last spring. CBS decided to redevelop it, and a second pilot (with some re-casting, including the addition of Hirsch) was shot this summer.

Darien Sills-Evans (HBO’s Treme) and Anna Baryshnikov (Wiener-Dog) have been cast as regulars opposite Jermaine Fowler and Judd Hirsch in CBS' multi-camera comedy pilot Superior Donuts. After the end of this past pilot season, where Fowler starrer Superior Donuts was in serious consideration for a series pickup, CBS ordered a new pilot for the project with some character and casting changes. Written and executive produced by Neil Goldman & Garrett Donovan and Bob Daily…...