Fox pulls “Justice” from its November Sweeps schedule November 10, 2006 5:53 pm
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Fox has pulled its struggling freshman drama, “Justice” from its schedule with a return expected sometime in December with no exact date yet announced.
Repeats of “House” will fill the remaining holes left over for November sweeps. The change will take place immediately (November 13th).
The series has struggled to hold onto much of an audience and was moved to a post “Prison Break” time slot a few weeks back to no avail.
Production will end after the 13th episode.
FX has renewed “Always Sunny in Philadelphia” for a third season November 10, 2006 4:58 pm
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FX has picked up its comedy series “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” for a third season, ordering 15 episodes of the show, surpassing the previous two orders for the series.
“We couldn’t be happier to bring back a group as talented as the Sunny cast for a third season,” said executive vp of original programming Nick Grad, in a prepared statement. “We’re encouraged with the ratings growth, we love the show and think that creatively, it’s just hitting its stride. The fact that Danny DeVito is returning speaks highly about the quality of the writing, and we look forward to another successful season.”
Danny DeVito, who joined the cast last season, will guest-star in all 15 episodes for the third season of the show and has also committed to six seasons, should FX continue to renew the series.
The series is averaging 1.3 million total viewers and 880,000 among adults 18-49, increases of 15 and 18 percent, respectively over the series’ first season run.
NBC gives full season order to “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip” November 10, 2006 4:50 pm
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NBC has gone ahead and ordered the back nine of its freshman drama/comedy which has been struggling as of late.
Citing the shows strong ratings among upscale households as one of the reasons, NBC hopes the vote of confidence in the expensive show will increase its viewership and justify its full season renewal.
“I am pleased to show our support for this outstanding and ambitious effort from executive producers Aaron Sorkin and Thomas Schlamme,” said Kevin Reilly, President NBC Entertainment. “From the start, they have delivered the superb show that we wanted. The critical support has been rock-solid and there is a passionate core audience. We can’t wait for what’s going to come in the remainder of the season.”
“Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip” is averaging a 4.0 rating, 9 share in adults 18-49 and 9.8 million viewers overall (through November 6) and has increased its rating week-to-week in 18-49 with each of its last two telecasts. “Studio 60” has consistently delivered some of the highest audience concentrations among all primetime network series in such key upscale categories as adults 18-49 living in homes with $75,000-plus and $100,000-plus incomes and in homes where the head of household has four or more years of college.
“Men In Trees” given full season order, moved to new time slot. November 10, 2006 4:45 pm
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ABC has given freshman drama “Men In Trees” a full season order, picking up the back nine. In addition to that vote of confidence in the low rated by critical and fan favorite, ABC has moved the series to the plush post-“Grey’s Anatomy” time slot (Thursday at 10:00 PM) effective November 30th.
The series has averaged 7.32M viewers with a 2.2/7 among adults 18-49 in its former Friday at 9:00 PM time slot.
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