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ABC Renews ‘Castle,’ ‘Scrubs’; Cancels ‘The Unusuals,’ ‘Cupid’
CHICAGO– ABC is still struggling to find the next big hit to stand next to monsters like “Lost,” “Desperate Housewives,” and “Grey’s Anatomy,” and they decided to give Nathan Fillion&Stana Katic’s...
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ABC Fall 2009 Premiere Dates Including ‘Grey’s Anatomy,’ ‘Castle,’ More
CHICAGO– ABC has announced their fall premiere dates and the season really starts for the network with the return of “Dancing With the Stars” and “Castle” on Monday, September 21st. The network has a...
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The 10 Most Promising New TV Shows of Fall 2009
CHICAGO– Satire (“Glee”), family comedy (“The Middle”), animation (“The Cleveland Show”), a remake of a soap classic (“Melrose Place”), and three medical dramas (“Mercy,” “Trauma,” “Three Rivers”) -...
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TV Review: Promising ‘The Middle’ With Patricia Heaton, Neil Flynn
CHICAGO– Just as Kelsey Grammer returns to familiarly snobby territory with “Hank,” his “Back to You” co-star Patricia Heaton returns to the life of the harried matriarch with “The Middle,” but the...
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TV News: Cancellation Axe Falls on ‘Dollhouse,’ ‘Eastwick,’ ‘Hank’
CHICAGO– Blogs everywhere are reporting that FOX has canceled “Dollhouse” and that ABC has canceled “Eastwick” and “Hank”. “Dollhouse” starred Eliza Dushku with “Eastwick” and “Hank” being headlined by...
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TV News: ABC Picks Up ‘Cougar Town,’ ‘The Middle,’ ‘Modern Family’ For...
CHICAGO– Stephen McPherson, president, ABC Entertainment Group, announced early pick-ups of the network’s hit Wednesday night comedies “Cougar Town,” “The Middle” and “Modern Family” for the 2010-2011...
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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 3 Season-One ‘The Middle’ DVDs With Patricia Heaton
CHICAGO– In our latest edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: DVD, we have three DVDs up for grabs to the single-camera comedy “The Middle” on ABC with Patricia Heaton“The Middle” also features Neil...
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DVD Reviews: 2010 Rookie TV Seasons Including ‘The Good Wife,’ ‘NCIS: Los...
CHICAGO– We have written several times about the strength of the 2009-2010 television season with an incredible number of rookie hits and many of those great programs are now coming out on DVD. In the...
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TV Review: ‘Better With You’ Could Not Be Much Worse
CHICAGO– The programming executive that thought “Better With You” would fit well between the reasonably-good “The Middle” and the spectacular “Modern Family” clearly has no idea how television comedy...
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TV News: ABC Announces Early Pick-Ups Including ‘Castle,’ ‘Modern Family’
CHICAGO– Fans of ABC’s often-struggling “Cougar Town” had to wait until the eleventh hour last year to find out that their favorite show would be given a second chance with a sophomore season. Not so...
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TV News: FOX’s ‘The X Factor’ Dips in Ratings, ‘Modern Family’ Stays Hot
CHICAGO– FOX’s new reality singing competition, “The X Factor,” dropped in its ratings from last week’s premiere to this week’s new auditions. While the drop is no surprise (almost every show drops in...
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On WGN Radio: Brian Tallerico on Listener’s Favorite TV Shows of 2011
CHICAGO– Brian Tallerico appears on Bill Moller’s program on three Saturdays in December 2011 to take listener calls on the best television programs of the year, including “Boss,” “American Horror...
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TV Review: ABC’s Promising But Inconsistent ‘Don’t Trust the B---- in...
CHICAGO– “Don’t Trust the B—— in Apartment 23” may seem at first like a cynical, modern program, but it’s really a throwback to sitcoms of the ’70s and ’80s when you think about it’s structure. Like so...
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TV News: ABC Renews Seven Shows Including ‘Once Upon a Time,’ ‘Revenge,’...
CHICAGO– In advance of next week’s official Fall schedule announcement, ABC gave a vote of confidence to seven of their biggest shows, revealing that they will be a part of the 2012-2013 schedule. The...
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TV News: ABC Fall Schedule Includes Four New Shows, New Nights For ‘Revenge,’...
CHICAGO– After an incredibly successful 2011-2012 season, ABC is doing something of a victory lap by not changing much of what worked about a season that saw the network create a number of new hits,...
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TV News: NBC Struggles on Wednesday Nights, CBS Wins Close Ratings War
CHICAGO– The first new Wednesday of the Fall 2012 season told a predictable story — CBS and ABC are doing well, FOX is still under-delivering, and NBC is in dire shape. As for new shows, “The...
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TV Feature: The 11 Biggest Emmy Snubs of 2013
CHICAGO– The 2013 Emmy nominations were announced this morning, leading to the natural hand-wringing and chest-beating over who missed the cut. Before we get to the most egregious snubs of the year, a...
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TV Feature: The 10 Best TV Shows of 2013
I’ve avoided saying it outright for a few years as it seems like an overwritten headline but one thing is too clear to ignore when looking back at this past year in television — we are currently in the...
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