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ABC’s three sophomore comedies will all become juniors — the network has renewed “The Middle,” “Modern Family” and “Cougar Town” for third seasons in 2011-12. Source: sltrib Related articles ‘Modern Family’ renewed by ABC along with five others (hollywoodnews.com)

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admin on May 13th, 2010

Generating its Biggest Audience in 3 Months, ABC’s Self-Starter “The Middle” Wins its Time Slot for its 4th Straight Original Telecast. Hitting a Series High Opposite “Idol,” ABC’s “Modern Family” is Wednesday’s No. 1 Scripted TV Show for its 11th Straight Original Telecast in Adults 18-49. Growing Week to Week, “Cougar Town” Ranks as the [...]

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admin on April 8th, 2010

FOX started the night in first with a 4.7/8 for “Human Target,” which also won the hour in the key demo with a 2.2 rating. CBS’ “The New Adventures of Old Christine” and “Accidentally on Purpose” both averaged a 4.0/7 for CBS (with “Accidentally” improving on its lead-in in the key demo). NBC’s “Minute to [...]

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admin on April 2nd, 2010

At 8:30pm The Middle scored a 1.9 with adults 18-49, down nearly 25% from last week’s 2.5 rating. I guess It’s The Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown wasn’t a good lead-in for it. On the other had, Modern Family was up a tick to a 3.8 rating with adults 18-49 versus last week’s 3.7. Source: TV [...]

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admin on February 14th, 2010

ABC has scheduled the return of the Oprah Winfrey Oscar Special to air the week before the Academy Awards and plans to give “The Middle” a “Modern Family” lead-in. The Oprah special will air March 3. On Feb. 17 and Feb. 24, ABC will try out repeats of “The Middle” — which recently hit a [...]

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admin on January 21st, 2010

ABC’s 8-9pm Repeat Comedies Build Adult 18-49 Audience Against “Idol,” As a Repeat “The Middle” Beats NBC’s Original “Mercy” at 8:30pm by 21%. ABC Repeat Comedies (8:00-9:00 p.m.) Opposite “American Idol” from 8:00-9:00 p.m., repeats of “Modern Family” and “The Middle” gained Adult 18-49 audience (+6%) for ABC in the hour. In fact ABC was [...]

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admin on January 19th, 2010

ABC Entertainment president Steve McPherson said he was renewing ABC’s freshman comedies Modern Family, The Middle and Cougar Town so all three will get a second season. Source: TV by the Numbers

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admin on December 19th, 2009

Another list rankes “The Middle” – the show that most people are missing and the people who watch love — high on the Best of 2009 , this time from TV Squad: 7. The Middle. A lot of people will pick Modern Family over this, but I think The Middle is funnier and isn’t tired [...]

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admin on December 14th, 2009

It’s more fun, of course, to pick apart the bad stuff on TV. There is always plenty to choose from, after all. But since one of my resolutions for 2010, and beyond, is to accentuate the positive, let me optimistically begin this final column of 2009 by highlighting the good news on the small screen [...]

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admin on December 11th, 2009

Image via Wikipedia ABC get a B+ from The TV Addict: The Good: ABC took a fairly substantial leap of faith with their brand-new Wednesday night comedy block, and as luck would have it, the leap paid off. What could have been an epic disaster of HANK-esque proportions single-handedly transformed ABC’s once troubled Wednesday night [...]

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