2ND UPDATE, 2:45 PM: More cleanup at NBC. Freshman comedy Guys With Kids and sophomore Up All Night also are gone. It comes down to Go On, The New Normal and Community on the comedy side, on which NBC is yet to make a decision… Hannibal looks promising on the drama side, and people are cautiously optimistic about Commu…

The second week of Survivor‘s 26th season saw fewer people in the competition but more people watching. Wednesday's one-hour Survivor: Caramoan – Fans vs. Favorites (2.5/7) bopped up 4% from last week's two-hour premiere. While small, that slight rise is up from the series' lowest–rated premiere ever February 13…

It was a battle of the TV titans last night and no one walked out of the arena unscathed. First of all, CBS' Survivor (2.4/7) returned for its 26th season Wednesday, but it did not come back strong. The 90-minute premiere of Survivor: Caramoan – Fans vs. Favorites was down 23% from last year's winter debut, marking…

Three weeks into its 12th season, last night's two-hour American Idol (5.4/14) headed to San Antonio for more auditions. The second-to-last audition show of the season was by far the night’s most-watched show, pulling in 15.59 million viewers. Steady with last week's fast nationals, last night's Idol did slip 8% from…

NBC has given a back order to freshman comedy Guys With Kids, executive produced by Jimmy Fallon. The pickup is for four episodes, bringing its first season to 17 episodes. The news comes on the heels of the multi-camera comedy posting a 1.3 adults 18-49 rating last night, steady with its last original two weeks ago. G…

Diane Haithman contributes to Deadline's TV coverage. Jimmy Fallon, executive producer of the new NBC comedy Guys With Kids, made an appearance via satellite on the panel for the show today at the TCAs. “I feel like I'm doing a Dateline. I feel like Lester Holt,” Fallon joked (live on the panel, executive producer Amy…

Erinn Hayes (Childrens Hospital) has been cast as a regular in the upcoming NBC comedy series Guys With Kids. On the multi-camera comedy executive produced by Jimmy Fallon, she will play the role of Sheila, which has been recast. It was played in the pilot as guest star by Sara Rue whose pilot, ABC’s comedy Malibu Coun…

UPDATED: After picking up five single-camera new comedy series, NBC today ordered its first multi-camera show for next season, the Jimmy Fallon-produced Guys With Kids. For now, it’s the only multi-camera NBC comedy series — new or returning — confirmed for next season, which raises the question of  what it will be…

EXCLUSIVE:  Andy Buckley, best known for his role as David Wallace on The Office, has signed on to star in Most Guys are Losers comedy-drama with Oscar winner Mira Sorvino is also talks to join. The Pier Avenue Films’ adaptation is based on the true-story novel of the same name by Mark Berzins. Eric Ustian penned the…

Conan O’Brien hasn’t been working his network’s Upfront Week presentation as long as has Jimmy Kimmel, who literally created the franchise 17 years ago. But this year WarnerMedia deployed Conan far more strategically than did Disney with Kimmel. ABC’s late-night star literally was the last act of Disney’s Upfront…

Creators of Paramount Network’s Waco set out to dramatize the “no bad guys” version of the 1993 standoff at the Branch Davidian splinter group complex. Four government agents were killed in a botched raid by ATF, which suspected that the facility was housing a weapons arsenal. The 51-day standoff that ensued ended…

Jimmy Kimmel, who has argued passionately on his late-night show against de-funding programs that would help disadvantaged people get healthcare, opened Jimmy Kimmel Live blasting the newly released Senate version of Trumpcare. “This morning, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell showed us a draft of his top-secret…