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After six years at the helm, The Goldbergs creator/executive producer Adam F. Goldberg is stepping down as showrunner of the ABC comedy series, which is heading into Season 7. The Goldbergs veterans Chris Bishop and Alex Barnow, who have been with the series since its premiere, have been named showrunners of the…

Adam F. Goldberg, creator of ABC comedy series The Goldbergs and co-creator of spinoff series Schooled, is moving to ABC Studios from his longtime studio home at Sony Pictures TV with a big four-year overall deal. Under the pact, which had been in the works for months, Goldberg will continue as executive producer on…

ABC’s Big 80’s comedy series The Goldbergs and its 90’s spinoff Schooled are both coming back for another go-round. The network has renewed The Goldbergs for a seventh season, and Schooled for a sophomore run. We hear the renewal of The Goldbergs, which was never in doubt, was tied with a Season 2 pickup off spinoff, S…

Over its six seasons, the ABC sitcom The Goldbergs has paid homage to plenty of 1980s popcorn classics with guest stars who reprise memorable Reagan era roles (Charlie Sheen for Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Rick Moranis for Spaceballs, and Robert Englund for A Nightmare on Elm Street, to name a few) but this Wednesday…

On Day 1 of WonderCon in sunny Anaheim, the stars and executive producers of The Goldbergs made an appearance to discuss the 1980s-set ABC comedy, giving a sneak peek at an upcoming episode entitled “The Dynamic Duo.” Set in Jenkintown, PA, the sitcom is loosely based on series creator Adam F. Goldberg’s childhood and…

ABC has given a pilot pickup to a spinoff from its 1980s comedy series The Goldbergs, which comes from The Goldbergs creator/executive producer Adam F. Goldberg, executive producers Marc Firek, Happy Madison and Seth Gordon and Sony TV. Written by Goldberg and Firek and starring Bryan Callen (and likely Tim Meadows)…

When your co-star is a CGI character on a comedy series, you want to make sure the casting is just right. We’re not talking Rachel Dratch who is the voice of Mary, the imaginary friend to Jenna Elfman’s Alice on ABC’s upcoming Imaginary Mary. Dratch is the voiceover. We’re talking the actual cartoon character and it’s…

Adam F. Goldberg gave us an update on his 1990s The Goldbergs spinoff which is set at the creator’s William Penn Charter School, the same learning institution featured in his ABC series. As Deadline reported, the pilot includes Bryan Callen’s gym teacher character, Mr. Mellor. “I’m leaving here today to hand it in…

ABC and Sony Pictures TV are looking to turn The Goldbergs into a franchise with an offshoot series. The network has handed a script commitment with a high-six-figure penalty to the single-camera comedy project set a decade later than the 1980s mothership series and centered around the recurring character played by Bry…

Jenna Elfman is set as the lead in ABC's untitled live-action/CGI comedy pilot from The Goldbergs creator/executive producer Adam F. Goldberg and executive producer David Guarascio, as well as animator Patrick Osborne, Happy Madison and Sony Pictures TV. Written by Goldberg and Guarascio and directed by Shawn Levy…

Stephen Schneider is set as the male lead in ABC’s untitled live-action/CGI comedy pilot from The Goldbergs creator/executive producer Adam F. Goldberg and executive producer David Guarascio, as well as animator Patrick Osborne, Happy Madison and Sony Pictures TV. Written by Goldberg and Guarascio and directed by…

ABC has given a formal pilot order to an untitled comedy blending live-action and CGI animation (aka Imaginary Gary, Imaginary Friend), from Oscar-winning former Disney animator Patrick Osborne and The Goldbergs team of creator/executive producer Adam F. Goldberg, executive producer David Guarascio, Happy Madison and…