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EXCLUSIVE: Carly Hughes has departed ABC comedy series American Housewife, where she was a series regular for the first four seasons, alleging toxic environment and discrimination as reasons for her exit. Hughes left after the end of Season 4. She was featured in the Season 5 premiere, the bulk of which was shot…

EXCLUSIVE: Holly Robinson Peete has been tapped for a major recurring role in the current fifth season of ABC comedy series American Housewife. She begins filming next week. Peete will play Tami, a close friend of Katie's (Katy Mixon) before the Ottos moved to Westport. Tami helped Katie quite a bit when Katie was a…

EXCLUSIVE: Life In Pieces alumna Giselle Eisenberg will take over the character of 10-year-old Anna-Kat on ABC’s American Housewife as the comedy series returns for a fifth season. She replaces original cast member Julia Butters who is leaving the show to pursue other opportunities. Butters hit stardom last year…

ABC has set fall premiere dates for its Wednesday night comedy block. The Goldbergs, The Conners and Black-ish will premiere October 21, and American Housewife will join the lineup a week later. The Goldbergs will premiere its eighth season at 8 p.m. October 21 with back-to-back episodes, followed by the Season 3…

For the past couple of years, ABC has had the largest comedy contingent on the schedule with three blocks, 8-10 PM on Tuesday and Wednesday and 8-9 PM on Friday, for a 10 half-hour series total. That will likely no longer be the case next season. Of the 10 comedy series that aired on ABC this past season, five will…

ABC has renewed 13 more series for 2020-21, eight of them scripted, including freshmen Stumptown and mixed-ish. The broadcast network has picked up American Housewife, black-ish, The Conners, The Goldbergs, A Million Little Things, mixed-ish, The Rookie, Stumptown; reality stalwarts The Bachelor, Dancing with the Stars…

The Masked Singer dipped last week but made up for Wednesday as it continues to dominate its time slot. The reality incognito singing competition climbed three tenths to deliver a 2.4 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 8.75 million viewers. This marks a season-high Wednesday telecast for the Fox series. ABC…

Several more series produced by Disney Television Studios have suspended production as the coronavirus health crises deepens, and that includes the final season of Empire.  As of Saturday, March 14, stopping production are Fox dramas Empire and The Resident, produced by DTS’ 20th Century Fox TV; FX’s Pose, from DTS…

Some midseason scheduling changes were revealed today as part of ABC’s TCA Winter Press Tour. Shark Tank, which currently airs at 9 PM on Sundays is returning to its Friday time slot at 8 PM on February 28, the spot currently held by American Housewife, which is moving to ABC's Wednesday comedy block beginning April…

ABC has picked up more episodes of comedies American Housewife, currently in its fourth season, and sophomore Bless This Mess. Each will produce six additional episodes, for what ABC calls full-season orders. American Housewife had originally received a 15-episode order, which will now go up to 21 episodes and the…

We should call this pre-Premiere Friday as the big newcomer on the night, Fox’s WWE SmackDown, along with NBC veteran The Blacklist, are not debuting until next week. After what we have seen Premiere Week to date — double-digit year-to-year declines, Live+Same Day adults 18-49 ratings of 0.7, once a rarity and certain…

ABC has ordered a fourth season of the Katy Mixon-led comedy American Housewife. Created by Sarah Dunn (Spin City, Bunheads), the series stars and is narrated by Eastbound & Down alum Mixon as Katie Otto, a confident, unapologetic wife and mother of three who raises her flawed family in the wealthy town of Westport…