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The production company behind America’s Funniest Home Videos is facing a wide-ranging lawsuit that alleges “gender violence,” racial discrimination, sexual harassment, wrongful termination, retaliation and more. The class action filed by three anonymous women on behalf of “all other aggrieved employees” names Vin Di…

ABC has ordered two more seasons of American Funniest Home Videos, its longest-running primetime entertainment show, and ordered Videos After Dark, a new comedy reality series from the AFV producers, with original AFV host Bob Saget set as host and executive producer. The AFV renewal will take the show through its…

ABC threw a renewal party for a quartet of its alternative series today, greenlighting new seasons of stalwarts The Bachelor, Dancing with the Stars and America’s Funniest Home Videos along with rookie Child Support, featuring Ricky Gervais. It will be Cycle 23 for the Chris Harrison-hosted The Bachelor, which is…

After a long run in the Sunday 7 PM slot, unscripted staple America’s Funniest Home Videos is on the move. Originally set to premiere on November 26 in its longtime Sunday 7 PM time period, AFHV now will debut at 8 PM Sunday, October 8. AFHV will replace game show To Tell the Truth, which had been slated for the…

Sunday's Golden State-Houston game on ABC matched the best overnight rating for any first-round NBA Playoff game on any network in the past 12 years. The Warriors’ win in Game 4 was up 6% from last year's comparable first-round game on ABC – Los Angeles Clippers vs. San Antonio Spurs – which posted a 5.0 overnight…

Alfonso Ribeiro first crossed paths with longtime America's Funniest Home Videos host Tom Bergeron a last season when he won the Bergeron-hosted Dancing With The Stars. Now he’s staying in the ABC family to replace Bergeron on the long-running AFHV. The network had Bergeron make the announcement during the season…

Shay Carl, a founder and one of the biggest stars on YouTube multichannel network Maker Studios, is launching an online video series inspired by and featuring clips culled from the quarter-century of America’s Funniest Home Videos episodes. The series, called ShayFV, is part of a broader programming partnership…

More unscripted renewals at ABC. Getting a sixth-season pickup is MVP Shark Tank, which has been driving ABC’s demo ratings dominance on Friday and which has stepped in to fill any hole the network might have open with its well-performing repeats. Sony TV is producing. The Bachelor, from Warner Horizon, has been…

ABC is picking up this morning where it left off last night. After renewing reality series Dancing With The Stars, The Bachelor and Shark Tank last night, this morning the network continued with the pickups of two other long-running reality series, America’s Funniest Home Videos and Wife Swap. The 13-epsisode order to…

As Americans were wrapping up the four-day Thanksgiving weekend last night, some stayed away from their TVs, leading to depressed ratings for the broadcast networks. (We’ve yet to get numbers for The Walking Dead fall finale on AMC.) ABC may be having second thoughts about picking up the Hallmark Hall Of Fame original…

ABC’s Once Upon A Time continued its impressive freshman run last night, posting a 3.8/9 in adults 18-49. That was up a tenth from the fairytale drama’s fast national the previous week (flat with the national) and the highest demo mark for any non-sports program last night. Even more impressive, Once Upon A Time…

After a couple of weeks of declines, ABC’s Sunday lineup stabilized, though probably not at levels the network would’ve liked. America’s Funniest Home Videos (1.5/4) was up a tenth from last week’s fast national; Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (1.9/5) was down a tenth; Desperate Housewives was flat with its most…