Just days after her NBC legal sitcom was canceled, the actress also ended her own real life courtroom drama against Evolution Entertainment. Kate Walsh and her ex-managers have come to a settlement in their 5-month battle over commissions from Bad Judge and other projects. Well, kind of – it's conditional. "The…

The new year brought series lows for all series that dared to air originals on the first night of 2015. NBC’s The Biggest Loser, whose fate is unclear after its current 16th cycle, drew a 0.9 rating among adults 18-49, matching the series low for its most recent telecast on December 18. The veteran reality series…

UPDATE 2 PM: The final numbers are in and, even with the downward adjustments due to local NFL pre-emptions, the 8:30 PM- 11 PM CBS series ended up posting ratings gains vs. last week, underscoring the critical importance of The Big Bang Theory, which aired an original last night vs. a repeat last Thursday. Big Bang…

Following another set of underwhelming numbers last night, NBC has pulled the plug on Thursday freshman comedies Bad Judge and A To Z. They are not being pulled from the schedule — both will stay in the 9 PM and 9:30 Thursday slots. Both also will complete their 13-episode original orders. Legal comedy Bad Judge…

Maybe it's the new normal – at least for now. Five weeks into the season and still everyone's standing – at least for now. Of course, last night being Thursday, the primetime trophy will be held by CBS and Thursday Night Football (4.8/15). With Peyton Manning now the NFL's all-time touchdown pass leader as of October 1…

We’re wrapping the fourth week of the new season, and there hasn’t been a single casualty among the new scripted series. Last fall, we had four series pulled by the end of Week 3 — ABC’s Lucky 7, NBC’s Welcome To The Family and Ironside, and CBS’ We Are Men. What is different this time around? While we haven’t seen…

One more new series entered the danger zone last night, dropping under one rating point among adults 18-49 in its second week. That was Fox drama Gracepoint, down 25% from its series premiere last week to a 0.9 in 18-49 despite a steady lead-in from Bones (1.5). It joins ABC comedy Manhattan Love Story and another Fox…

UPDATE 2:30 PM: Another day, another across-the-board upward adjustment for ABC’s lineup in the finals. Once again, Nielsen undercounted the network’s fast national ratings, leading to a one-tenth lift for all three ABC Thursday series. Grey’s Anatomy is going up to a 2.7 rating among adults 18-49, Scandal to a 3.4…

Just days before her new NBC series Bad Judge is set to debut, former Private Practice star Kate Walsh is headed to court herself. Today, Walsh filed a complaint against Evolution Entertainment over commissions her ex-mangers are demanding from the new show. Walsh says they're out of order, to quote And Justice For All…

Bad Judge has had plenty of bad news in its formative months, but maybe there truly is no such thing as bad publicity. Over the past month, the NBC show starring Kate Walsh got more audience interest the past month than any other show debuting this fall, according to a Yahoo analysis of searches on its site. The…

Betsy Thomas has closed a deal to join new NBC comedy series Bad Judge as executive producer/showrunner. Thomas was immediately approached for the job when Liz Brixius exited the Universal TV-produced show 10 days ago. Thomas, who is under an overall deal at Uni TV, ran NBC/Uni TV's Whitney in its first season. She…

EXCLUSIVE: There is a major behind-the-scenes shakeup on NBC's new comedy series Bad Judge. I’ve learned that Nurse Jackie co-creator Liz Brixius, who joined the series in May as showrunner, has exited  because of creative differences over the direction of the single-camera comedy. Brixius is expected to return to…