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B Positive is getting a full season at CBS after the network handed the Chuck Lorre comedy a back order. The network has given the Thomas Middleditch and Annaleigh Ashford-fronted show an additional five episodes, taking its full season to 18 episodes. B Positive was the first new CBS show to debut as part of the…

CBS has given a series order to United States of Al, its multi-camera comedy pilot from Chuck Lorre, David Goetsch and Maria Ferrari. The intention is for the newly picked-up series starring Adhir Kalyan and Parker Young to air during the 2020-21 broadcast season, which is being disrupted by the coronavirus…

EXCLUSIVE: Former Two and a Half Men executive producer/co-showrunner Jim Patterson is returning to the Chuck Lorre fold. He has joined Warner Bros TV/Chuck Lorre Prods’ multi-camera CBS comedy series B Positive as executive producer and co-showrunner alongside creator Marco Pennette. Patterson spent a decade working…

EXCLUSIVE: Production on CBS’ Young Sheldon was shut down for today, I have learned. I hear the decision was made this morning after a COVID-19 test result for a production team member came back positive. Young Sheldon, from Chuck Lorre Prods. and Warner Bros TV, started production on its fourth season  September 22…

What happens after a star leaves a successful show? Some thrive, others stumble. Deadline’s Nellie Andreeva reported on Friday that Anna Faris was leaving CBS’s popular comedy Mom after 8 years. Click on the video above for details on her departure and a look at other shows and stars that have weathered abrupt…

Chuck Lorre, who is currently writing the third and final season of Netflix comedy The Kominsky Method, was "delighted" to find out that the Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin-fronted series scored an Emmy nod for Outstanding Comedy Series. "It's a wonderful moment of gratitude in these dark days," he told Deadline. "I…

Last week, Netflix revealed that The Kominsky Method was being retired after its upcoming third season. But, as discussed in a chat with Deadline, retirement is not something that creator Chuck Lorre or star Michael Douglas is considering. The pair discussed the evolution of the half-hour comedy, which stars Douglas…

The adventures of Michael Douglas' Sandy Kominsky and Alan Arkin's Norman Newlander will be coming to an end in a third and final season of The Kominsky Method at Netflix. The streamer has renewed Chuck Lorre's half-hour comedy for one last season – although the digital platform has not confirmed how many episodes it…

Silicon Valley star Thomas Middleditch has been tapped as the lead in B Positive, CBS' multi-camera comedy pilot from the Mom team of Marco Pennette, Chuck Lorre and Warner Bros TV. Written by Pennette, B Positive centers on Drew (Middleditch), a newly divorced dad faced with finding a kidney donor and who is at the…

Annaleigh Ashford has been tapped as the female lead in B Positive, CBS’ multi-camera comedy pilot from the Mom team of Marco Pennette, Chuck Lorre and Warner Bros. TV. Ashford’s casting involved a complex logistical puzzle and the will to make it happen of two top TV showrunners, Lorre and Ryan Murphy. She co-stars…

CBS has given a pilot order to B Positive, a multi-camera comedy from Mom co-executive producer Marco Pennette, series creator Chuck Lorre, and Warner Bros. TV, where Lorre is under a deal. B Positive is the second pilot order at CBS for Lorre this cycle, joining multi-cam The United States Of Al, with his fellow Big B…

EXCLUSIVE: Claws co-star Dean Norris is set as a series regular opposite Adhir Kalyan and Parker Young in United States Of Al, CBS' multi-camera comedy pilot from The Big Bang Theory co-creator/executive producer Chuck Lorre, fellow Big Bang executive producers David Goetsch and Maria Ferrari, TV personality and…