ABC has canceled new comedy series Downward Dog six episodes into its eight-episode first season. Co-creators Samm Hodges and Michael Killen just shared the news via Twitter. In the note to fans (read it below), they stress that the reasons for the cancellation were strictly financial and that they are “committed to…

It is hard to tell if teen Evie Clair's moving song for her sick father, magician Tom London, dance crews Light Balance and Just Jerk, 9-year old Celine Tam's great version of Celine Dion's “My Heart Will Go On” or the cringe inducing and near naked Men With Pans was the most captivating act on America's Got Talent…

Year-round scheduling is a great idea unless it hits constraints associated with the traditional broadcast production cycle. That is the case this year with two comedies, NBC’s The Carmichael Show and ABC’s Downward Dog. Both premiered in late May and have done respectably by summer standards. Neither has heard yet on…

There were no NBA or NHL playoff games on TV last night, but with the return of America's Got Talent (2.6/10) and the debut of World Of Dance (2.4/9), the competition for summer glory was fierce – even if it took longer than expected to get the ratings this morning. As NBC rolled out it seasonal heavyweight featuring…

On a night that saw the penultimate episodes of Season 3 of Empire (2.1/3) and Season 5 of Arrow (0.5/2), plus finales for Designated Survivor (1.1/4) the now-canned Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders (0.7/3) and Blindspot (0.8/3), the Boston Celtics may have felt their NBA playoff hopes heading towards a conclusion…

It’s a case of good news-bad news for new ABC comedy series Downward Dog, which is getting a great launch behind the season finale of Modern Family on May 17 and a challenging time slot, Tuesdays 8 PM for a summer run. Following the May 17 preview in the Wednesday 9:30 PM slot (black-ish will have aired its season…

Proof that the line between movies and TV continues to blur comes from  the strong response to yesterday’s Sundance screening of four episodes of the ABC sitcom Downward Dog. Now, the question is, can Sundance prove as effective a launch pad that changes the fortunes of a TV show the way it has for features films like…

With Amazon’s Transparent, ESPN’s O.J. Made In America, WGN America’s Underground and Fox’s  Shots Fired all making their debuts at the Sundance Film Festival, the Park City event has become almost as much about the small screen as the big one in recent years – and now Big 4 TV is coming to town with Downward Dog. As…

ABC’s Downward Dog — it’s more than just a talking dog show, at least for actress Allison Tolman. Today at TCA, the actress who went from obscurity to an Emmy-nominated actress in the FX miniseries Fargo, recounted how she settled on the web series-turned-ABC comedy series. On the show, she plays Nan, a struggling…

ABC has released trailers for some of its new comedies and dramas as part of the 2016-17 series orders. Have a look below. AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE — Comedy Produced by Kapital Entertainment/ABC Studios. From writer/executive producer Sarah Dunn and executive producers Aaron Kaplan, Rick Weiner, Kenny Schwartz, and Ruben…

The little dog that could. ABC’s quirky off-cycle comedy pilot Downward Dog, about a talking dog, made it to the ABC schedule. Also making the cut was The Second Fattest Housewife in Westport, but without its somewhat polarizing title. Both pilots had been well received. There was some debate whether Downward Dog…

Sterling Jerins (World War Z, Conjuring) has booked a series regular role opposite Sarah Jessica Parker and Thomas Hayden Church in HBO’s upcoming comedy series Divorce. Created by Sharon Horgan, Divorce tells the story of a very, very long divorce. It centers on Frances (Parker), a woman who suddenly begins to…