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ABC aired a special live, political-driven episode of The Conners on Tuesday timed to the results of the New Hampshire primary, earning a 1.1 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and a season-high 6.34 million viewers. The East and West coast broadcasts were each performed live, with the episode, “Live From Lanford,&#8221…

EXCLUSIVE: The new ABC legal drama series For Life, from Hank Steinberg, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, Doug Robinson and Alison Greenspan, will have a companion podcast series, set for premiere February 11, the same day as its linear premiere. Produced in collaboration with Sony Pictures Television and  ABC, For Life: The…

Mather Zickel (Masters of Sex) has booked a recurring role opposite Kevin James on Netflix comedy The Crew, starring and executive produced by The King of Queens alum. Written by Jeff Lowell (The Ranch, Two and a Half Men), The Crew is set in a NASCAR garage and stars James as the crew chief. When the owner steps down…

ABC’s new legal drama For Life tackles a topic that is all too well known. Inspired by the life of Isaac Wright, Jr, the show centers on Aaron Wallace (played by Nicholas Pinnock), a victim of a flawed legal system who takes matters into his own hands. As a prisoner, Aaron becomes a lawyer, litigating cases for other…

ABC is reshuffling its Thursday lineup in January. After five-and-a-half seasons airing at 8 PM, Grey’s Anatomy is returning to the 9 PM berth it had occupied for eight seasons before being assigned the 8 PM anchor position in fall 2014. Grey’s Anatomy spinoff Station 19, which had aired behind Grey’s Anatomy in its…

EXCLUSIVE: Timothy Busfield (thirtysomething, The West Wing) is set as a series regular opposite Nicholas Pinnock in ABC’s midseason legal drama series For Life, from Hank Steinberg, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, Sony Pictures TV and ABC Studios. Written by Steinberg, For Life is a fictional serialized legal and family…

ABC has picked up an additional drama and comedy series for the 2019-2020 season. The network has ordered hourlong legal drama For Life (fka Hank Steinberg/Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson Project) and multi-camera family comedy United We Fall. Both hail from Sony Pictures TV, which will co-produce with ABC Studios. United We…