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ABC today made the bulk of their renewal decisions, picking up 13 more current series, eight of them scripted, for next season and canceling five, including scripted entries Emergence, Bless This Mess, Single Parents and Schooled. That left midseason freshmen For Life and The Baker and the Beauty, whose fate is yet to…

The Voice results show Tuesday delivered a 0.9 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 6.97 million viewers, with the NBC reality singing competition ticking down in the demo from last week but still topping all others in primetime. Ellen Games of Games (0.8, 4.09M) ended its season steady, while the network…

ABC saw the return of its Tuesday night lineup with The Conners finishing as primetime’s top-rated show, with its penultimate episode of the season scoring a 1.0 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 5.99 million viewers to hold steady compared with its previous episode. Meanwhile, the network’s For Life (0.5…

Following a modest linear Live+Same Day debut, ABC’s new midseason legal drama For Life is showing some strong digital legs. After 35 days of delayed viewing on linear and digital platforms, the series debut of For Life grew to 8.6 million total viewers and a 2.53 rating among Adults 18-49. That is an increase of +5.4…

Game of Thrones alumna Indira Varma says she has tested positive for coronavirus. The actress, who currently stars on ABC’s drama series For Life, revealed the news on Instagram. “I’m in bed with it and it’s not nice. Stay safe and healthy and be kind to your fellow people,” she wrote. Varma had been in rehearsals for…

NBC’s favorite heartfelt, tear-jerking family drama This Is Us kept its spot as Tuesday’s highest-rated show, drawing a 1.3 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and roping in 6.42 million viewers. Although down a tenth, This Is Us along with Ellen's Game of Games (1.0, 4.61M) and New Amsterdam (0.7, 4.75M), which…

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…