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Shondaland’s legal drama For the People will not be getting a third season on ABC, sources said. The series, from creator/executive producer Paul Williams Davies, launched to solid reviews as a midseason replacement last season, clinching a second-season renewal after a so-so ratings performance. In its current second…

ABC's Shondaland drama For the People (0.6, 3.2M) started its second season moved to 10 PM Thursday, dropping 25% from year-ago series launch in the demo but up 20% compared with its Season 1 finale. The network’s 9 PM drama Station 19 (1.0, 5.38M) returned from 16-week break by matching its best demo rating since…

EXCLUSIVE: Charles Michael Davis (The Originals, Younger) is returning to Shondaland, ABC and ABC Studios. Davis, whose first major role was an arc on Shonda Rhimes’ medical drama Grey’s Anatomy, is joining the cast of another Shondaland ABC series, legal drama For the People, as a series regular for its upcoming…

European pay-TV broadcaster Sky is to spend ten of millions of dollars more on high-profile U.S. procedurals after rebranding its Living channel in the UK. The 21st Century Fox-backed broadcaster is rebranding the channel to Sky Witness to fix a "disconnect" with the brand. The channel, which has a female-skew was…

Shondaland drama For the People has been renewed for a second season. The series, from creator/executive producer Paul Williams Davies, debuted March 13 as a midseason replacement in ABC's very challenging Tuesday 10 PM slot, which has claimed a slew of short-lived drama series, and survived. It had a somewhat rocky…

In a field of repeats, NBC’s The Voice (2.1 demo rating, 10.8 million viewers) easily dominated Tuesday’s primetime in overall audience and the key demographic. After which, NBC’s Rise (1.1, 5.53M), while fumbling a chunk of that lead-in, stayed steady demo-wise in its regular-slot premiere, and climbed week to week…

UPDATED 1:50 PM with final ratings: NBC’s This Is Us ended its second season on a high note, logging a 2.8 adults 18-49 Live + same day rating after an upward adjustment in the finals and 10.9 million viewers, up +22% in the demo from last week. While This Is Us, the No. 1 program in the demo last night, was off from…

EXCLUSIVE: Jasmin Savoy Brown, one of the stars on Shonda Rhimes' new ABC drama For the People, has signed with ICM Partners. Brown stars alongside Britt Robertson in the Paul William Davies-written series, which is set in the Southern District of New York Federal Court, aka "The Mother Court," and follows brand-new…

Shonda Rhimes came to TCA on Monday to talk about the new Shondaland series For the People on ABC. During the Q&A, she was peppered with questions about made-for-TV workplace romance/sex in the #MeToo era. In the real world, some people are struggling with what is OK and discovering it’s no longer OK to pursue romance…

Ahead of its TCA presentation today, ABC has unveiled its midseason scheduling plans, slating its new mdseason series: Grey’s Anatomy spinoff, For the People, The Crossing, Deception, Alex, Inc. and Splitting Up Together and setting a series finale date for Scandal. Additionally, the network has announced that American…

EXCLUSIVE: Filming has been paused on ABC’s midseason legal drama series For the People for some additional script work. I hear the stoppage stems from the recent recasting of the series’ leads, with Britt Robertson and Jasmin Savoy Brown tapped for the roles. After reshooting the pilot and filming the series’ second…

Paul William Davies, creator/executive producer of the upcoming ABC/Shondaland legal drama For the People, has signed an overall deal with the studio behind the series, ABC Studios. Written by Davies, For The People is set in the Southern District of New York Federal Court, aka "The Mother Court," and follows…