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EXCLUSIVE: Fox’s drama Gang Related will not be coming back as the network has opted not to renew the undercover drama for a second season. Originally slated for a midseason launch, the action series starring Ramon Rodriguez was given a summer berth instead. It got off to a soft start the last week of May, opening…

Get in those last few days of kickin' back if you can because summer is coming to a close. It's not just the calendar slothing toward Labor Day but the fact that finales are popping up all over the place on primetime. In fact, last night saw three summer shows wrap up their runs. On Fox, freshman Gang Related (0.7/2)…

Between NFL preseason pre-emptions in major markets across the country and President Obama's announcement of military action to address the deteriorating situation in Iraq, last night's primetime was all over the shop. All the preliminary ratings will see adjustments when the final numbers come out later today. Related…

This is something we’ve rarely seen in the past couple of years — a No.1 Thursday finish for NBC. The network tied CBS and Fox for the top spot among adults 18-49 on the night where it had struggled mightily this past season. Burn-off comedy series Undateable showed spunk, premiering with a 1.3 in 18-49 at 9 PM. It…

If a rerun of The Big Bang Theory is the top program of the night by a landslide, it must be summer. CBS’ comedy juggernaut (2.2 among adults 18-49 for a repeat) ruled the first night after the official end of the 2013-14 broadcast season, which featured two premieres and a finale. After a four-year break, NBC’s Last C…

Fox has firmed up its late spring/summer scheduling plans, slating new unscripted series I Wanna Marry Harry, from producer Ryan Seacrest & ZigZag Prods, and Riot (formerly Slide Show), from producer Steve Carell and Shine America. I Wanna Marry “Harry,” featuring single American women vying for the heart of a Prince…

Fox, appearing this morning at the TCA Winter Press Tour 2014,  announced premiere dates for event series 24: Live Another Day,  and new series Surviving Jack, Gang Related, and Seth MacFarlane’s science passion-project Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey. 24 is getting its old Monday 9 PM slot, Surviving Jack will follow Amer…

Don’t Trust the B—- in Apt 23’s Ray Ford has been cast in the Fox pilot Fatrick, reuniting with the pilot’s co-creator/exec producer Nahnatchka Khan, who created Apt 23. He will play Maurice, the longtime best friend of Patrick, a thirtysomething guy realizing that his life isn't quite where it should be and forced to…

Switched At Birth co-star Gilles Marini is set for a recurring role on CBS comedy 2 Broke Girls. The Dancing With The Stars alum, repped by APA and Authentic Management, will play Nicolas, the handsome, sexy, French “master baker” who owns and teaches at the Manhattan School of Pastry where Max (Kat Dennings) enrolls…

A new mean girl is coming to McKinley High. Erinn Westbrook has been cast in a recurring role on the upcoming fifth season of Fox‘s Glee. She will play Bree, a new student and member of the Cheerios, a mean girl who’s going to shake things up. Harvard graduate Westbrook, repped by the Osbrink Agency, Tina Treadwell…

As the newly picked-up broadcast series are gearing up for production, they’ve brought in producing directors. Here are some notable hires on new drama series. Jace Alexander will be co-executive producer/director on hot NBC drama The Blacklist. He is with ICM Partners and Fineman Entertainment. Ghost Whisperer…

Fox just made its new drama series pickups, ordering four shows — Rake starring Greg Kinnear, Gang Related starring Ramon Rodriguez, Alex Kurtzman and Bob Orci’s Sleepy Hollow, and Almost Human, from the Fringe duo of J.H. Wyman and J.J. After last season’s experiment with Mob Doctor, Fox went unapologetically male…