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Remember when in 2009 CBS put in development a comedy series based on the blog Shit My Dad Says? The racy title raised a lot of eyebrows throughout the project’s development process. The network toned it down to $#*! My Dad Says when it picked up the comedy to series, but still drew the wrath of watchdog Parents…

ABC‘s two bubble midseason drama series are heading in opposite directions. Shonda Rhimes’ Scandal, which just inched up in the ratings last night, is being renewed for a second season, while GCB is being canceled. ABC’s two other midseason dramas The River and Missing, had no chance of returning and are indeed…

The last new series of the 2011-12 broadcast season, CBS’ NYC 22, made a quiet entrance onto the schedule last night. The rookie cop drama debuted with a 1.5/4 among adults 18-49 and 8.9 million total viewers at 10 PM. That was down from the 1.7 demo rating in the time slot last week for the season finale of CSI: Miami…

It was hailed as a potential successor to Desperate Housewives and was launched behind the departing veteran dramedy. Now ABC’s midseason dramedy GCB will test drive Housewives‘ Sunday 9 PM time slot. On April 8, ABC will air two back-to-back originals of GCB, one at 9 PM and one at 10 PM, instead of the originally…

CBS appears poised to win Sunday night in adults 18-49 and total viewers with an NCAA basketball overrun that scrambled its fast-national averages. ABC’s Once Upon A Time (2.8/8) was down a tenth from last week to a new series low. Desperate Housewives (2.6/7) was up a tenth from last week’s fast national, flat with…

CBS is expected to win Sunday night in total viewers and adults 18-49. Its fast nationals are scrambled due to a 44-minute NCAA basketball overrun that boosted the otherwise sleepy Sunday 7-8 PM hour. ABC’s Once Upon A Time (2.9/8 in adults 18-49, 8.6 million total viewers) was up a tenth from its 18-49 fast national…

On the first night of daylight savings time, usage levels from 7-10 PM were down 7.3% from last week. ABC’s family-friendly 7 PM and 8 PM programs were the worst hit — America’s Funniest Home Videos (1.3/4 among adults 18-49) was down 41% from last week, while Once Upon A Time (2.8/8) was down 18% to a series low…

ABC’s new soapy dramedy GCB launched last night with a modest 2.2/6 among adults 18-49 and 7.6 million total viewers. That was down 29% in the demo from the debut of Pan Am in the Sunday 10 PM slot in September. Lead-in retention-wise, GCB held onto 88% of the demo number for Desperate Housewives, to which it is…

Ray Richmond is contributing to Deadline’s TCA coverage. TCA remained a Bitch-Free Zone during the GCB session today. And it became something of a Christian-Free Zone as well. Following up on entertainment chief Paul Lee’s comment earlier in the day that “bitch” “was really not a word you want to use in the title” — AB…