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“Cancellations are always a tough call,” CBS Entertainment President Kelly Kahl said, “and the circumstances around COVID-19 have not lightened the load on broadcasters. This season, CBS pulled the plug on shows including God Friended Me, Tommy, Carol's Second Act and Broke. Kahl said all of these were tough…

ABC entered a new realm of television with its first remote live episode of American Idol, which topped Sunday’s primetime ratings delivering a 1.0 in the adults 18-49 demographic and 6.04 million viewers. The rating marked a two-tenths boost from last week’s special, and the two-hour program led into a fresh episode…

SPOILER ALERT: The story includes details about the two-part series finale of CBS’ God Friended Me. God is taking time off social media as CBS' God Friended Me ends after a two-season run. Produced by Warner Bros Television and CBS Television Studios in association with Berlanti Productions and I Have An Idea…

God Friended Me star Brandon Micheal Hall is opening up for the first time about the series’ cancellation by CBS. During a live Q&A Thursday on Instagram, Hall said he and other cast members learned of the decision just a couple of days ago and it has been difficult to deal with the suddenness of it all. But, he said…

Violett Beane, who starred as Cara Bloom on CBS’ God Friended Me, has taken to Instagram to share her feelings of sadness about the cancellation of the series and to say thank you to fans. Beginning with “Disclaimer: SADNESS :( Beane writes “Unfortunately this is the end of the road for the god squad. We found out…

CBS has opted to end drama God Friended Me after two seasons. I hear the decision was made early enough so the series’ creative team had time to craft the Season 2 finale as a series finale and give the show, from Warner Bros. TV and Berlanti Prods., a proper ending. God Friended Me, starring Brandon Michael Hall…

UPDATED with more shut down series: Warner Bros. Television Group has become the latest TV studio to confirm that they are shutting down or postponing production on some current series and pilots. The company is not revealing titles, but I hear the list of current series whose filming has been halted include CBS’ Young…

ABC on Sunday saw the return of The Rookie, which hit its highest rating in a year with a 0.8 in the adults 18-49 demographic and 4.89 million viewers, its second-largest viewership total ever. The Nathan Fillion-starring series benefited from American Idol (1.4, 7.46M) as its lead-in, with the reality singing…

UPDATED with final numbers: Ricky Gervais returned for his fifth (and final?) time as host of the Golden Globes on Sunday, taking shots at Hollywood throughout a night that saw period movies 1917 and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and TV series Succession and Fleabag take home the top prizes. The ceremony drew 18.325…

Sunday Night Football on NBC took a hit this week sans the Dallas Cowboys, with the Los Angeles Rams beating the Chicago Bears to keep their playoff hopes alive. In fast affiliate ratings that don’t include the West Coast — the game was played at the L.A. Coliseum — it drew a 4.3 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic…

Another day of the 2019-20 broadcast season, another new series opening to a 0.7 adults 18-49 Live+Same Day rating. This time it is Fox’s animated comedy Bless the Harts. At this point, because so many new shows are starting this year at a ratings level which series in the past had hit en route to swift cancellation…

EXCLUSIVE: Karine Vanasse (Cardinal, Revenge) has booked a recurring role on the upcoming second season of God Friended Me, the CBS drama series from Greg Berlanti's Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. TV. Created by Steven Lilien and Bryan Wynbrandt and starring Brandon Micheal Hall, God Friended Me is a…