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NBC has given a back order to freshman comedy Guys With Kids, executive produced by Jimmy Fallon. The pickup is for four episodes, bringing its first season to 17 episodes. The news comes on the heels of the multi-camera comedy posting a 1.3 adults 18-49 rating last night, steady with its last original two weeks ago. G…

NBC’s attempt to improve its fortunes on Wednesday by replacing underperforming (and already cancelled) newbie Animal Practice with sophomore Whitney is not working, at least not from the get go. In its second season premiere last night, Whitney (1.4/4 in adults 18-49) matched the debut in the Wednesday 8 PM slot of…

Accurate ratings for the night’s top attraction, the first Presidential Debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, won’t be available until later in the day. If the non-time zone adjusted fast nationals are any indication, the broadcast networks ran neck-in-neck in their coverage of the debate, with NBC in the…

Diane Haithman contributes to Deadline's TV coverage. Jimmy Fallon, executive producer of the new NBC comedy Guys With Kids, made an appearance via satellite on the panel for the show today at the TCAs. “I feel like I'm doing a Dateline. I feel like Lester Holt,” Fallon joked (live on the panel, executive producer Amy…

Erinn Hayes (Childrens Hospital) has been cast as a regular in the upcoming NBC comedy series Guys With Kids. On the multi-camera comedy executive produced by Jimmy Fallon, she will play the role of Sheila, which has been recast. It was played in the pilot as guest star by Sara Rue whose pilot, ABC’s comedy Malibu Coun…

NEW COMEDIES & DRAMAS FOR 2012-13 NBC PRIMETIME SCHEDULE Sitcoms expand to four nights this fall including Tuesday and Friday nights. New dramas from Dick Wolf and JJ Abrams. Here’s your first look: NBC’s Save Me – Comedy Produced by Sony Pictures Television and Original Film. Novelist John Scott Shepherd is…

UPDATED: After picking up five single-camera new comedy series, NBC today ordered its first multi-camera show for next season, the Jimmy Fallon-produced Guys With Kids. For now, it’s the only multi-camera NBC comedy series — new or returning — confirmed for next season, which raises the question of  what it will be…